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, Calif. -- 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 is the 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 an 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 wirefeeds, 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, a leader in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance, provides an integrated, standards-based solution that enables enterprises to effectively analyze and decrease security 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.