Sensage To Host Webinar On Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard

Pragmatic Approaches for Maintaining PCI Compliance and Improving Investigations, A "Must-Attend" Event for Retailers, Online Merchants and Credit Card Data Processors

SAN FRANCISO, CA - January 25, 2006 - SenSage, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise security analytics, will host a free and informative webinar on January 31, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time/1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time titled, "Pragmatic Approaches for Maintaining PCI Compliance and Improving Investigations." This event will explore practical and effective approaches for retailers, online merchants, acquiring banks, and payment service providers to achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard.

The PCI standard, created in cooperation by Mastercard International and Visa USA, is intended to protect the security and privacy of cardholder data. PCI requires that merchants and credit card service providers implement a series of 12 clearly defined information protection and security assurance measures. Although the deadline for conforming to this standard was June 30, 2005, many organizations have not yet achieved full compliance. Additionally, annual reviews are required to validate continued compliance.

"Requirement 10," the focus of the SenSage webinar and one of the most challenging requirements of the PCI standard, mandates that merchants and service providers track and monitor all system activity and event logs from computer network systems and software that house or touch cardholder data. This requirement requires the long-term retention of event log data, placing enormous storage and data management burden upon merchants and credit card processors, many of whom already struggle to maintain compliance with an increasing number of other state, federal and industry-specific regulations designed to protect the privacy and security of customer data.

SenSage's webinar will provide attendees with actionable advice on how to implement cost-effective Security Information Management strategies for system activity logging, data retention and analysis.

The webinar will feature three expert speakers:

• Noted security analyst George Hamilton of industry research firm Yankee Group,
• SenSage Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager Sandy Hawke, and
• Principal Consultant Christopher Novak from managed security services provider Cybertrust.

Topics to be covered include:

• An overview of the PCI standard in general
• How to avoid flaws that result in security breaches
• How to implement the event monitoring guidelines outlined in Requirement 10
• Overcoming the challenges of reconstructing events in real-time, and over time
• Pragmatic strategies for efficiently managing, protecting and analyzing audit data

The webinar is open to anyone involved with the implementation or management of security, data processing or PCI compliance efforts at retailers, online merchants, acquiring banks, and payment service providers. To register, please visit http://www.esecurelive.com/jsp/sessionDetail.jsp?meetingID=503§ionID=security&conferenceID=8&promoCode=site or email info@sensage.com.

About SenSage

SenSage, the leading provider of enterprise security analytics, offers unparalleled performance and a scalable means for organizations to centrally aggregate, efficiently analyze, dynamically monitor and cost-effectively store massive volumes of event log data. Our solutions empower companies to readily respond to business-critical threats, conduct thorough and precise investigations, and maintain compliant operations. Based in San Francisco, CA, SenSage currently protects Global 2000 customers in financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology. The company markets its product directly and through partners including Cerner, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, and Lockheed Martin. For more information, visit www.sensage.com.

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