Vigilant Announces Its Fulcrum Framework(TM)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and NEW YORK, NY, Apr 20 (MARKET
WIRE) --
RSA CONFERENCE -- Vigilant LLC, a provider of on-site and managed
security services, today at the RSA Conference 2009 announced the release
of its Fulcrum Framework(TM), a specialized security information and
event management (SIEM) configuration library which helps large and
mid-size organizations contain security operations costs while achieving
faster return on investment (ROI) on SIEM technologies. Though these
products are widely known for being complex to configure and difficult to
keep current, when properly utilized they can dramatically increase the
effectiveness and efficiency of security teams.

More than 85 percent of Vigilant's new customers who made previous
investments in SIEM products have said they were frustrated with the
results. For companies to achieve the full potential of SIEM, they need
both the highly skilled technical resources to manage the precise,
granular configuration of the SIEM itself, as well as the programmatic
guidance needed to ensure alignment with larger IT risk management
objectives. Unfortunately, in today's economy, few companies can afford
the skills and human resources needed to execute this properly without
some outside help. Most also cannot afford to undertake massive
professional services engagements that don't deliver immediate results.
With six years of specialization in SIEM product deployments, Vigilant
has built the Fulcrum Framework to capture field-tested best practices so
that effective SIEM solutions, tailored to the particular requirements of
each customer, can be delivered faster and with higher-quality results.

The Fulcrum Framework has search features which associate the ISO 27002
security standard, various industry-specific standards and government
regulations with detailed, pre-built SIEM configurations needed to achieve
compliance and other security program objectives. It provides technical
guidance on SIEM within the context of the company's larger IT risk
management program.

"This is a great approach," says Bill Edwards, former chief security
officer (CSO) at a leading online brokerage firm and member of Vigilant's
advisory board. "It enables companies to easily and accurately accomplish
the fundamentals of SIEM deployment so they can more quickly focus on
building the advanced capabilities necessary to proactively detect threats
to critical applications and data in real time. When you're protecting
what's really important to your business, you've got more than a security
operations tool -- you've got a business tool. Vigilant's Fulcrum
Framework helps bring those worlds together."

The Fulcrum Framework, which supports SIEM offerings by several leading
product vendors, is an underpinning of both Vigilant's on-site SIEM
integration services, as well as its remotely delivered "co-sourcing"
offering, a managed service that helps customers achieve ongoing
configuration of SIEM at a fraction of the cost of on-site services.
Vigilant's co-sourcing services also offer security risk and maturity
metrics and reporting, which are enabled by features of the Fulcrum
Framework.

"The Fulcrum Framework addresses the basic 'Catch-22' of SIEM
technologies," said Joe Magee, CTO, Vigilant. "The rich capabilities of
SIEM can enable IT teams to take security management to a whole new level
-- both in terms of staff efficiency and actual effectiveness in detecting
security threats and achieving compliance. While many people expect key
capabilities to be ready-made in the products, in reality it takes a lot
of development time. Clients often find themselves burning precious hours
managing the SIEM technology rather than addressing security incidents.
Our Framework gives clients back those hours, enabling them to focus on
operational efficiency and threat response."

About Vigilant

Vigilant LLC provides on-site and managed services that help IT security
teams better defend and enable today's dynamic business by refining and
extending the security information and event management infrastructure.
The company's pragmatic approach solves today's urgent security problems,
while enabling rapid progress toward longer-term security program
objectives. Vigilant empowers customers to more efficiently respond to
shifting threats, achieve regulatory compliance, prioritize protection of
services that drive revenue and competitive advantage, and measure
progress of the overall IT risk management program. Founded in 2003,
Vigilant is headquartered in New York and serves a wide range of global
and regional organizations whose mission requires them to secure highly
sensitive and regulated services.

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