Info Security highlights focus on Risk Management of special value to auditors and consultants

New York – July, 8th 2008 – Modulo, leading provider of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, has announced that Modulo Risk Manager™ was praised by a thorough review conducted by Information Security Magazine in its June issue. The evaluation highlighted Modulo’s focus on risk management , which facilitates governance of vendors and external relationships. It concludes that these features are “of special value to the auditor or consultant out in the field validating organizational compliance to controls”
 
Developed over six years, Modulo Risk Manager award-winning software is a risk assessment, compliance and knowledge management tool. The solution collects, centralizes and generates reports relating to technology assets, such as software and equipment, as well as non-technology assets such as people, processes and physical facilities within an organization to assess risk and ensure compliance.
 
According to the review, “Modulo Risk Manager allows enterprises to categorize themselves into one or more organizations that are represented by a tree view in the client. It auto-populates this view by importing information from a variety of sources, such as Active Directory, asset spreadsheets/ databases and manual entries. Its real power lies in its ability to categorize every asset in the organization – processes, applications, technical components and facilities – associate a risk level to each, and keep track of the controls that are implemented on an asset-by-asset basis. The tool also facilitates keeping track of personnel associated with the assets and threats to it.”
 
“This evaluation recognizes Modulo’s leading position as a provider of IT GRC solutions”, said Ron Radclif, Modulo’s VP of Sales. “A recognition such as this is particularly rewarding because it comes from a highly respected and reliable source of information for security management professionals. We will carry on improving our solution as to better serve our clients worldwide. ”
 
About Modulo – Modulo is a market leader for IT Governance, Risk and Compliance management. Modulo Risk Manager provides organizations with the tools they need to automate the processes required for assessing security vulnerabilities and attaining regulatory compliance.

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