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Agiliance Selected by RSA(R) 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, Calif. -- Agiliance today announced that it has been selected to participate in the RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA.

(2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key.
([R]) 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 The RSA Conference is a Cryptography-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The RSA Conference started in 1991 as a forum for cryptographers to gather and share the latest knowledge and advancements in the area of Internet security.
, 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 is the first platform to integrate the management of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC GRC Greece (ISO Country code)
GRC Glenn Research Center (NASA)
GRC Governance, Risk and Compliance
GRC Gendarmerie Royale du Canada (RCMP - Canada)
GRC John H.
). 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 (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 17799/27001, COBIT (Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology) A business-oriented set of standards for guiding management in the sound use of information technology from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) (www.isaca.org). , FFIEC FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council  and NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology.  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 (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  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 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 (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999)
GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association
GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association
GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
 and FISMA FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002
FISMA Federal Information System Management Act
), industry mandates (e.g., SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System.  70 and PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS.

(2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus).
), 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.

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.

RSA and the RSA Conference logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of RSA Security Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are trademarks of their respective companies.
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