Watchful Software, a leading provider of data-centric information security solutions, today announced that Info Security Products Guide, an industry-leading information security research, and advisory guide has named RightsWATCH a winner in its 11th Annual Global Excellence Awards. RightsWATCH took the Silver Award in the Data Loss Prevention category. The Info Security Products Guide’s global awards recognize security and IT vendors offering groundbreaking products and solutions in all areas of security technology.

“These days, sensitive information is all too often lost, leaked or sent where it shouldn’t be; hence a top priority for organizations has become stopping this trend. Watchful lets enterprises ensure that only those with express authorization can use that data, regardless of where it resides or how it is received,” stated Charles Foley, Chairman and CEO of Watchful Software. “We’re honored to be recognized at the 11th Annual Info Security Global Excellence Awards as a leader in innovation and entrepreneurship. This most recent accolade reinforces our strategy in providing to the market leading-edge technology, leveraged on a strong partnership network.”

Watchful Software recently announced the newest version of RightsWATCH, RightsWATCH 6.6. The latest release of RightsWATCH is now available and brings deeper capabilities to address GRC initiatives, enhanced policy management and enterprise collaboration via SharePoint, and leverages Intelligent Time Access (ITA). ITA automates compliance in regulated industries and fixed-duration project scenarios. RightsWATCH 6.6 offers extended ability to enhance SharePoint security parameters. Organizations can now automatically classify and RMS protect MS Office and PDF files added to a specific SharePoint library and supports Microsoft’s new .PPDF file format.