Alpha Software Signs Former Accenture Executive as Chief Security Evangelist

Jeff Kalwerisky helps ensure applications built in Alpha Five take advantage of built-in security framework and have iron-clad security

BURLINGTON, Mass.-July 17, 2008-One of the information technology industry’s most respected enterprise security experts is now serving as Alpha Software’s Chief Security Evangelist. Jeff Kalwerisky, former Executive of the Security and Risk Management Practice at Accenture, will help ensure the integrity of the Alpha Five Web Security Framework, an integrated security system that protects applications and databases from unauthorized access. Kalwerisky will also counsel Alpha Software’s customers, VARs, and partners worldwide on application security, compliance, privacy, and governance.

“Jeff brings over 20 years of experience in global information security and risk management to Alpha,” says Richard Rabins, Co-Chairman of Alpha Software. “He’s helped Fortune 100 companies, global banks, and national governments lock-down some of the world’s most complex information technology systems. His knowledge and skills will strengthen due diligence around our secure development life cycle, and help us ensure Alpha Five’s Web Security Framework remains tight as a drum, without compromising ease of use.”

Kalwerisky is an expert on information risk, standards, and frameworks, including ISO-27002, PCI-DSS (Processing Card Industry Data Security Standard), and CoBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Associated Technologies). Before starting with Alpha, Kalwerisky was Executive of the Security and Risk Management practice at Accenture, a $19 billion global consulting company. He helped grow Accenture’s practice from 60 to over 160 full-time security specialists in the U.S.

Kalwerisky developed Accenture’s methodology for a secure software development life cycle, currently being deployed on a global engagement in financial services. He was also appointed Principal Security Architect for U.K.’s National Health Service IT infrastructure project, the largest healthcare IT development initiative in history.

In that role, Kalwerisky developed security governance for 1,500 software architects and developers, in line with the U.K.’s stringent privacy legislation and BS-17799 security code of practice (now an international standard, ISO-27002.) The resulting system serves some 50 million people in the U.K. In addition, Kalwerisky managed security-related projects, including risk assessments, vulnerability testing, and security incident triage.

Before Accenture, Kalwerisky was VP of Consulting Services for SecureWare, which pioneered the world’s first Internet bank, Security First National Bank. His work ensured Security First and connected banks were secure, and capable of passing audits by the Office of the Controller of the Currency.

Earlier, Kalwerisky served as Director of Global Security for VeriSign. There he was responsible for ensuring that affiliates in 30 countries adhered to VeriSign’s rigorous security standards. He also managed an international team of security managers to design, deploy, and monitor Verisign’s secure data centers around the globe. These centers protected sensitive cryptographic keys used to electronically sign digital certificates, the life blood of e-commerce.

Kalwerisky is the author of Windows NT: Guidelines for Security, Audit, and Control, and Security Audit and Review Guide. His executive training courses on the use of advanced technologies for secure e-commerce, such as cryptography and biometrics, have been delivered to executives and developers internationally.

Kalwerisky holds a double major bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics as well as master’s degrees in computer science and finance. He holds the professional designations of Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He lives in Atlanta, Ga.

ABOUT ALPHA SOFTWARE

Since 1982, Alpha Software has been providing developers with award-winning tools that make it easy to rapidly build robust database and business applications. Today over 1 million developers rely on Alpha Software’s flagship platform, Alpha Five, to build desktop, client-server, distributed, Web 2.0, and AJAX applications for organizations of any size-from SOHO to the Fortune 100. Every day, tens of millions of people and businesses rely on applications built in Alpha Five. With the introduction of Alpha Five Version 9 Platinum Edition in 2008, Alpha Software set new standards for speed of development, portability, reporting, and security for database applications of all stripes. The company is privately held, and based in Burlington, Mass. Alpha Software can be found on the Web at http://www.alphasoftware.com.

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