Configuresoft Executive Discusses Strategy for Eliminating Common Configuration Problems.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Drew Williams Offers Enterprise Security Tactics to Address Growing Risks in Today's Ever-Changing Computing Environment

Configuresoft, the industry leader in configuration management, today announced Drew Williams, vice president, corporate development, will be participating in SC Magazine's eSecure "Enterprise Security: Changing Times Require Changing Tactics" session on Wednesday, September 22 at 3:00 p.m. ET via an online Webcast. Drew will offer tactics enterprises can use to eliminate 90% of common configuration security problems.

New security and vulnerability threats are a daily occurrence. IT managers and CFOs need to know what to implement in order to be prepared for the next generation of attacks. This Webcast with leading IT security experts, will offer insight regarding critical issues that could affect systems and will outline practical enterprise security best practices that can be implemented to beat these dynamic security threats.

Who: Drew Williams, vice president, corporate development,
 Configuresoft

 What: "IT Security: Changing Times Require Changing Tactics"

 When: Wednesday, September 22, 3:00 p.m. ET

 Where: Online Web cast
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This SC Magazine eSecure session will discuss such topics as: managing authentication across the enterprise, fighting worms, located from where threats are coming, addressing privacy issues and planning for future threats.

From this session attendees will learn that:

--Decentralized systems still require centralized management focus;

--Reaction-based security technology is not prevention-based control;

--Security starts with how much is known about a specific system;

--Compliance was born from poor controls, not the pervasiveness of security exploits; and

--To reduce risks obvious problems need to be addressed, including drift and knowledge of a specific infrastructure.

About Drew Williams, vice president, corporate development, Configuresoft

Drew Williams, a long-time information management and security strategist, brings deep industry experience in corporate and product marketing, and business development to Configuresoft. He pioneered the vendor security research team model with the industry's first such group, AXENT Technologies' "Information Security SWAT Team." As well, Williams was an early contributor to the HIPAA security guidelines, and is the author of the HIPAA CodeBlue Security Policy development process. A founding member of the President's Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security, Williams was also a member of the Internet Engineering Task Force on Internet Security, and an initial member of the independently supported CVE development team. He has served as a security policy advisor to major financial institutions, health care manufacturers and state governments.

About Configuresoft

Configuresoft is the industry leader in highly scalable enterprise configuration management, security patch management and policy compliance technology. Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the company's products offer large-scale computing environments the ability to collect and analyze the most detailed information available about system application settings, events and operational trends, to a centralized point of management and control. Configuresoft serves eight of the "Global 25" corporations. As the premier configuration management vendor to offer both system-wide configuration controls, Configuresoft provides the tools to keep mission-critical systems in compliance with rapidly growing mandates, operational standards and evolving process methodologies. To contact Configuresoft, call 719.447.4600, visit us on the Web at www.configuresoft.com or write to [e-mail].