Abacus Technology Corporation Announces New Services to Track, Measure, and Report Security Performance

National security and public concerns have brought intense pressure on government and industry to secure their information. Abacus Technology Corporation introduces its new line of security services to help organizations track, measure, and report their information security performance.

March 11, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHEVY CHASE, Md.— Mar. 11, 2002—Expanding its managed security services, Abacus Technology Corporation today introduces its new line of security services to help organizations track, measure, and report their information security performance.

National security and public concerns have brought intense pressure on government and industry to secure their information. Increasingly, OMB, GAO, agency heads, CEOs, stockholders, and the public are demanding more reporting on information security effectiveness. Essentially, CIOs and security managers are pulled in two directions," says William Magro, Sr. Vice President for Abacus Technologys Washington operations. With increased oversight, theyre rushing to build new security architectures, yet having to devote more time to measuring and reporting their performance. Security is a new priority for many organizations. Many of them lack the infrastructure, personnel, and broad experience needed to track security effectiveness across the enterprise."

Abacus Technologys Information and Privacy Group is staffed with certified technical, functional, and management experts who specialize in information security program management. The new security line includes services to: integrate processes to collect management-level metrics systematically in key security areas; analyze cost effectiveness of security; determine the impact of security on enterprise operations; and develop technical and executive reports that show progress and accountability in information security. Overall, Abacus Technologys new security services help an organization tell the full story of its security effectiveness.

Today, the benchmark for security is convincing Congress, clients, partners, and the public that Americas information and their own personal information is safe," says Greg Gatjanis, head of Abacus Technologys Washington-based Information Assurance and Privacy Group. Abacus Technologys new line is geared to help organizations account for and communicate their security performance, while enabling CIOs and managers to focus on their first priority—security."

About Abacus Technology Corporation
Founded in 1983, Abacus Technology has provided management and technology services to the U.S. defense and intelligence communities, civilian government agencies, and industry. Based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with eleven foreign and domestic project offices, Abacus Technology specializes in information assurance (IA) and privacy, network engineering, software development, and e-commerce. For details, call 301-215-7587 or see www.abacustech.com.

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