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Agiliance to Host "Industry Leaders" Webinar on Latest GRC Trends and Solutions.


Thought-Leadership Event Features Distinguished Panelists from Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm)
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 and McAfee

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), today announced that it will host a live webinar titled "Industry Leaders Speak: Why GRC Makes Sense in a Down Economy" on May 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM ET which features distinguished panelists from Kaiser Permanente, KPMG and McAfee.

The "virtual panel" webinar will cover the hottest GRC trends and discuss how companies are leveraging GRC solutions to increase efficiencies and reduce redundancies, ultimately supporting pressures to trim costs. The interactive session will feature panelists Ramy Houssani, Director, Information Security Strategy & Policy Management at Kaiser Permanente, Shahed Latiff, Partner and the Western Region Information Security Services leader at KPMG, Stuart McClure, VP of Operations and Strategy for the Risk and Compliance Business Unit at McAfee.

"Increased corporate oversight and looming regulatory mandates are putting greater strain on businesses already hurting from a weak economy," said Ed King, Agiliance VP of Product Management and session moderator. "This webinar explores the most pressing GRC issues and discusses how companies can leverage GRC, and specifically IT-GRC solutions, to reverse escalating compliance and risk management costs while gaining insight for better strategic decision-making."

The seminar will include discussion on issues such as:

* Reducing compliance management costs while improving program results

* Keeping pace with expanding regulatory requirements

* Staying ahead of impending im·pend  
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 risk management threats and pitfalls

* The critical impact IT is having on the business

* How enterprises can benefit from using GRC/IT-GRC technologies

To register for this webinar, visit: http://www.agiliance.com/events/20090520.html.

About Agiliance

Agiliance offers highly-automated and integrated GRC software solutions designed to help organizations thrive in the face of mounting pressures to manage and balance risk, compliance and IT budgets. By leveraging the power of Agiliance software, global 2000 businesses in the financial, healthcare, energy, government and technology markets are making impressive gains in their IT risk and compliance efforts - including reduced audit burden, increased visibility into current compliance and risk status, and improved leverage of IT resources. Agiliance is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County.  and is backed by Walden International, Intel Capital, SVIC SVIC Shock & Vibration Information Center , Red Rock Ventures and Castile Ventures. For more information, please visit www.agiliance.com.
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