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Cyber-Ark's CTO to Present at First Annual Data Protection Summit

Business Wire, March 7, 2007

Attendees Will Learn How to Secure, Manage and Track All Activities Associated With Privileged Passwords - the Most Powerful Passwords within their Organization

NEWTON, Mass. -- Cyber-Ark[R] Software, the leader in Privileged Password Management, has been selected to participate in the first-annual Data Protection Summit. Nir Gertner, CTO at Cyber-Ark, will discuss the "Six Steps to Privileged Password Management" on Thursday, March 15, 2007 beginning at 10:00 a.m. PDT. The four-day summit runs March 12-15 at the Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport Hotel in Irvine, CA.

Despite being the figurative "keys to the castle," as many as 42 percent of businesses today never change their administrative passwords. During Mr. Gertner's session, attendees will learn how to integrate privileged password management into an overall identity management strategy and ensure protection from both internal and external threats while significantly reducing IT security costs. In addition, attendees will learn:

* How the risk of internal data misuse can be significantly mitigated by implementing policies and technologies which demand special treatment for privileged passwords;

* How privileged password management can better meet security policies compliance regulations such as SOX Section 404;

* Six steps to managing privileged password management and real-world examples of companies that have successfully tackled the security threat of privileged accounts.

Who: Nir Gertner, CTO, Cyber-Ark Software

What: Compliance Track: Six Steps to Managing Privileged Passwords

When: Thursday, March 15, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time

Where: Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport Hotel, Irvine, CA

About Data Protection Summit

The first annual Data Protection Summit, the nation's only conference dedicated entirely to keeping data safe, secure, and private, will be held March 12-15, 2007 at the Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport in Irvine, California. Produced by Conference ConCepts, the Summit is the place to learn how to keep data safe and secure, protect information assets, avoid data breaches, and achieve regulatory compliance. The event includes tutorials, workshops, paper and panel sessions, keynotes, and exhibits. To learn more about the Summit or for online registration, please visit http://www.dataprotectionsummit.com.

About Cyber-Ark

Cyber-Ark Software is an Information Security company that develops and markets digital vaults for securing and managing privileged passwords and highly-sensitive information. Based on its patented Vaulting Technology[R], Cyber-Ark's digital vault products include: The Inter-Business Vault[R], a secure infrastructure for cross-enterprise data exchange of highly-sensitive information; the Sensitive Document Vault[TM], for secure storage and management of highly-sensitive documents, and the Enterprise Password Vault[TM], for the secure management of administrative, emergency and privileged user passwords. Cyber-Ark's Vaulting platform has been tested by ICSA Labs, an independent division of Cybertrust. ICSA is the security industry's central authority for research, intelligence, and certification testing of security products.

Cyber-Ark Software was founded in 1999 by a team of industry-recognized security experts with the aim of producing a truly effective security offering where complete end-to-end security was the initial, key design consideration rather than applied as an afterthought. Today, over 250 Global 1000 companies rely on Cyber-Ark Software's digital vault solutions for managing, sharing and securing highly-sensitive information both within their organization and with their partners, vendors and customers. Cyber-Ark Software is privately held and backed by some of the world's most successful venture capitalists, including Jerusalem Venture Partners, Seed Capital Partners (a SOFTBANK Affiliate), JP Morgan/Chase Partners and Vertex Management.

The company is located in Newton, Mass. and on the World Wide Web at www.cyber-ark.com

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