'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands and NEW YORK, June 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BWise, a NASDAQ OMX company and a global leader in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) management software, announced today that it will participate in and exhibit at the upcoming four day Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit on June 11 – 14, 2012. Over the four-day summit BWise will be speaking and meeting with IT executives about evolving risk management practices, approaches and strategies for reducing risks such as IT security and vulnerability risks with the BWise GRC software solution.
Robert Pijselman, CEO of BWise, said, "BWise is proud to be participating in the Gartner Summit once again. Last year, BWise met with many IT and risk management executives and we spoke about the importance of the integration of security, IT GRC and risk initiatives at the enterprise. Throughout the year, BWise has continued to hear this recurring theme of collaboration between business units, Risk Management and IT, reinforcing the themes BWise is based upon. Since BWise is now a NASDAQ OMX company, we anticipate even more IT security, business continuity, IT GRC and risk related conversations with executives and analysts at the summit and how BWise can assist organizations with these risk management and IT GRC imperatives."
The Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit is the premier gathering of enterprise IT security and risk management executives. The summit takes a comprehensive look at the entire spectrum of IT security, business continuity management and risk, including: network and infrastructure security, identity and access management, compliance, privacy, fraud, business continuity management, and resilience. This year's summit offers over 140 sessions and five in-depth, role-based programs; a CISO Program, IT Security, Risk Management and Compliance, Business Continuity Management (BCM) and new for 2012, the Business of IT Security and Risk.
BWise was positioned as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (EGRC) Platforms in Gartner's July 13, 2011 report by French Caldwell, Tom Scholtz and John Haggerty. Eighteen companies were positioned in the report based on an evaluation of "Completeness of Vision" and "Ability to Execute." For more information and to request a copy of the report please visit www.bwise.com.
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About BWise
BWise, a NASDAQ OMX company, is the global leader in Enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) software. Based on a strong heritage in business process management, BWise delivers a truly integrated and proven GRC platform.
With this platform, BWise supports an organization's ability to track, measure, and manage key organizational risks in one integrated system. By doing so, BWise helps customers to truly be in control by sustainably balancing their performance and financial and reputational risks. BWise enables customers to increase corporate accountability; strengthen financial, strategic and operational efficiencies, maximize performance, and better understand risks. Using BWise, organizations are able to comply with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, ISAE3402/SAS-70, PCI, Solvency II, Basel II and III, Dodd-Frank, ISO-standards, European Corporate Governance Codes and many more.
BWise provides for the GRC needs of hundreds of customers worldwide, across all industries. Customers include adidas, AEGON, Ahold, AngloGold Ashanti, Connexxion, Health Alliance Plan (HAP) of Michigan, LeapFrog, Liebherr, Marathon Oil, Southern Company, Swiss Life, and Transcontinental. BWise has offices in the Netherlands, United States, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.bwise.com.
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