ISACA Forms Cybersecurity Task Force Featuring Leading Industry CSOs

Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (20 June 2013)—Cybercrime is on the rise, but will grow even faster if organizations ignore an emerging group of cybersecurity game changers: always-on connectivity, an increasingly IT-centric society, and a new class system that separates people by technology skills. ISACA’s latest guide, Transforming Cybersecurity Using COBIT 5, examines the impact of these game changers and how to manage and transform security by using COBIT 5, a business framework for the governance and management of enterprise information and technology. Along with publication of the guide, IT association ISACA also announced today the formation of a global cybersecurity task force.

 Customers can now detect critical web application security risks across their network at no additional cost

PORTLAND, OREGON — June 6, 2013 — Tripwire, Inc., a global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, today announced that dynamic web application scanning is now included in IP360™ at no additional cost. This critical functionality enables IP360 customers to detect and prioritize web application vulnerabilities within the context of overall information security risk.

 Tripwire Enterprise delivers continuous monitoring solution that processes native SCAP content

PORTLAND, OREGON — June 6th  2013 — Tripwire, Inc., a global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, today announced Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) 1.2 validation for Tripwire Enterprise version 8.2. Tripwire is the first configuration scanning vendor to complete SCAP 1.2 validation under NIST’s National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP).  The validation was performed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).

 Former Symantec Executive to Lead Expanded Federal Sales Efforts 

Portland, Oregon – June 6, 2013 – Tripwire, a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, announced today that John Klein has joined the company as federal sales director. In his new role, Klein will lead the company’s expanded sales focus in the federal information security market.  Tripwire’s current federal government customers include the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Energy, Defense, Commerce and Health and Human Services as well as many others. In the private sector, Tripwire counts nearly half of the Fortune 500 as customers.