Press Release
Agiliance Selected by RSA&Reg; Conference 2007 Innovation Station Program
IT Governance Risk and Compliance Company Will Compete for the Title “Most Innovative New Company” at the World’s Leading Information Security Conference and Exposition
Mountain View, California – January 23, 2007 — Agiliance today announced that it has been selected to participate in the RSA® Conference 2007 Innovation Station. As a result, Agiliance will be exhibiting and showcasing the Agiliance IT-GRC platform at Innovation Station, part of the agenda of RSA Conference, Feb. 5-9, 2007 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. The winner will be named “the most innovative new company” at RSA Conference 2007.
Agiliance is one of a group of companies that will be provided with a unique opportunity to showcase new products or services to a judging panel comprised of leading venture capital investors, chief security officers and industry experts. Each company will also be exhibiting in a special Innovation Station pavilion on the expo floor. As a key component of their participation, each company will pitch their business plan to the judging panel during the Innovation Station “Showdown” being held on Feb. 6 at 12 noon – 1:50 p.m. (Moscone North, Burgundy Room 123). The judging panel includes Asheem Chandna of Greylock Partners, Herbert H. Thompson of Security Innovation, Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Renee Guttmann-Stark of Time Inc., and Michael Barrett of PayPal.
“RSA Conference 2007 Innovation Station program will identify the most innovative emerging company in the information security industry. Our judging panel has selected participants based on their product innovation, promising business model, as well as potential market impact,” said Sandra Toms LaPedis, area vice president and general manager of RSA Conferences. “Agiliance was selected based on its ability to not only meet the outlined criteria, but has also shown the capability to advance the industry with innovative technology.”
Agiliance IT-GRC(TM) is the first platform to integrate the management of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC). It enables organizations to analyze and decrease IT security risk, gain continuous visibility into IT risk and compliance status of all assets, and reduce the cost of compliance. The solution allows organizations to comply with government regulations and industry mandates by leveraging industry frameworks such as ISO 17799/27001, COBIT, FFIEC and NIST 800-53. Agiliance IT-GRC also enables organizations to continuously assess, correlate and quantify risk arising from compliance-related issues as well as other external factors, such as vulnerabilities, threats and incidents. Armed with this key information, users can easily prioritize risk mitigation and focus on risks that matter the most.
“We are pleased to be recognized as one of the most innovative companies attending this prestigious conference," said Pravin Kothari, founder and CEO of Agiliance. "This acknowledgment is a testament to our ability to bring to market such an innovative and integrated IT Governance Risk and Compliance solution. Only Agiliance enables IT security and regulatory compliance teams to comprehensively assess and manage the security risk of IT Assets, as well as drive their compliance initiatives by leveraging standards-based policies and controls from a common platform.”
For more information, please visit: http://www.rsaconference.com/2007/US/content/additional/innovation/.
About the RSA Conference
RSA Conference is helping drive the security agenda worldwide with annual events in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Throughout its 16 year history, RSA Conference has consistently attracted the world’s best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for conference attendees to learn about IT security’s most important issues through first-hand interactions with peers, luminaries and both emerging and established companies. As the IT security field continues to grow in importance and influence, RSA Conference plays an integral role in keeping security professionals across the globe connected and educated. For more information and conference dates, visit www.rsaconference.com.
About Agiliance
Agiliance, a leader in IT Governance Risk and Compliance, provides an integrated, standards-based solution that enables enterprises to effectively analyze and decrease IT risk, achieve continuous visibility of risk and compliance, and significantly reduce the cost of compliance with regulations and security policies. Agiliance’s holistic risk-based solution integrates processes, applications, IT assets, physical assets, employees and vendors, allowing organizations to comply with government regulations (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley 404, HIPAA, GLBA and FISMA), industry mandates (e.g., SAS 70 and PCI), standards and frameworks (e.g., ISO 17799/27001, COBIT, FFIEC and NIST), as well as corporate policies. Agiliance is based in Mountain View, CA and can be reached at www.agiliance.com.
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