Press Release
Brabeion Software's Chief Compliance Strategist Leads Boardroom Roundtable Presentation at Gartner IT Security Summit 2008
RESTON, VA — June 2, 2008 — Brabeion Software, the leading software provider in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC), today announced that Steve Schlarman, CISM, CISSP and Brabeion's Chief Compliance Strategist, will lead a boardroom presentation at the Gartner IT Security Summit 2008. In this interactive roundtable for CISOs titled "The Great IT GRC Maturity Debate," Schlarman will preview Brabeion's IT GRC Maturity Model, which provides a framework for pragmatic debate on the state of IT GRC maturity.
"IT GRC is one of the most vital – and over-hyped – security topics for 2008. By collaboratively mapping the current state of the industry, we can chart the future of IT GRC and prioritize the critical next steps required for organizations to quickly advance up the maturity curve," added Schlarman.
The Gartner IT Security Summit is one of the industry's leading conferences for C-level IT security executives. The 2008 conference is being held June 2 – 4 in Washington, DC at the Gaylord National hotel. This year's conference them is "The Next Ten Years in Information Security" and is designed to provide insight and a vision of how things will evolve over the next 5-10 years and provide road maps on how enterprises and solutions providers will get there. To learn more about the conference go to: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=594029.
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
Brabeion and PricewaterhouseCoopers:
Overcoming PCI Challenges
Is your organization struggling to meet PCI requirements and deadlines? Is the fear of potential fines making it difficult to run and maintain a successful program?
View Recorded Webcast »
Brabeion and Forrester Research:
Critical Steps to Automating your IT GRC Programs
The crucial need to effectively manage and mitigate increasing IT risks - coupled with the rise in government-mandated and industry-specific regulations, demand that organizations unify their governance, security, risk and compliance silos to provide a holistic view of the IT environment.
View Recorded Webcast »
OCEG and Brabeion Webinar:
Controls Based Risk Management:
From Auditable Policy to Understanding Risk
A unique approach for risk calculation utilizing a "component-based" method leveraging three pieces of information - Requirement, Standard and Control. Get a new understanding of risks from a compliance and controls perspective, enabling fuller visibility into business impacts and decision making.
View Recorded Webcast »
Rolling with the Changes:
Managing Compliance in a Continuously Evolving Industry
Financial Services companies face many obstacles due to the regulations and requirements they have to face. Learn how leading commercial and consumer finance company, CIT, has evolved their compliance programs.
View Recorded Webcast »
Brabeion in Enterprise:
Featuring: Chevron-Texaco, Brabeion, and Forrester Research analyst Michael Rasmussen. Learn how to efficiently and effectively identify controls to achieve compliance with GLBA, PCI, FFIEC, SOX and HIPAA.
View Recorded Webcast »