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Info Security Products Guide names Brabeion IT Risk and Compliance Management Platform winner of the 2008 Global Excellence in Risk Management Award

Brabeion Gains the Highest Trust of Customers Worldwide

SANTA CLARA, CA — February 6, 2008 — Brabeion Software, a leading provider of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) management solutions, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a world-leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named the Brabeion IT Compliance and Risk Management Platform a winner of the 2008 Global Product Excellence in Risk Management Customer Trust Award. This customer trust honor endorses Brabeion as ahead of the curve with a best-in-class product that can provide the highest security to F1000 organizations. Finalists in the Risk Management category were Critical Watch, McAfee, Modulo, Rapid7 and RedSeal.

Winners were honored in the heart of Silicon Valley at an award ceremony held during Technosium 2008 Conference and Expo which is supported by Silicon Valley Communications, San Jose Mercury News - The Newspaper of Silicon Valley, Wi-Fi Alliance, Trusted Computing Group, Information Security Professionals Association, Network Products Guide, Personal Broadband Industry Association, Covenant, Wireless Communications Alliance, Info Security Products Guide, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Smart Capitol Venture (SCV Network). For more details please visit www.technosium.com.

IT GRC is predicted to be one of the fastest growing security market categories in 2008. Brabeion Software was first to market with a comprehensive IT GRC software platform, bringing the security, risk and compliance silos together in alignment with business goals and eliminating costly redundancies and audit failures.

"Product innovation and customer trust are key to growth and to trouncing global economy uncertainties in 2008," says Rake Narang, Editor-in-Chief of Network Products Guide. "Risk Management is an especially strategic category of products that is represented by many strong finalists. We are pleased to honor the Brabeion IT GRC Platform as the winner for 2008."

"Info Security Products Guide's recognition of the Brabeion IT GRC software platform further validates our commitment to product excellence, innovation and customer value," said Julian Waits, CEO for Brabeion.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards

Info Security Products Guide, published by Silicon Valley Communications, plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow's technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.

About Brabeion Software

Brabeion, the leading software provider in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance, helps organizations achieve and sustain compliance, optimally manage risks and demonstrate governance through full policy, procedure and controls lifecycle management and measurement with automatic testing and analysis of people, process and technology controls. Brabeion's platform is powered by comprehensive information risk and audit content developed and maintained by our team of domain experts, in collaboration with strategic partners including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, IT Governance Institute and others. Organizations can dramatically reduce risk and improve compliance while lowering assessment costs by leveraging the reuse of tests across all audit requirements.

Brabeion is a member of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group Technology Council, Information Security Forum (ISF), PCI Vendors' Alliance and Oracle's GRC Vendor Alliance. For more information, visit www.brabeion.com.

Press inquiries:
Melanie Elliott, Brabeion Software, tel: +01 703 752 9300; email: melanie.elliott@brabeion.com or Leslie Kesselring, Kesselring Communications, LLC tel: +01 503 656 2847; email leslie@kesselring.net

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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