Bell Canada Selects Third Brigade and ArcSight for Managed Security Service Targeting Financial Sector.

OTTAWA & RESTON, Va. -- Third Brigade, a security software company specializing in host intrusion detection and prevention systems, today announced it has been selected by Bell Canada to provide managed security services for banks, brokerage firms, insurance and mutual fund companies, and other financial services companies.

Canada's leading financial institutions rely on Bell for their critical information, communication and technology (ICT) needs. Whether it's providing partial or complete outsourcing of ICT-related activities or deploying contact centre solutions, Bell has unmatched expertise in serving financial sector clients. Bell solutions enable financial institutions to offer better customer service while meeting compliance, security and risk management requirements. Bell solutions facilitate network and business convergence to not only reduce operational costs, but allow for the creation of new, high-performance business models that boost profitability.

Managed security services provide clients with a 7x24x365, scalable, flexible, fault-tolerant intrusion defense system that protects critical platforms and applications. Managed security service can be tightly coupled with existing security operations, and includes state-of-the-art host intrusion detection and prevention from Third Brigade, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) from ArcSight. The service also includes up-to-date attack signatures and custom signatures, logs and event correlation, incident response and reporting, as well as ongoing security expertise and communications.

"Managed security service from Bell can help financial sector and other diverse industry organizations protect their critical data and applications, and maintain a comprehensive view of their security and compliance posture in real time," said Tom Moss, Enterprise Group, Bell Canada. "Managed security service from Bell delivers peace of mind, ensuring your company is prepared, and your most important data and applications are secure."

With many regulations, including Bill C-198, PIPEDA and MI 52-111, and security standards such as ISO-17799, NIST and COBIT, the bar has been raised for IT security professionals in the financial services sector. As such, businesses are using a layered, defense-in-depth strategy that includes host intrusion detection and prevention.

"We're proud to have been chosen by Bell for this important service," observed Wael Mohamed, President and CEO of Third Brigade. "Security incidents often occurring outside of normal business hours, financial services organizations are increasingly looking to managed security service providers (MSSPs) to provide dedicated access to around-the-clock security expertise and monitoring."

Third Brigade Deep Security brings proven network security approaches, including firewall and intrusion detection and prevention, down to individual computers and devices. It shields vulnerabilities in Windows[R], Solaris, Linux and other Unix[TM] operating systems, as well as enterprise and web applications common to most enterprises.

"By being a host intrusion prevention vendor that supports the ArcSight Common Event Format (CEF) standard, Third Brigade makes it easy for organizations to both protect their critical applications, data and hosts, and to get a comprehensive view of their security and compliance posture," said Robert Ma, VP Product Marketing at ArcSight. "We're excited to be part of this new service."

About Third Brigade

Third Brigade (www.thirdbrigade.com) specializes in providing host intrusion defense systems to organizations that need to detect and prevent attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in mission critical systems. Third Brigade Deep Security allows businesses to apply comprehensive security profiles to hosts that protect against known and zero-day attacks using deep packet inspection. It helps ensure compliance and the 24-7 availability of critical systems, provides a virtual patch for software vulnerabilities, and allows organizations to deliver Internet-based services with greater security and confidence. Unlike other host intrusion detection and prevention systems, Third Brigade Deep Security provides broader, faster and simpler protection. Third Brigade. That's control.

Note: "Third Brigade," "Deep Security Solutions," and the Third Brigade logo are trademarks of Third Brigade, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.