Configuresoft CTO to Discuss Virtualization and Its Impact on Security & Compliance at Forrester Security Forum; Dr. Dennis Moreau Will Outline Technologies and Methodologies Toward Sustaining Compliance within Virtual Environments

Business Wire, August 29, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology and the creator of enterprise Configuration Intelligence, today announced that Dennis Moreau, Ph.D., CTO, will be presenting "Virtualization and Security Configuration Policy and Compliance" at the Forrester Security Forum on September 8th at the InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia. The Forum focuses on current security best practices, examines impending security threats and explores the necessary next steps toward building security risk management discipline.

In his session, Dr. Moreau will address emerging virtualization technologies and its impact on compliance. "While virtualization technologies hold out the promise of better IT asset utilization, more agile IT asset allocation, and a more secure and consolidated IT infrastructure, they also introduce new complexities into IT configuration policy compliance efforts," said Dr. Moreau. "Compliance must be addressed in the context of both host and guest configuration policies. Policy consistency and configuration compatibility at the application, service, operating system and virtual asset level will emerge as core assessment issues."

Who:    Dennis Moreau, Ph.D., CTO, Configuresoft, Inc.

What:   "Virtualization and Security Configuration Policy and
        Compliance"

When:   Friday, September 8, 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. ET

Where:  Forrester Security Forum, InterContinental Buckhead,
        Atlanta, GA

More info:
        http://www.forrester.com/events/overview/0,9089,1471,00.html

About Dennis Moreau, Ph.D.

As a Founder and the Chief Technology Officer for Configuresoft, Dennis Moreau specializes in the application of leading edge technologies to the solution of complex problems in the Information Technology management domain. His primary focus is in developing enterprise scale solutions to improve IT efficiency and effectiveness for systems management, security compliance and configuration optimization. He works actively with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and MITRE on the development of security configuration policy compliance standards, serving on MITRE's OVAL Advisory Board. Dr. Moreau holds a doctorate in Computer Science and speaks regularly at IT management and security conferences worldwide.

About Configuresoft

Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, delivering the enterprise Configuration Intelligence to effectively and efficiently manage today's heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Spanning both security and operations, the Company's configuration management, compliance and remediation products are used by 12 of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA, GLBA, Basel II, HIPAA and DISA, and industry standards such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS and Microsoft Security Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) U-CONFIG or visit www.configuresoft.com.