Procter and Gamble Selects IBM Internet Security Systems to Help Amplify Its Threat Protection, Simplify Its Security

ARMONK, NY, Aug 29 (MARKET WIRE) --
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) has
selected products and services from IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS)
division to expand its global cyber-security initiative. The agreement
will strengthen Procter and Gamble's (P&G) threat protection arsenal by
streamlining the management of its layered security tools and ultimately
can help deliver substantial savings in administrative costs.

This simplified security approach will streamline the management and help
increase the efficiency of P&G's cyber-security project. First developed
in 2005, P&G pioneered a layered, preventative network protection and
vulnerability assessment project to mitigate and eliminate major costly
internal vulnerabilities. Because the threat landscape has drastically
evolved since the project was developed to become more sophisticated and
profit-driven, P&G will look to IBM to enhance its security tools and
provide on-going management of its security infrastructure with IBM ISS
managed security services. P&G will benefit from IBM ISS's industry
leading security products and managed security services that are based on
IBM ISS's experience and its leading X-Force research team while also
helping P&G save on administrative and IT resources costs associated with
managing its security operations.

As part of the agreement, IBM will help manage the efficiency of P&G's
network security through its leading Virtual Security Operations Center
(SOC). The Virtual SOC can help enhance the overall security posture of
the company by integrating data from disparate, heterogeneous security
products into a single point of control. This feature allows IBM ISS to
view, manage and monitor P&G's global security infrastructure through a
powerful Web-based portal that provides integrated vulnerability
assessment, data correlation and analysis. IBM ISS can quickly visualize
and prioritize security areas that need remediation. Through the Virtual
SOC, IBM ISS streamlines the monitoring and maintenance of four IBM ISS
Proventia SiteProtector management consoles deployed throughout North
America, Europe and Asia, alleviating the need for P&G to conduct manual
updates.

"By teaming with IBM ISS our objective is to both strengthen our security
systems and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our security
operations," said Willie Alvarado, P&G's Enterprise Infrastructure
Services Director. "Working with IBM we believe we can deliver
substantial cost savings and offer the business a security solution that
is both strong and sustainable."

"P&G is truly ahead of the curve with a radical approach to pre-emptive
security," said Val Rahmani, general manager of IBM ISS. "Working together
we've enhanced the security infrastructure and resiliency around the
globe, and we're helping to reduce the cost of that security. With a
layered, streamlined and managed security strategy in place, P&G can
focus on its core business, and ultimately better serve its customers."

IBM will deploy for P&G a comprehensive set of integrated security
technologies which proactively identify and address vulnerabilities at the
desktop, server and network tiers.

About Procter and Gamble

Three billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the
world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted,
quality, leadership brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R),
Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Mach3(R), Bounty(R), Dawn(R),
Pringles(R), Folgers(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R),
Crest(R), Oral-B(R), Actonel(R), Duracell(R), Olay(R), Head &
Shoulders(R), Wella(R), Gillette(R), and Braun(R). The P&G community
consists of over 138,000 employees working in over 80 countries
worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and
in-depth information about P&G and its brands.

About IBM

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Media Contact:
Jen Knecht
IBM Communications
(917) 472-3607
knechtj@us.ibm.com

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