Palisade Systems PacketSure Uncovers Over 525,000 Compliance Violations in SMB Market

Palisade Systems PacketSure Uncovers Over 525,000 Compliance Violations in SMB
Market

HIPAA, GLBA, PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley and PCI Compliance Violations Were Uncovered
Through 5-Day Secure Assessment Program in Q1 of 2009

AMES, Iowa, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Palisade Systems, a leading provider of
data loss prevention products and services, announced today the quarterly
results of their 5-Day Secure Assessment Program. From January through March
2009, Palisade's PacketSure data loss prevention appliance uncovered over
525,000 compliance violations. The assessments, which are performed at no
cost, analyze data loss and other security compliance vulnerabilities at small
to medium size U.S. businesses, including healthcare, education, financial
services and government entities. The program is designed to help
organizations understand the frequency, method(s), and remediation options of
data loss occurring on their networks.

How the program works:
Following an in-depth five-day assessment period using Palisade's PacketSure
appliance to collect information, a report is produced documenting the data
leakage that occurred. Below are the registered data leaks uncovered by
PacketSure while performing the assessments in January, February and March of
2009.

Violation Type Number of Violations

Credit Card Number 6,574
Social Security Number 53,619
Personal Health Information 389,491
Personal Financial Information 76,976

"The most recent results from our 5-Day Secure Assessment program shows that
there is a clear need in the SMB market for better DLP solutions to protect
their sensitive data," said Christian Renaud, CEO and President of Palisade
Systems. "In this kind of economy more than ever, the slip of a credit card or
social security number into the wrong hands could be devastating. Palisade's
5-Day Secure Assessments expose the extreme amount of data leakage occurring
across industries that could be prevented with an appliance such as
PacketSure."

For more information about Palisade System's free 5-Day Secure Assessments,
please contact the sales department at 888-824-0720.

About Palisade Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Palisade Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of enterprise
content security and data protection solutions with over 500 customers across
North America and Europe. Palisade security appliances help organizations
proactively secure intellectual property and private client information from
leaking outside the network, define and enforce access to internal network
resources, and enforce compliance with federal privacy and industry security
regulations. Palisade Systems customers include prominent clients in
healthcare, financial services, insurance industries, along with universities
and school districts. For more information, please visit
http://www.palisadesys.com or contact Palisade's sales department at
1.888.824.0720.

SOURCE Palisade Systems, Inc.

Sarah Thompson of Freestyle Public Relations, +1-515-223-4343,
sarah@freestylepr.com, for Palisade Systems, Inc.