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New Voyence Solution Helps Assure PCI Compliance

New PCI Advisor Provides Clear and Intuitive Documentation/Enforces Consistent Best Practices for Network Configuration Management

Richardson, Texas, September 17, 2007 – Voyence, a pioneer in automated network change and configuration management solutions, today unveiled VoyenceControl PCI Advisor – the first product in a new Compliance Advisory Series. PCI Advisor removes guesswork associated with ensuring network devices adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a set of best practices which mandate that companies must enhance data security and proactively protect customer account information at all points in the payment process.

“Matching the PCI regulatory mandates to the actual network data needed to demonstrate compliance is an on-going, resource intensive issue - with no easy way to bridge this gap,” said Jeffrey Nudler, senior analyst, Enterprise Management Associates. “Voyence's new PCI Advisor is designed to address this gap by embedding the applicable PCI DSS requirements into VoyenceControl and automatically mapping change and configuration data to each PCI mandate for a clear view into compliance of the ever-changing state of network behavior.”

In a related announcement, Voyence stated it has been accepted as a Participating Organization of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council. Voyence will influence the direction of PCI standards through active involvement in community meetings, provide advance reviews of drafts, standards, supporting materials as well as continue regular dialogue with key stakeholders. (Please see www.voyence.com for full release details)

New changes to compliance regulations coupled with the size and distributed nature of today’s networks have complicated IT personnel’s ability to secure corporate and personal data. Voyence’s PCI Advisor maps change and configuration data directly into embedded PCI DSS mandates to help ensure network devices stay compliant with repeatable processes and dynamic dashboard displays. The new offering also eases audits with in-depth reports detailing how network devices adhere to each PCI DSS requirement.

“The integrity of our customers’ data is absolutely critical,” said Josh Levine, president of Vanguard Managed Solutions. “As a leading provider of managed solutions to the retail market and a Voyence customer, we contributed to the requirements for the PCI Advisor solution and look forward to leveraging the new capabilities within VoyenceControl to help document, track and enforce PCI compliance for our customers.”

“During the past year, personal data has been stolen from thousands of credit card holders, because networks were not locked down and there were no repeatable, best practices for ensuring that network devices were correctly configured,” said Darren Orzechowski, Voyence’s VP of Marketing. “Voyence’s PCI Advisor provides IT managers with best practices and templates for quickly and reliably achieving and verifying compliance with the PCI DSS, and more importantly removing significant risk, exposure and cost for companies and consumers.”

Voyence’s new VoyenceControl Compliance Advisor Series was specifically developed to go beyond rudimentary change and configuration management capabilities and actually guide organizations through PCI, SOX, HIPAA and other compliance mandates. PCI Advisor is the first product available in the series to help IT staff quickly answer all compliance related questions including:

• Are we compliant?
• If not, are we making progress to become compliant?
• When will we be compliant?
• What is left to complete?
• What are the primary compliance issues?
• What changes are being made to the network and are they approved?

VoyenceControl PCI Compliance Advisor – Details

Features of the new offering include:

• Actual PCI DSS Mandates Embedded Directly Into VoyenceControl
• Linking of Associated Policies, Their Definitions and Results
• Ability to Map Applicable Network Security Data to Each PCI Mandate
• Checkboxes and Timestamps for Reviews
• In-Depth Dashboard Views Showing Dynamic Changes — Not Static Data
• PCI Auditor Relevant Reports

Pricing and Availability
Contact Voyence for pricing and availability, in the U.S. at 1-866-233-7569, e-mail: sales@voyence.com, EMEA +44 771-000-5281, Middle East +971 4312 4993.

About Voyence
Voyence is the leading provider of configuration and change management solutions that automate critical change, compliance and activation processes. The company’s solution, VoyenceControl, helps organizations drive out operational costs, increase availability, improve security, and demonstrate regulatory compliance. VoyenceControl is the only configuration and change management solution based on a multi-tiered architecture that can effectively manage tens of thousands of devices across heterogeneous infrastructure. For more information please visit www.voyence.com.

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