Industry-Leading Producer of Vertical Lift and Tilt Rotor Aircraft Selects Aveksa to Increase Operational Efficiency for Providing Access and to Ensure Sustainable Compliance

WALTHAM, MA—September 28, 2009—Aveksa, Inc., the market-leading provider of enterprise access governance solutions, today announced that Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has selected Aveksa to assist in its access governance processes. The use of the Aveksa solution at Bell Helicopter will initially focus on enabling process and policy automation for the monitoring, reporting and validation of user entitlements.

“Bell Helicopter selected Aveksa because the solution has the capabilities to address the complexity of governing access within the company. We have a systematic plan developed, which will leverage the capabilities of the Aveksa Access Governance Platform to enhance our environment with access validation, role lifecycle management and access request.” said Robert Pace, director, IT Security & Risk Management at Bell Helicopter.

The Aveksa Access Governance Platform is the industry’s first comprehensive solution for access governance, risk and compliance management. It is comprised of the Aveksa Compliance Manager, which automates the monitoring, reporting, certification and remediation of user entitlements; the Aveksa Role Manager, which enables role discovery, modeling and maintenance; and the Aveksa Access Request and Change Manager, which combines a business-centric interface and an automated, streamlined request process with policy controls to ensure that access is appropriate. With the Aveksa Access Governance Platform, organizations can more efficiently address security and regulatory demands through a set of collaborative processes that automate manual tasks, enforce accountability, provide the auditable evidence of compliance, reduce access related business risk, as well as create an effective and efficient process for access delivery across the entire enterprise.

“Industry-leading global companies like Bell Helicopter recognize the importance of implementing process and policy automation to enhance compliance,” said Deepak Taneja, founder, president and CTO of Aveksa. “Using the Aveksa Access Governance Platform, these organizations can more effectively govern their policies related to access and increase reliance on controls being applied in a consistent fashion across the entire enterprise.”

 
About Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter is an industry-leading producer of commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical lift aircraft and the pioneer of the revolutionary tilt rotor aircraft. Globally recognized for world-class customer service, innovation and superior quality, Bell's global workforce serves customers flying Bell aircraft in more than 120 countries. Additional information about the company can be found at www.bellhelicopter.com.

About Textron Inc.
Textron Inc. is a $13.2 billion multi-industry company operating in 34 countries with approximately 44,000 employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation. More information is available at www.textron.com.

About Aveksa
Aveksa provides the most comprehensive, enterprise-class, access governance, risk management and compliance solution. Aveksa automates the monitoring, reporting, certification and remediation of user entitlements and roles; enables role discovery and lifecycle management; and delivers unmatched visibility into the true state of user access rights. With Aveksa, business, security and compliance teams can effectively collaborate and enforce accountability. Our growing customer base includes leading Global 2000 organizations in financial services, healthcare, retail, transportation and manufacturing. For more information, go to www.aveksa.com .