Cenzic CEO to Keynote Tech-Security Conference

Market Wire, February, 2006

Cenzic, Inc. today announced that the company's president and CEO, John Weinschenk, will present the keynote address at next week's Data Connector's Tech-Security Conference, to be held on February 23 at the Sears Tower in Chicago. This forum brings together private industry executives, technical enthusiasts and government decision makers to explore security priorities ranging from intrusion detection and prevention systems, wireless security, and web hacking, to contingency planning, vulnerability assessments, and overall threat management techniques. Specifically, John will highlight the dual role vulnerability assessment solutions play not only in developing secure Web applications, but also in ensuring compliance with government mandates such as GLBA, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).

The evolution of web applications over the past decade has changed the way business is conducted, providing higher quality products, new levels of efficiency and greater customer satisfaction. Yet despite these advantages, Web-based transactions expose companies to major and serious compliance and security threats. John's presentation will examine these challenges and offer insights into how companies can protect themselves against the growing threat of being hacked.

"The question today isn't whether a company should roll out and maintain its Web applications in a secure manner, but rather how to best go about doing so. This situation is further complicated by the presence of regulatory initiatives which have outgrown their narrow legal confines to become the de facto standard for corporate governance, making it a necessity to manage compliance as a business process," said Weinschenk. "Automated application security assessment is fast becoming the critical component to meeting today's standards while simultaneously satisfying customers and carrying on with business as usual."

Cenzic is the only company in the industry to have both a state-of-the-art software solution, Cenzic® Hailstorm®, and a managed service (Software as a Service), ClickToSecure(TM), allowing enterprises the flexibility to use either solution or both based on their needs. These offerings help companies protect their web-based applications from potential security threats by emulating the way real hackers work in order to test applications for security vulnerabilities and compliance issues. Using a Stateful Assessment(TM) approach, Cenzic provides companies with highly accurate results without the "false positives" often associated with the first-generation application scanners, as well as test for session management, application logic issues, and policy compliance for internal policies and regulatory standards.

For more information about the event, please visit http://www.dataconnectors.com/events/2006/02chicago/agenda.asp.

About Cenzic

Cenzic is a leading provider of the next-generation enterprise software and services for automated application security assessment and compliance that allows Fortune 1000 corporations, mid-sized corporations, and government organizations to dramatically improve the security of web applications. Cenzic® Hailstorm®, the most accurate and extensible product in the industry, enables security experts, QA professionals, and developers to work together to assess, analyze, and remediate applications for security vulnerabilities, Hailstorm benefits include reduced security risk and liability, lower development and testing costs, and faster time-to-market. Cenzic ClickToSecure(TM) service is one of the industry's first Software as a Service (SaaS) to combine the power of an enterprise-class application security assessment product with the flexibility of a managed security service. Cenzic Assessment Methodology completes the solution with a state-of-the-art business process consulting service to help customers improve their application security methodologies. Cenzic solutions are the most accurate, comprehensive, and extensible in the industry. Cenzic's current focus includes financial services, e-retail, healthcare, and government sectors. For more information, visit www.cenzic.com.

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