Forrester Research and LogLogic to Host February 21st Webcast on Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance Best Practices and Tips

Webcast To Reveal How To Prove Compliance Enforcement

SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWeb) February 15, 2007 -- LogLogic (http://www.loglogic.com/), the log management and intelligence leader, has announced a February 21st interactive webcast titled "The 7 habits of Highly Effective PCI Compliance - Best Practices and Tips" (http://www.loglogic.com/) that will feature Khalid Kark, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, and Jian Zhen, Sr. Director of Product Management. LogLogic and will give real world examples of companies successfully implementing PCI compliance procedures. The Webcast will be moderated by Ericka Chickowski, the West Coast Bureau Chief of SC Magazine.

Log Data Management and Intelligence (LMI) (http://www.loglogic.com/on-us/) is not just mandated by PCI DSS's Section 10 - it is a key to sound IT and business performance, data protection and overall agility to support multiple compliance regulations in tandem. Auditors want proof of compliance enforcement - are you looking at your log data (http://www.loglogic.com/) daily? PCI Compliance requires that organizations maintain real-time policy enforcement, alert on controls and deliver detailed reports. Data must be encrypted during transport and while stored, assuring an immutable set of data can be produced for the desired period of time.

What are the best practices for PCI Compliance? What habits can you adopt today to get compliant? Presented by industry experts and leaders, topics covered include:

# Trends and drives for new PCI mandates,

# Real world examples: best practices for organizational compliance

# What data should be retained and for how long,

# What are the PCI compliance deadlines and fines,

# Deploying a log management and intelligence platform (http://www.loglogic.com/products/) to satisfy multiple regulatory requirements and derive broader business benefits

LogLogic provides the industry's most comprehensive automated reporting and alerting for compliance - including SOX, PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, ISO, ITIL, and CoBIT. Underpinned by automated collection, processing, indexing and secure storage of Log data, LogLogic's solutions use log data from virtually any source to allow organizations to reduce the cost and complexity of complying with regulations, mandates, IT and business controls. Continuous compliance requires automation of The Log Lifecycle (tm) (http://www.loglogic.com/products/) - how you collect, alert, securely store, search, report, and share this critical data source.

Khalid Kark

Senior Analyst, Forrester

Khalid focuses on information security strategy, governance, best practices, measurement, and reporting. Khalid's research focuses on helping organizations make their information security programs more effective by aligning them to their business objectives while managing the information risks effectively. Khalid has also had extensive experience consulting Fortune 500 companies to develop and implement effective information security programs and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Khalid is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Jian Zhen Sr. Director Product Management, LogLogic

Jian Zhen, CISM, CISSP, is responsible for the overall vision and strategy of LogLogic's product lines. Prior to joining LogLogic, he was responsible for developing the Managed Security Services infrastructure for Exodus/Savvis. During his 10-year career in the information security field, he has performed audits for many Fortune 1000 companies as an IT auditor with Ernst & Young and Charles Schwab. In his spare time, Jian also writes for Computerworld on a variety of topics covering IT security, intellectual property protection, and manage services SLAs.

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