Application Security, Inc. Announces Selection of AppDetectivePro™ as Database Audit Solution by E

Online, October 19, 2009 (Newswire.com) - NEW YORK, October 19, 2009 â"€ Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance (SRC) solutions for the enterprise, today announced that Excentium, Inc., an information assurance (IA) provider and external auditor of commercial and Federal IT systems, has selected Application Security, Inc.'s AppDetectivePro as its preferred database audit solution. Using AppDetectivePro Excentium provides IT audit services to assess database compliance against commercial and Department of Defense (DoD) regulations.

The addition of yet another independent auditing firm selecting AppDetectivePro as a standard database assessment tool further enhances Application Security's position as the dominant provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions for the IT audit and advisor community.

Excentium leverages the powerful capabilities of Application Security, Inc.'s AppDetectivePro solution to audit enterprise databases against regulatory mandates like the DISA STIG's, which establish database certification and accreditation for the DoD. In addition to conducting comprehensive information assurance and database vulnerability assessments, Excentium leverages AppDetectivePro's new User Rights Review (URR) functionality to provide detailed analysis of user entitlements to data, including role inheritance, privileges, and rights to sensitive information.

"AppDetectivePro speeds segregation of duty and user entitlement audits by automating key tasks. This functionality is unique in the market, and allows us to deliver results faster and offer a more complete service to our clients. It's a key reason why we selected Application Security, Inc.," said Colin Corlett, president and CEO, Excentium, Inc.

AppDetectivePro helps Excentium conduct audits that map directly to stringent compliance requirements such as SOX, PCI, HIPPA and the DISA STIG. The foundation of AppDetectivePro 6.0 is the knowledgebase and rules developed by TEAM SHATTER™, Application Security's industry recognized threat research organization. This knowledgebase represents the industry's largest and most comprehensive collection of known database vulnerabilities and remediation best practices - a feature that has made AppDetectivePro the de facto database vulnerability assessment solution for years.

About Application Security, Inc.
Application Security, Inc. is the leading provider of agentless database security, risk and compliance (SRC) solutions for the enterprise. Application Security, Inc.'s agentless approach - AppDetectivePro for auditors and IT advisors, and DbProtect for the enterprise - delivers the industry's most scalable database SRC solution and is in use around the world in the most demanding environments by over 1,700 customers. The company was named to Inc. Magazine's 2007 (Inc. 500) and 2008 list of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies, and was also named to the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 by Deloitte & Touche.

For more information, please visit www.appsecinc.com.

About Excentium, Inc.
Excentium, Inc. is a veteran owned small business that provides Information Assurance (IA) management, security engineering, and Certification and Accreditation (C&A) services to Federal, Department of Defense, and Commercial organizations. They pride themselves on their ability to bridge the gap between technologists and the IA community and a commitment to ensuring that information security is integrated into the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) of dynamic project environments.

For more information, please visit www.excentium.com.

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