Preventsys Partners with Patriot Technologies to Help Customers Automate FISMA Compliance and Manage the Avalanche of Security Data

Business Wire, June 6, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Preventsys Inc. and Patriot Technologies today announced a partnership agreement, making Patriot Technologies an authorized Preventsys channel partner. This agreement allows Patriot Technologies to offer the Preventsys' Enterprise Security Management System (ESM) to its many government and commercial customers and enable them to effectively manage IT security risk and automate auditing and compliance reporting for the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and other internal and external requirements.

Patriot Technologies' customers who adopt the Preventsys ESM system will be able to view aggregated and correlated security data from multiple security tools through a centralized security dashboard and measure the state of security and prove compliance across the enterprise. The Preventsys system is ideal for Patriot Technologies' many government customers who must regularly test for and prove compliance with FISMA across large networks.

"Patriot is committed to doing everything it can to help our customers manage and make sense out of mountains of security data. Preventsys technology, something our customers see the need for, is now part of that commitment," said Bruce Tucker, president and founder of Patriot Technologies. "Moreover, Preventsys has proven its dedication to the federal market by partnering with Patriot, and we can now bring more customers the valuable solutions they need for IT security management."

Patriot will be offering Preventsys' award-winning Enterprise Security Management System for organizations that are frustrated with the difficulty of collecting and analyzing data from multiple vulnerability assessment and configuration management tools to create risk and compliance reports. The Preventsys system integrates best-of-breed security assessment tools into a central security dashboard, dramatically cutting costs and reducing the time it takes to create comprehensive, enterprise-wide custom reports from weeks to seconds.

"Patriot Technologies is an esteemed technology consultant and reseller to the federal government -- Preventsys is excited to count Patriot as one of our most important channel partners," said Aaron Davies-Morris, senior director of channels & alliances for Preventsys. "Patriot and Preventsys both truly understand the pain points of IT security -- helping customers manage the copious amounts of security data to mitigate risk and prove compliance."

"While FISMA is intended to provide government agencies with a framework to improve security," said Tom Rowley, CEO of Preventsys, "It has made regular reporting on compliance a never-ending battle that just can't be won without either increasing headcount or using technology like Preventsys to automate time-consuming manual processes."

The Preventsys Enterprise Security Management System translates the technical requirements of FISMA (including NIST Special Publication 800-53) into auditable rules, enabling the system to quickly and automatically provide a detailed snapshot of what's out of compliance and what to do about it. Preventsys provides the only automated information security solution that allows large agencies to accurately measure and maintain compliance against the configuration and security requirements that govern the protection of their information systems.

About Patriot Technologies, Inc.

Patriot Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, is a leader in providing information security solutions for business, education, and government clients around the world. Patriot is a growing technology company that has been solely focused on information security since it was established in 1996. Patriot consistently exceeds the expectations of its most demanding clients by providing superior information security solutions, services, and training. Government agencies and Fortune 500 companies rely on Patriot to protect their critical information systems and data. For more information, please call 301-695-7500 or visit www.patriot-tech.com.

About Preventsys

The Preventsys Enterprise Security Management System automates the expensive, time-consuming process of risk and compliance reporting and centrally manages the vulnerability elimination process for Fortune 1000 companies and large government agencies. For more information, visit www.preventsys.com.

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