BindView Presents IT Security Audit Seminar; KPMG's Information Risk Management Practice Reviews Comprehensive Strategy for Best Practices

Business Wire, July 14, 2004

HOUSTON -- BindView Corp. (NASDAQ:BVEW), a leading provider of proactive business policy, IT security and directory management software worldwide, has announced plans for an online informational seminar to discuss a range of strategies for passing IT Security audits to comply with regulatory mandates, including Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, GLBA and Basel II. The seminar features Eric Fisch, senior manager of Information Risk Management for audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP, and Scott Blake, vice president for Information Security with BindView.

What:

Failed audits can be expensive and embarrassing. As organizations face approaching regulatory deadlines, it is important to utilize leading practices for implementing and reporting on IT security controls and passing related IT security audits.

To help prepare for IT security audits, join KPMG and BindView for "IT Audits for Regulatory Compliance: Get It Right, Sleep At Night." The one-hour session will cover best practices for passing IT Security audits for regulatory mandates.

"The IT security audit is one of the most pressing business issues facing organizations today, particularly as compliance regulations become increasingly complex," said Blake. "Preparing for an IT security audit provides organizations with an opportunity to assess their security posture and understand whether their efforts meet due-care requirements."

When:

Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. CDT

Who Should Participate:

IT executives, managers and auditors with responsibilities for demonstrating regulatory compliance should join. Participants will gain insight into specific strategies that can assist in passing IT security audits, reducing cost and increasing productivity, including:

--Effective management habits to help improve audit scores and reduce audit costs over time;

--How to perform a business impact and cost analysis to determine the gaps and risks that are feasible to address compliance efforts;

--How an organization can build a shared language, experience and expectation to jumpstart the IT compliance process; and

--Documentation essentials that can help prove to auditors and courts that enterprises have instituted a properly controlled environment.

How to Register:

Visit the BindView website to register: http://www.bindview.com/Events/GetEvents.cfm?NUM=1109&AD=WB-0720Wbnr PressRels-Q304 (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste it into your Internet browser's URL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the URL if one exists.)

About the Speakers:

Scott Blake, CISM, CISSP:

As Vice President for Information Security with BindView, Scott Blake is responsible for operational security, risk management and for overseeing RAZOR, a worldwide team of research and security experts. He has extensive experience designing perimeter security, network security architectures and security policies. Blake sits on numerous security and cybersecurity councils, and is a highly sought after speaker.

Eric Fisch, Ph.D, CISM, CISSP:

Eric Fisch is Senior Manager for Information Risk Management with KPMG. He has extensive experience with computer and information systems including computer operations, networks, information security, enterprise architecture design and implementations, and e-commerce security. Fisch has provided consulting services to a wide range of clients from small utilities to large financial institutions. He is a frequent speaker at many international computer security, industry and incident response conferences and has authored more than ten works addressing various aspects of computer security, including two publicly available textbooks on the subject.

About BindView Corporation

BindView Corporation is a leading provider of proactive business policy, IT security and directory management software worldwide. BindView solutions and services enable customers to centralize and automate policy compliance, vulnerability assessment, directory administration across the entire organization. With BindView insight at work(TM), customers benefit from reduced risk and improved operational efficiencies with a verifiable return on investment. 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 info@bindview.com or visit BindView's website at http://www.bindview.com. BindView can also be reached at 1-800-749-8439 or at 1-713-561-4000.