Press Release
Agiliance Named a Top 10 "Hot" Security Start-Up by Dark Reading
Leading Security News Source for Enterprise IT and Network Security Professionals Identifies Agiliance as a Top Provider of Compliance Controls, IT Risk Management and Governance Tools
Mountain View, California, April 24, 2007 — Agiliance, a leading provider of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) solutions, today announced the company’s was chosen as one of the Top 10 Hot Security Start-ups by Dark Reading, a top security news source for enterprise IT and network security professionals and part of the TechWeb Business Technology Network. Dark Reading’s profile on Agiliance can be found on the web at http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=121595&page_number=2.
“With hundreds of security companies launching every year, there’s a lot of noise to rise above, especially in the compliance space,” said Terry Sweeney, Dark Reading’s Editor-in-Chief. “While it was difficult to narrow down our list to 10 companies, we view Agiliance’s hybrid of integrated compliance, risk management, and governance as innovative and a real plus for enterprise IT professionals.”
Agiliance, recently named as one of Dark Reading’s “10 Hot Security Start-ups,” is first to deliver a fully integrated IT Governance, Risk and Compliance software solution designed, from the ground up for IT organizations. Agiliance IT-GRC enables global enterprises to define and manage security policies, measure and manage risk, use standards and automation to lower costs, and achieve sustainable compliance with multiple regulations, industry mandates and internal policies. Agiliance solutions are used by leading organizations to drive and manage initiatives such as IT; risk assessment, vendor security; assessment, security configuration monitoring, compliance with regulations such as SOX, GLBA and PCI, and migration to standards such as ISO 17799/27001.
“This recognition by a highly respected information resource in the IT and network security industry is yet another confirmation that we’ve been successful in creating a solution that delivers on the promise of integrated governance, risk and compliance management,” said Pravin Kothari, CEO of Agiliance. We’re delighted to be recognized by Dark Reading for our ability to help companies maximize the value of their compliance investments.”
Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to a standards-based approach for all compliance initiatives, Agiliance announced today in a separate release that it joined the Financial Institution Shared Assessment Program (FISAP). Upon joining, Agiliance also integrated FISAP’s Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) in its on-line documentation library and implemented full support and automated workflow for its Standard Information Gathering (SIG) Questionnaire, offering financial institutions the first implementation tool for FISAP standards.
About Dark Reading
Dark Reading was launched in May 2006, incorporating CMP Media’s Secure Enterprise and Security Pipeline publications. Our mission is to be the top security news source for enterprise IT and network security professionals, providing the most up-to-date information about products, management strategies, architectures, and security policy. Dark Reading is a security dashboard for IT professionals who don’t have the time or the luxury of combing wire feeds, multiple bug feeds, or vendor Websites to find out what’s new or how well it works. Here, readers will glean bits of practical information from a digest of security stories culled from CMP's many titles, and also the best security content from all across the Web. For more information, visit Dark Reading online at www.darkreading.com.
About Agiliance
Agiliance offers the most comprehensive and scalable solution for managing the interdependent disciplines of governance, risk, and compliance. Its flagship product, Agiliance IT-GRC, enables businesses to develop a holistic view of their IT risk and compliance posture in order to make more informed decisions that improve operational efficiencies and reduce IT related risk.
The Agiliance IT-GRC platform is the first solution that combines a robust common control framework with sophisticated policy management, automation of the assessment process, integration with existing configuration systems, and process workflow capabilities, delivering internal and external stakeholders with consistent, reliable data in an intuitive manner to ensure cohesive ongoing GRC management.
Founded in 2005, Agiliance is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by Walden International, Intel Capital, SVIC, and Red Rock Ventures. For more information, please visit Agiliance at www.agiliance.com.
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