The major theme of our winners in the Networking and Security category this year is unabashedly security. As organizations become more distributed and users increasingly mobile, it seems that only VPNs and SSH connections stand between us and Armageddon. Our Bossies celebrate the innovative tools that are encrypting the web, fighting intruders, eradicating malware, and plugging the holes in our networks and applications.
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