Industry Leaders LogLogic, Arsenal Security Group and SecureWorks Partner to Provide Comprehensive PCI Compliance Starter Package

SAN JOSE, CA – February 5, 2008 – LogLogic®, the log management leader, Arsenal Security Group®, the industry leader in Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance, and SecureWorks®, one of the market's leading Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, have partnered to provide an easy way to quickly close PCI compliance gaps with the industry's first PCI Compliance Starter Package. Under this partnership, Arsenal will bundle LogLogic's log management and intelligence (LMI) technology and SecureWorks' managed security services with their professional consulting services to help companies launch and sustain their PCI DSS compliance initiatives.

Introduced by Visa and Mastercard, PCI DSS describes specific mandates and requirements for retail companies and service providers that manage credit card transactions and other critical payment card information. Requirement 10 of PCI DSS is dedicated to logging and log management and requires all companies that store, process or transmit cardholder information to implement effective log data monitoring and reporting capabilities, which start with an effective log management solution.

The PCI Compliance Starter Package includes LogLogic's enterprise-class log management platform for monitoring, collecting, storing, reporting and alerting on logs from virtually any data source, Arsenal's onsite implementation and PCI compliance consulting services and two free months of managed PCI log retention services from SecureWorks. The bundle includes a "quick start gap assessment" to determine the current state of PCI compliance and development of a roadmap for achieving and maintaining compliance goals.

"In today's complex world of regulatory compliance, CIOs face time-consuming and crippling audits if they are not meeting compliance guidelines," said Robert Yusin, vice president, worldwide field operations for LogLogic. "For customers, achieving PCI compliance is more than buying a solution. The PCI Starter Package empowers customers with Arsenal's industry-leading expertise and places companies on the fast track to PCI compliance."

"Over the past few years, log management has gone from an act of housekeeping at the IT management level to a mandatory best practice for enterprise security and regulatory compliance," said Tony Spurlin, managing principal at Arsenal Security Group. "Our customers are demanding mature battle-tested log management solutions, so we partnered with the best."

"Our customers depend on log management to identify and respond to security threats and meet today's growing landscape of regulatory compliance standards," said Corey Merchant, vice president of product management at SecureWorks. "By partnering with LogLogic and Arsenal, we are enabling customers to intelligently manage, fully digest and efficiently report on all data logs from various devices."

The PCI Compliance Starter Package scales to benefit businesses of all sizes. From enterprises with little to no existing monitoring, logging, or alerting technologies to small retailers unsure of the specific technologies or core PCI requirements pertaining to them, customers will quickly be able to understand the storage, processing and transmission of sensitive cardholder data and implement an enterprise class solution that meets the requirements of PCI DSS Compliance.

The PCI Starter Program will be available soon from Arsenal Security Group.

Additionally, LogLogic and Arsenal, along with SecureWorks, recently hosted a webcast titled "Best Practices in Starting Your PCI DSS Compliance Initiatives". The webcast featured representatives from the three companies as well as Mike Rothman, an analyst at Security Incite.

About LogLogic

LogLogic® provides the world's leading enterprise-class platform for collecting, storing, reporting and alerting on 100 percent of IT log data from virtually any device, operating system or application. The LogLogic family of MX and LX-ST appliances address the compliance, operations and risk mitigation needs of mid-market companies, as well as the most demanding global enterprises. LogLogic's innovations include creating the world's first search engine for fast-moving IT log data, and Compliance Suites that automate using that data to enforce critical controls and regulations. LogLogic has established a position as the market visionary and leader, with awards that include Info Security "Product Excellence Awards" 2008, SC Magazine 'Approved for SC Labs Rating' in 2006 and 2007, IT Week's 'Editor's Choice Award', AlwaysOn Top 100 Private Company 2006, Best of Interop 2005, SC Magazine's 'Best Computer Forensics', Info Security's 'Hot Company 2006', and designation to the Red Herring 100 in 2006. For more information, visit www.loglogic.com and http://blog.loglogic.com.

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About Arsenal Security Group

Arsenal Security Group as a Qualified Security Assessment Company for the Payment Card Industry is a leader in developing security strategies that support the key metrics of your business while addressing various compliance and regulatory mandates. Arsenal Security Group's brings such innovation to the market, like its Smart Search Technology™ combined with award winning service, delivering the capability to scan and identify for the presence and location of critical information throughout your computing environment, information like sensitive PII, and PHI, as well as confidential Customer Cardholder information. Arsenal Security Group is a leader in the industry, by developing consensus between Line of Business owners and IT departments, Arsenal Security Group is your trusted partner for providing security, compliance and risk management consulting services.

About SecureWorks

With over 2,000 clients, SecureWorks is one of the market's leading Security-as-a-Service (Saas) providers. Organizations are protected from external and internal cyber-threats through SecureWorks' On-Demand Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform, the SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit™, and three fully synchronous Security Operations Centers (SOCs) staffed with SANS GIAC certified analysts working 24x7 to safeguard client systems. SecureWorks has won SC Magazine's MSSP of the Year 2006 & 2007, Best Intrusion Prevention 2006 and has been named to the Inc 500 and Deloitte lists of fastest-growing companies. www.secureworks.com

Posted February 05, 2008 6:00AM