Mainframe Security Risks Pose Serious Threats to Enterprises and Government Agencies

Mainframe Security Risks Pose Serious Threats to Enterprises and Government
Agencies

Leading Security Analyst to Identify Mainframe Security Challenges in Address
at Vanguard Security Conference

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Integrity Professionals,
the leading independent provider of enterprise security software for
mainframes, today announced that Christian Christiansen, vice president of
Security Products and Services Research at IDC will present a keynote address
entitled "Mainframe Security: Enterprise Crisis?" this morning at the Vanguard
Security Conference. Christiansen will discuss enterprise security trends and
attack methodologies, how new threats are colliding with mainframe security
and the latest strategies and solutions for addressing mainframe security
challenges.

"Many organizations operate under the false assumption that the mainframe is,
by default, secure. However, mainframe security is at risk and the
pervasiveness of these systems presents a serious threat to enterprises and
government agencies," explained Christiansen. "Little consideration has been
given to changes in the way mainframes are used and how their data is
accessed; including desktop connectivity over the network or through the
Internet via web applications. These changes, combined with an exponentially
increasing number of users, are introducing new risks that organizations need
to be aware of."

"Mainframes are the core foundation and backbone of our critical information
infrastructure. Most organizations are not providing adequate safeguards to
ensure that these mission critical environments are secure and adhering to
strict regulatory guidelines," said Ronn Bailey, CEO and CTO at Vanguard.
"Many senior level corporate executives and government officials aren't aware
of the risks they are facing. We look forward to hearing Christiansen's
perspective on this very critical issue."

Christiansen is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in information
security technologies. His insight and comments regularly appear in
publications such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BusinessWeek,
Fortune, and Computerworld.

The Vanguard Security Conference, the world's premier RACF(R), System z(R),
and enterprise security conferences, has been training security professionals
to better defend their mainframes from emerging threats for 23 years. This
year's conference, May 31st through June 4th in Jacksonville, Florida, offers
more than 90 training sessions and the sessions are taught by 37 leading
industry professionals.

About Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Vanguard Integrity Professionals provides enterprise security software and
services that solve complex security and regulatory compliance challenges for
government agencies and corporations around the world. With solutions for
Identity and Access Management, Audit and Compliance, Security Management and
Intrusion Detection, Vanguard automates processes necessary to identify and
mitigate the risks customers face. Vanguard's customers receive a rapid return
on investment and are able to focus on other critical business needs thereby
becoming more productive and more secure. For more information, visit
www.go2vanguard.com.

RACF and System z are trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

SOURCE Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Kathryn Hall of Vanguard Integrity Professionals, +1-702-794-0014,
kathryn.hall@go2vanguard.com