Career Education Corporation Selects RippleTech's Informant(R) Product as Database Security Tool.CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- RippleTech Inc. (www.rippletech.com), a leading provider of enterprise IT compliance and data security solutions, announced Wednesday that Career Education Corporation, (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CECO), has selected RippleTech's Informant[R] product as its database security monitoring solution. The colleges, schools and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation (CEC (Central Electronic Complex) The set of hardware that defines a mainframe, which includes the CPU(s), memory, channels, controllers and power supplies included in the box. Some CECs, such as IBM's Multiprise 2000 and 3000, include data storage devices as well. ) family offer high quality education to approximately 100,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The $2 billion company, based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003. , chose Informant to continuously monitor user access to internal databases and warn of inappropriate or suspicious activity within a database. "Informant provides the database visibility and security we wanted," said Michael T. Gabriel, director of corporate security at CEC. "While we have not experienced an internal attack, we wanted protection at the database level, which most security products on the market today do not offer. The fact that Informant also integrates with our security information management (SIM) application was another important consideration." In addition to continuously monitoring user logins, logouts, failed login and activity, Informant also monitors access to sensitive corporate and customer data by viruses, worms and other malware, maintenance utilities, and various programming tools such as query and scripting languages, report-writers, and application interfaces. Its audit trail can be replayed if forensic investigation is needed. "Our Informant product is unique in that it not only protects the privacy of critical business data and alerts on suspicious activity, but also lowers the cost of complying with federal regulations for data privacy and protection against identity theft," said Brian McDonnell, 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 RippleTech. "We are pleased to be able to assist CEC in its security and compliance efforts." For more information about RippleTech products and services, contact Peter Senescu at (610) 862-4000 x325 or via email at psenescu@rippletech.com. About RippleTech, Inc. RippleTech is a leading provider of enterprise IT compliance and data security solutions. Through its IT systems, database and application monitoring and reporting solution, RippleTech is uniquely positioned to provide continuous monitoring and controls with normalized cross platform reports spanning operating systems, databases, devices, and applications. By providing pre-configured and automated reports for SOX, 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, , FISMA FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA Federal Information System Management Act , Basel II, 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, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and others, RippleTech is able to minimize the cost and complexity of IT governance and compliance. RippleTech's "Extreme Support," expert service and training, backs this growing line of security and compliance solutions. For more information, visit www.rippletech.com. |
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