PatchLink Board Member & Former White House Cyber-Security Advisor Howard Schmidt to Speak at Government Forum.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Schmidt & PatchLink IT Security Expert Chris Andrew to Speak on How to Enhance Protection against Today's Security Breaches & Best Implement FISMA Compliance

PatchLink(TM) Corp., the leading security management solutions provider, today announced that it will be hosting the upcoming government-focused breakfast forum on Oct. 13, 2005, at 8:30 a.m. PatchLink board member and former White House Cyber-Security Advisor Howard Schmidt, along with PatchLink Vice President of Product Management Chris Andrew, will present on industry priority IT security topics, including how federal agencies can protect themselves from today's security breaches as well as how to simplify and automate FIMSA compliance.

The breakfast forum, titled "Protecting Your Agency from Security Breaches and Simplifying FISMA Compliance," will focus on the security threats, compliancy reporting and auditing challenges facing government agencies today, as well as brief attendees on best practices recommendations for addressing these issues. Featured speakers and respective presentations at the upcoming forum will include:

--Howard Schmidt (former CISO of eBay and White House Cyber-Security Advisor) to speak on the "State of the IT Security Industry"

--Chris Andrew (Vice President of Product Management, PatchLink Corp.) to speak on "Leading Security & FISMA Compliance Solutions"

--"Security Experts Share Best Practices" by Clint Kreitner (President & CEO, The Center for Internet Security) & Roy Stephan (Director of Cyber-Security, Intelligent Decisions).

"Many enterprises are facing growing pressure to protect their critical network infrastructures -- U.S. government agencies are no different. The requirement of meeting FISMA compliance standards adds a different dimension to federal systems," said Schmidt, president and CEO of R&H Security Consulting LLC. "With this in mind, more federal IT professionals are devoting an increasing amount of time and resources implementing comprehensive information security programs which deal with security threats, improve operational efficiencies, and deliver on their services. Anything we can do to make their job easier and more efficient benefits us all."

Event Location & Agenda

    Date:       Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005
    Time:       8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    Location:   National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
    Address:    529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC 20045

For more information, please visit http://www.homelanddefensejournal.com/conf_patchlink.htm.

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