Consul CTO to Discuss Operational Risk Management at the 2006 ISACA Information Security Conference; Kristin Gallina Lovejoy outlines a six-step process of optimizing business performance.

HERNDON, Va. -- Consul risk management, the authority in security audit and compliance, today announced that its CTO Kristin Gallina Lovejoy will be presenting at the ISACA Information Security Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, September 19. The conference will feature a variety of sessions dealing with information security management issues including intrusion detection and prevention, identity risk management, change management, metrics and compliance.

Lovejoy's session titled, "Operational Risk Management to Boost Business Performance," addresses how companies can achieve a performance culture and optimize business performance through operational risk management (ORM). The ORM vision creates an environment where all personnel manage operational risk, and all strategic objectives are completed at the least possible cost to the organization. Through the ORM process companies will turn information security into a business enabler instead of a cash drain.

"To meet corporate governance regulations an organization must implement a framework for identifying and managing risk beyond financial reporting," said Lovejoy. "Not only can it mitigate this risk by implementing ORM but it can also maximize business performance. ORM raises the bar--a compliance culture is no longer acceptable."

Those in attendances are expected to learn the difference between a compliance culture vs. a performance culture, and information security/security management vs. operational risk management; the six-step process of ORM and the principles and ideas behind it; and how companies can meet compliance regulations and optimize business performance through ORM.

Who:       Kristin Gallina Lovejoy, CTO, Consul risk management

What:      "Operational Risk Management to Boost Business Performance"

When:      Tuesday, September 19, 2006; 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. MT

Where:     ISACA Information Security Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

More info: http://www.isaca.org

About Kristin Gallina Lovejoy

Kristin Lovejoy joined Consul risk management in June 2003. She is responsible for the worldwide delivery of Consul's products, consulting, customer support and presale activities. She also manages product management and product marketing activities. Lovejoy holds a U.S. patent for an Object Oriented Risk Management Model and Methodology. She received an InfoWorld CTO 25 Award for 2005, honoring executives who have shown leadership both inside and outside of their organizations. Lovejoy earned her BA degree in English from Lafayette College. She has presented on a wide variety of security event auditing and compliance topics at industry events, such as InfoSecurity New York 2004 and 2005, Network World Conference and Expo, (ISC)2 and InfoSecurity Security Leadership Conferences and CACS Europe 2006.

About Consul risk management, Inc.

Founded in 1986, Consul risk management is an authority in security audit and compliance. Consul provides policy-based user monitoring solutions to track, report on and investigate non-compliant behavior, such as unauthorized activity by administrators and other privileged users. The Consul InSight(TM) Suite automates the process of enterprise-wide log collection, privileged user monitoring, behavioral forensics and compliance reporting.

More than 350 customers around the world rely on Consul to accelerate their security audit and compliance efforts, including AEGON Canada, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Fidelity Financial Services, Ford, Kroger, The New York Times, Office Depot, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Wachovia and government agencies. Consul has offices in the United States and the Netherlands, and 25 partners worldwide, including BMC Software. For additional information about Consul and its products, services and partners please call +1 800.258.5077 or +31 15.251.3333 (Worldwide), or visit www.consul.com.