Configuresoft CTO to Share Knowledge on Security Issues Created by IT Convergence at the AIT Comprehensive Information Security and Business Continuity Conference

Business Wire, Jan 24, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Dr. Moreau to Provide Best Strategies to Proactively and Continuously Address IT Convergence Security Issues

Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology and the creator of enterprise continuous compliance management, today announced that Dennis Moreau, Ph.D., CTO will be a featured presenter at AIT Global Inc.'s Comprehensive Information Security and Business Continuity Conference, on January 31 at Madison Square Garden, NYC. The conference will detail alternative solutions and best practices on information security's strategic impact on IT, business applications and convergence for the public and private sectors.

Dr. Moreau's presentation, "IT Convergence: Emergent Security Compliance Issues and Potential Solutions," will offer insight into the security issues posed by IT convergence. The audience will gain a better understanding of the limitations of existing technologies for managing security in the face of IT convergence, as well as a perspective on emerging security strategies and their potential to effectively address the issues raised by IT convergence.

"As infrastructural information frameworks converge, formerly disparate toolsets, disciplines and roles need to be aligned synergistically to address the new and more complex IT management reality. Threats will be more diverse and more broadly based. IT plumbing will carry increasingly higher concentrations of corporate interaction. Successfully and cost-effectively addressing dynamic threats and emergent risks in this new business environment will require more proactive, more continuous and more coordinated IT configuration control across the enterprise," said Dr. Moreau, CTO of Configuresoft. "Convergence brings with it increases in the numbers and kinds of interfaces, protocols, access control and policy mechanisms, all of which must be configured and managed consistently, despite the more intricate coupling across mission critical services to underlying IT infrastructure. Knowing definitively what you have and how that compares to what you actually need are key insights that will drive effective and efficient response to the challenge of convergence."

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

What:      "IT Convergence: Emergent Security Compliance Issues and
           Potential Solutions"

When:      January 31, 2006, 9:15 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.

Where:     AIT's Comprehensive Information Security and Business
           Continuity Conference Madison Square Garden, NYC

More info: http://www.aitglobal.com/theform.html

About Dennis Moreau, Ph.D.

As a Founder and the Chief Technology Officer for Configuresoft, Dennis Moreau is a specialist in the application of leading edge technologies to the solution of complex problems in the IT management domain. His primary focus is in developing tools 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 checklists standards and vulnerability assessment technology, where he serves on the MITRE OVAL Board of Directors. Prior to joining Configuresoft Dennis was the associate vice president and chief technology officer for Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and speaks regularly at IT management and security conferences nationwide.

About Configuresoft

Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, serving eight of the 25 world's largest computing environments. Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Company offers enterprise configuration, policy compliance and remediation products that span both operations and IT security. At a time in which organizations must maintain a continuous state of audit throughout their infrastructure, Configuresoft ensures these environments conform to any desired or mandated state. To contact Configuresoft, call 719.447.4600, visit us on the Web at www.configuresoft.com or write to info@configuresoft.com.