BindView Provides Advanced Professional Services Line-Up to Meet IT Security Compliance Requirements.

HOUSTON -- Extending its Professional Services offerings, BindView Corp. (Nasdaq:BVEW) announced today a host of new capabilities designed to help organizations in both the public and private sectors meet and sustain IT security compliance requirements. Ranging from baseline assessments to sophisticated reviews of compliance posture, BindView Professional Services offers prescriptive guidance and security compliance know-how to address technical, business and operations requirements for demonstrating regulatory due care. In addition, the company has coupled its new services offerings with advanced e-learning capabilities and a customer-centric licensing model, providing customers with unlimited access to its coursework portfolio. (See separate release issued today: "BindView Delivers Comprehensive New e-Learning Services with Customer-Centric Licensing Model")

IT organizations are at the epicenter of a shifting landscape, with the costs and complexities of managing global environments skyrocketing. According to a recent study by market research firm AMR, compliance costs are expected to hit the $15.5 billion mark this year, with the total tab for compliance spending amounting to $80 billion over the next five years. BindView's new services are expected to help organizations curb expenses and alleviate time and costs required to meet auditor requirements.

"Accelerating compliance costs are driving organizations to examine new methodologies for meeting due care and auditor demands," said BindView Director of Professional Services Daren Glenister. "Many companies are reshaping their IT operations to both demonstrate compliance and concurrently improve the security of their business-critical assets. BindView's new services, delivered by a team of IT and compliance experts, satisfy the most demanding requirements, expeditiously and cost effectively."

BindView Services At-A-Glance

--Security Compliance Power Up: Analyzes an organization's IT security charter, policies, training, implementation and operations. Assesses system configurations to provide management and operational compliance recommendations and pinpoints compliance gaps. Provides remedial training for key team members on conceptual and operational integration topics.

--Compliance Review: Provides a detailed analysis of an organization's overall security compliance posture, addressing one or more mandates. Offers a third-party review with a neutral assessment of overall posture and recommends security best practices. Clearly identifies compliance gaps prior to internal and external audits, with recommended remediation actions.

--IT Security Review: Provides a comprehensive evaluation of the structure, management and operation of the IT program, establishing or validating asset and risk management strategies based on ISO 17799 and BS 7799 standards. Yields actionable recommendations for meeting short- and long-term compliance goals, while aligning with business objectives.

--Policy Review: A high-level review that yields actionable recommendations for effective IT policy content, structure and organization. Provides a detailed analysis of existing policies, standards and procedures measured against regulatory requirements. Uncovers specific vulnerabilities and exposures, documenting findings with recommended remediation actions.

--Policy Development: Provides content, focus and necessary language for organizations with gaps in their IT policy-based management systems. Helps management set clear policy direction to demonstrate support and commitment for security compliance across the organization.

--Configuration Assessment: Provides guidance and assistance for building an in-depth operational and technical appraisal of the existing IT infrastructure, systems and services against organizational or industry standards, or NIST guidelines, identifying immediate remediation actions.

--Vulnerability Assessment: Measures IT security controls for blocking unauthorized access to resources in an intricate, highly technical evaluation. Corroborates effectiveness, validates technical standards and substantiates security compliance investment.

Availability

BindView Professional Services are available immediately. For more information visit: http://www.bindview.com/Services/proservices/.

About BindView

BindView Corporation is a global provider of IT security compliance software. BindView solutions remove barriers that limit an organization's ability to cost effectively demonstrate due care and maintain compliance with IT security policies and regulatory mandates. BindView policy compliance; vulnerability and configuration management; and directory and access management software combines best-practices knowledge with automated controls to reduce risk and protect IT assets at the lowest cost across users, systems, applications and databases in multi-platform environments. More than 20 million licenses have shipped to 5,000 companies worldwide, spanning all major business segments and the public sector. Contact BindView via e-mail at [e-mail], on the web at http://www.bindview.com, and at 1-713-561-4000 or 1-800-749-8439.