PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Guidance Software Inc. (Nasdaq:GUID), the World Leader in Digital Investigations(tm), today announced that a group of leading federal IT security experts will convene to discuss new ways for federal agencies to derive business value from their Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance investments at the Information Assurance (IA) Symposium on Thursday, November 29, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland.
At the symposium, leading Federal IT experts will examine the powerful opportunity IT security regulation compliance offers federal agencies in a panel that will review everything from how to generate the business case for IT security investments to the direction panelists see FISMA headed in the future. Panelists include:
-- Sharon Ehlers, Chief Information Officer, Policy and Planning
Division, Certification and Accreditation Transformation, Office of
the Director of National Intelligence
-- Ron Ross, Senior Computer Scientist and Information Security
Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology
In addition to the panel discussion, the symposium will feature speakers from a number of IA companies already helping government agencies leverage the value of their IT security investments. These companies include Guidance Software, ArcSight, Bit 9, NetWitness, and Utimaco.
To learn more about the Information Assurance Fall Symposium or to register for this event, visit http://www.guidancesoftware.com/inforequest/briefing_68.aspx.
About Guidance Software (GUID)
Guidance Software is recognized worldwide as the industry leader in digital investigative solutions. Its EnCase(r) platform provides the foundation for government, corporate and law enforcement organizations to conduct thorough, network-enabled, and court-validated computer investigations of any kind, such as responding to eDiscovery requests, conducting internal investigations, responding to regulatory inquiries or performing data and compliance auditing -- all while maintaining the integrity of the data. There are more than 20,000 licensed users of the EnCase technology worldwide, and thousands attend Guidance Software's renowned training programs annually. Validated by numerous courts, corporate legal departments, government agencies and law enforcement organizations worldwide, EnCase is also frequently honored with industry awards and recognition from eWEEK, SC Magazine, Network Computing, and the Socha-Gelbmann survey.
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