Shavlik Technologies Teams with Virteva to Deliver Managed Security Services

Security and Risk Management Solutions Will Leverage Shavlik Products and Virteva’s Expertise to Minimize Risk and Improve Security and Compliance Readiness

Shavlik Technologies, LLC, the market leader in delivering software solutions that rapidly accelerate and continuously improve security and compliance readiness, today announced that the company will partner with Virteva, an independent information technology company, to provide managed security services for risk and compliance management for Virteva’s enterprise IT customers throughout North America. Virteva will use Shavlik’s NetChk® Protect and NetChk® Compliance security and compliance software as a component of Virteva’s security and risk management offerings.

Virteva’s managed services for enterprise IT customers also include implementing Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and SharePoint in addition to performing, vulnerability assessments, implementing security policies and procedures, security awareness training, and business continuity.

Virteva conducts a thorough assessment of a customer’s security infrastructure which includes a review of hardware and software products deployed, how the technology is implemented, and an assessment of the security governance in place to discover where the security gaps are. This ‘best practices’ approach to effective risk management helps customers, of both Shavlik and Virteva, to more effectively use proactive security solutions that reduce or eliminate potential risks.

“Security continues to be a primary concern for enterprise IT organizations, and our customers continue to invest in these technologies to protect their IT systems and digital assets,” said Tom Kieffer CEO of Virteva. “Shavlik is a natural partner for us in a number of respects but largely because of the company’s outstanding NetChk product family and how Shavlik can improve clients’ security and compliance readiness. Shavlik’s approach to developing exceptional security software solutions makes them an ideal partner for Virteva. Using Shavlik’s software with our technology expertise, we can better help our customers implement best practices in their network security and compliance that realize both a short term and long term security gain.”

“We’re very careful in selecting our strategic business partners because they are a direct reflection on Shavlik,” said Rocco Donnino, vice president of business development at Shavlik. “Virteva shares our vision on implementing security technologies and how security services play into compliance readiness for the customer. We look forward to expanding our work with Virteva in 2008 and beyond.”

Shavlik is actively working with strategic solution providers and the xSP community to build joint partnerships and SAAS solutions that meet the growing demands for rapid endpoint security and compliance readiness. For more information about partnering with Shavlik visit www.shavlik.com.

About Shavlik NetChk® Protect

Productivity can be negatively impacted when unwanted programs enter corporate networks. These programs can decrease available bandwidth and compromise network security. Shavlik NetChk Protect, the industry’s top solution for automating the management of critical security patches, simplifies the management of complex enterprise network security, and flags spyware, malware and unwanted software applications from a single, simple-to-use console. Shavlik NetChk Protect uses Active Vulnerability Management® to maintain secure, policy-compliant enterprise networks through automatic and continuous Assessment, Remediation and Management.

About Shavlik NetChk® Compliance

Compliance is driving a new wave of security spending as today’s organizations need an effective, easy to use, automated way to create and enforce IT security policies that maintain network security while at the same time prove compliance with regulatory guidelines and IT best practice standards. Shavlik NetChk Compliance scans for, compares, and enforces security configuration settings on an organization’s network. It maps settings back to stated security policies and compliance requirements, and provides the necessary reports IT managers need to document and demonstrate compliance.

About Shavlik Technologies

Shavlik Technologies, LLC delivers enterprise IT organizations robust software solutions that rapidly accelerate and continuously improve security and compliance readiness by simplifying IT operations, and identifying and reliably closing system security gaps. Shavlik’s solutions provide Rapid Readiness so IT organizations realize continuous security and compliance readiness in a fraction of the time, cost and IT resources required by alternative approaches.

With more than 10,000 customers worldwide, Shavlik enables enterprises to simplify complex IT security and compliance management, providing trustworthy solutions that free up critical IT resources to focus on innovations that drive business growth while lowering costs. Shavlik also licenses its technology to more than 20 leading security and technology companies such as BMC, Juniper, Sophos, Symantec and VMware. For more information, visit Shavlik Technologies at www.shavlik.com.

About Virteva

Based in Minneapolis, MN, Virteva is an independent information technology consulting firm serving Enterprise clients throughout the United States. Virteva offers a full range of core infrastructure consulting services ranging from assessments and strategic planning to design and implementation of technical solutions. Focus areas include Virtualization and Optimization, Security and ID and Access Management, and Unified Communication and Collaboration solutions. Virteva offers a growing range of remote monitoring and management services that includes core Microsoft Server and Security technologies as well the underlying Network, Server and Security platforms. For more information, call 952-843-1200 or go to www.virteva.com.

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Contacts

Shavlik Technologies, LLC
Jill Teut, (651) 255-5432
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Madison Alexander PR
Dan Chmielewski, (714) 832-8716
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