Cigital's Gary McGraw's Monthly Security Column Moves To InformIT

Business Wire, May 29, 2008

DULLES, Va. & INDIANAPOLIS -- Cigital, Inc., a leading provider of software quality management consulting solutions, and InformIT, the trusted technology learning source, today announced that Cigital Chief Technology Officer and Addison-Wesley Professional author Gary McGraw's popular monthly column on computer security will be offered exclusively on InformIT - the online presence for the world's leading technology publishing imprints including Addison-Wesley Professional.

Dr. McGraw, a globally-recognized authority on software security and the author of six best selling books on this topic, decided to move the monthly column from darkreading.com because of InformIT's large readership and his affiliation with Addison-Wesley Professional. His books include the just published Software Security Engineering: A Guide for Project Managers; as well as Exploiting Online Games; Software Security; Exploiting Software; and Building Secure Software.

McGraw's podcast, Silver Bullet, will also be syndicated exclusively through InformIT. He has been writing his column since October 2004, where it first appeared in Network magazine, which later became IT Architect.

To view the first column for InformIT, visit: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1189519.

"Gary McGraw is one of the most respected voices in the field of Security, and one of Addison-Wesley's most valued authors. We are thrilled to have Gary writing and podcasting on the InformIT.com network, where his insight and working knowledge can reach a hungry audience of technology professionals," said Pearson Technology Group's Vice President and Publisher Paul Boger.

About Cigital

Since 1992, Cigital has enabled some of the most well-known organizations in financial services, communications, insurance, hospitality, e-commerce and government to reduce their mission-critical software business risks. Cigital consultants specialize in software security to help organizations protect some of their most valuable assets: company and mission information, customer and individual data, shareholder value and brand. Each client's unique requirements are served through a combination of proven methodologies, tools and best practices. Cigital assures the reliable delivery and deployment of software that organizations build, buy and integrate. Cigital (www.cigital.com) is headquartered near Washington, D.C. with offices in Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Delhi, India.

About Pearson Education

The global leader in educational and professional publishing, Pearson Education is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online publishing arm, InformIT (www.informit.com) -The Trusted Technology Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit (www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative design professionals. Pearson is also co-founder, with O'Reilly Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand technology content library providing thousands of expert reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert technology, creative and design, industry and management resources in video, audio and written formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.