Vericept Hosts Enterprise Risk Management Webinar Series

Business Wire, June 15, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2004

Vericept Customers and Industry Experts Share Enterprise Risk

Management Best Practices for Protection of Information Assets,

Company Brand and Reputation

Vericept, the leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions, today announced it will host three Enterprise Risk Management Webinars to educate companies on best practices for dramatically reducing and managing insider risk to protect information assets, company brand and reputation. Vericept will be joined by current customers and industry experts to discuss fraud and identity theft, intellectual property assets and HIPAA compliance. The Webinars will take place at 10:30 a.m. MST on Wednesday, June 30, Wednesday, July 28 and Wednesday, August 25.

The Enterprise Risk Management Webinars will focus on sharing ideas and information on some of the best practices for assessing business risk exposure in areas such as identity theft, regulation compliance violations, corporate governance concerns, internal policy infractions, information leaks and unacceptable Internet use. The Webinars will also address educating companies on how poor risk management can lead to financial and legal liabilities, as well as damage to an organization's brand and reputation. The Webinars will include a five-minute overview of the featured speakers and a 30-40-minute presentation, followed by a question and answer session.

"Nearly 70 percent of all identity theft cases start with theft of personal data from an employee," said Judith Collins, Ph.D. and professor at Michigan State University. "People envision identity thieves as hacking Web sites or digging through dumpsters, but it's frightening to see the statistics that show it's the trusted users who are often at fault for these crimes. Companies needs to be cognizant of this reality and put better security measures in place for monitoring what's going on across their networks."

"In the electronic information age, executives need to be more aware than ever of what's happening on their networks," said Brett Schklar, senior director of marketing and product management, Vericept. "With almost 600 customer implementations under our belt, we have seen alarming evidence of network misuse - intentional and unintentional - that could cost businesses millions in lawsuits, and more seriously, permanently damage companies' brands and reputations. As a leader in this space, we're focused on educating companies about how best to assess their risk and the importance of a content monitoring solution that can protect companies from this type of damage."

Date: June 30

Time: 10:30 a.m. MST

Featured Speaker: Judith Collins, Ph.D., a professor at Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice and director of the Michigan State University-Business Identify Thefts Partnerships in Prevention and the Identity Theft Crime and Research Lab

Speaker Bio: Collins is a professor at the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU) and director of the Michigan State University-Business Identity Theft Partnerships in Prevention and the Identity Theft Crime and Research Lab, established in 1999. Dr. Collins conducts applied research on white-collar crime, identity theft and identity theft crimes -- offenses facilitated by the use of stolen or fake identities, including terrorism. Judith teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Internet crime, cybersecurity, computer forensics, research methods and "information" security management, and conducts training in these topics for businesses and also criminal justice professionals -- police officers, attorneys and judges.

Date: July 28

Time: 10:30 a.m. MST

Featured Speaker: Jason Haislmaier, partner in the Holme, Roberts & Owen's Intellectual Property Group

Speaker Bio: Mr. Haislmaier is a partner in the Holme, Roberts & Owen's Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Haislmaier concentrates his practice on representing emerging and established technology companies in technology and intellectual property transactions, with an additional emphasis on advising clients on strategies for protecting and leveraging their intellectual property assets.

Date: August 25

Time: 10:30 a.m. MST

Featured Speaker: Dave McClain, Information Security Manager, Community Hospitals of Indiana

Speaker Bio: Dave McClain serves as the Information Security Manager at Community Health Network. Community Health Network employs over 8,000 persons, generating total revenue in excess of 1 billion dollars annually and has been recognized as one of the most innovative hospital systems in the U.S. by the American Hospital Association for the last three years. Mr. McClain's responsibilities include; implementation of the HIPAA Security Standards, IT project consulting, management of e-Business infrastructure, risk assessment, network security policies, incident investigations and end-user security awareness training. Mr. McClain has 14 years in the information security field; he spent eight years with the National Security Agency as a Senior Signals Analyst and as an instructor for the National Cryptologic School, Ft. Meade, Maryland . He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Ethical Hacker and a member in good standing with the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants. He has expertise in Internet communications, encryption techniques, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, content filtering, virtual private networking, wireless network infrastructures, security testing methodology, authentication schemes and audit logging.