CIGNA and Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation CISOs to Moderate Discussion of the Issues Enterprises Face in Managing User Access for Compliance and Risk Management

WALTHAM, Mass.—November 12, 2007—Aveksa, Inc., the market-leading provider of enterprise access governance solutions, today announced that leading IT security experts will be participating in an executive roundtable, titled “Access Governance: Cornerstone to Managing Regulatory Compliance and Risk Challenges.” Sponsored by Aveksa, the event will take place on Tuesday, November 13, at the Marriott Financial Center in New York City.

This event will be moderated by Craig Shumard, chief information security officer of CIGNA Corporation, and Jim Routh, chief information security officer of The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. Shumard and Routh will lead an interactive discussion on how IT security executives can create a sustainable process for meeting access compliance requirements and managing risk while driving accountability and reducing cost.

Event: Aveksa Executive Roundtable: “Access Governance: Cornerstone to Managing Regulatory Compliance and Risk Challenges”

Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Roundtable: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET Reception: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET
 
Location: Marriott Financial Center, 85 West Street, New York, NY

Managing the complexity of controlling user access to information resources presents an overwhelming challenge for many organizations. Governance and risk management initiatives face significant issues in managing access across a multitude of disparate systems and data assets while having to deal with user roles that are constantly changing due to mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, transfers, and on-boarding and off-boarding of employees. While access by employees, partners, suppliers and customers to informational systems continues to expand, an increasing number of regulatory compliance objectives regarding that access must be achieved. For organizations to thrive in a global economy, access governance must not be a barrier to business but an enabler.

This roundtable discussion will focus on the value of gaining enterprise-wide visibility into user access to provide the necessary business and regulatory context to ensure that access is appropriate to a particular role and within compliance guidelines. Organizations need a sustainable process where IT security teams and compliance/audit departments are able to effectively collaborate on access governance.

About Aveksa
Aveksa provides the only 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 Fortune 2000 organizations in financial services, healthcare and manufacturing. For more information, go to www.aveksa.com.