Protiviti Launches Unified Security Solution to Help Businesses Address Data Security Risks

Protiviti Launches Unified Security Solution to Help Businesses Address Data
Security Risks
New Governance Portal for Information Technology Improves Security Governance
for Companies while Facilitating Compliance with Policies and Regulations in
Cost-Effective Manner

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Protiviti Inc., a global business
consulting and internal audit firm, has introduced the first product in its
new Governance Portal for Information Technology series: a security solution
to mitigate data security risks and avoid costly data breaches and reputation
damage. The Governance Portal is an industry-leading governance, risk and
compliance (GRC) software platform that allows organizations to address
multiple GRC objectives.

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Organizations today seek tools to organize and automate their approach to
security assessment. The new Governance Portal for Information Technology's
security solution enables companies to determine whether their existing
security control environments meet various international regulations and
standards, including EU Data Directive, ISO 27001, PCI, GLBA, HIPAA, AICPA and
PIPEDA. This process allows organizations to easily diagnose and understand
where information security problems occur so they can take steps to certify,
comply, interpret, or prioritize security-related initiatives.

"Instead of acquiring separate solutions for finance, IT and other business
units, many enterprises are choosing to use a single EGRC platform," writes
Gartner in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance
Platforms (August 2009). "Reporting and managing through a single platform
gives executives, auditors and managers a holistic view of the enterprise's
risk and compliance postures, as well as views sorted by requirement, entity
and geography."

The information security capabilities of the Governance Portal for Information
Technology enable customers to:

-- Validate the control environment through certification, testing and
monitoring
-- Identify threats that could harm and adversely affect critical
operations
-- Estimate the likelihood that identified threats will materialize
-- Track action plans from identification to closure
-- Estimate the potential loss for the most critical and sensitive assets
and operations

-- Demonstrate corporate stewardship and process maturity.

"One of our key strengths is the ability to deliver new content-rich solutions
based on market need and our customers' continued progression toward more
integrated governance, risk and compliance," said Scott Gracyalny, managing
director and global leader of Protiviti's Risk Technology Solutions practice.
"With the addition of the unified security solution to the Governance Portal,
customers have the ability to install once and then tap into a continuously
growing Protiviti solutions library with ready-to-upload content and related
reports to adopt various security risk-assessment measures on an ongoing
basis."

The Governance Portal integrates Protiviti's proprietary content and
consulting expertise with commonly accepted governance frameworks to establish
a comprehensive platform that gives organizations the visibility and insight
they need to manage and mitigate critical risk and compliance issues.

About Protiviti
Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global business consulting and internal
audit firm composed of experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction
services. The firm helps solve problems in finance and transactions,
operations, technology, litigation, governance, risk, and compliance.
Protiviti's highly trained, results-oriented professionals provide a unique
perspective on a wide range of critical business issues for clients in the
Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Protiviti has more than 60 locations worldwide and is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). Founded in 1948,
Robert Half International is a member of the S&P 500 index.

Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does
not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.

SOURCE Protiviti Inc.

Kathy Keller of Protiviti Inc., +1-650-234-6252, kathy.keller@protiviti.com;
or Brigit Valencia of Eastwick Communications, +1-650-480-4019,
brigit@eastwick.com, for Protiviti Inc.