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Brabeion Software's CEO Presents at CERT GFIRST 2008 Conference

RESTON, VA — May 30, 2008 — Brabeion Software, the leading software provider in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC), today announced that Julian Waits, the company’s CEO, has been selected to present at the CERT GFIRST 2008 conference. In this session titled "Mega to Microscopic IT Risk Assessment and Response," Waits will address the challenges in coordinating IT risk assessments and responses across the cyber community – between public and private sectors and with law enforcement and physical emergency response teams – and highlight the need for a common taxonomy to ensure all parties have a unified understanding of risk implications.

Cyber risks to critical networks and systems continue to escalate. Cyber attacks may begin within a government agency and quickly move to the private sector or vice versa. Since 85% of the critical infrastructure in the United States is owned by the private sector, unity between the cyber response community in the government and private sector is essential to effective protection and defense. "By introducing a common framework for defining Mega, Macro, Micro and Microscopic risks and their corresponding risk assessment and response programs, the cyber community can streamline and automate policy and controls processes while quickly prioritizing and coordinating joint responses to cyber threats and crises," added Waits.

The 4th Annual Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (GFIRST) National Conference is being held June 1-6 in Orlando, Florida at the Caribe Royale Hotel. This year’s conference theme, "Uniting the Cyber Response Community," will present opportunities to explore vital cyber security trends and technology and interact with key industry and government leaders. To learn more about the conference go to: http://www.us-cert.gov/GFIRST/.

GFIRST is a group of technical and tactical practitioners from security response teams responsible for securing government information technology systems. GFIRST members work together to understand and handle computer security incidents and to encourage proactive and preventive security practices across government agencies. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.

About Brabeion Software

Brabeion, the leading software provider in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC), helps organizations demonstrate governance, dramatically reduce risk and improve compliance while lowering costs. Brabeion's Polaris Suite is the first IT GRC solution to trace the full lifecycle of risk and compliance impacts from business and legislative requirements through to policy, implementation procedures and controls with automated audits and assessments. It is powered by comprehensive information risk and audit content developed and maintained by our team of domain experts, through strategic alliances with organizations including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, IT Governance Institute and others. Brabeion Polaris puts you in control of your governance, risk and compliance profile at every level and stage of your business process

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:
Yo Delmar, Brabeion Software, tel: 866 710 8118; email: yo.delmar@brabeion.com or Leslie Kesselring, Kesselring Communications, LLC tel: 503 358 1012; email leslie@kesselring.net