Trustwave Announces Expanded Incident Response and Forensics Practice

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - July 11, 2008) - Trustwave, the leading provider of on-demand data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and organizations throughout the world, announces expanded incident response and forensics services practice. The services will be delivered by Trustwave's SpiderLabs -- the advanced security team at Trustwave responsible for incident response and forensics, ethical hacking and application security tests.

In addition to a frontline information security posture, corporations, government agencies and other organizations should have in place the appropriate procedures to respond to a security breach to their network environment. Trustwave has a proven track record of assisting a variety of organizations -- Fortune 500 business, not-for-profit organizations, financial and educational institutions, government agencies, law firms and small to mid-size companies -- in responding to compromises and conducting computer forensic investigations. Trustwave's incident response and forensics services provide organizations the assurance that they will have a trusted partner ready to respond when needed.

Trustwave has responded to hundreds of global security incidents, performed thousands of ethical hacking exercises and security tested hundreds of business applications for Fortune 500 businesses. With that experience, Trustwave is expanding its capabilities to provide the following specific incident response and forensics services within the practice:

--  Custom malware detection and reverse engineering
--  Data compromise investigation
--  Employee computer mis-usage analysis
--  Incident response readiness training
--  Network and application intrusion analysis
--  Retained forensics
    

Javelin Strategy & Research recently released a survey of 400 consumers affected by a data breach. The survey concluded that security breaches caused 55% of victims to trust breached organizations less with their account information, while 30% said they would never purchase goods or services from the affected organization.(1)

"A security breach may damage the reputation of an organization and result in loss of revenue," says Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO of Trustwave. "Trustwave experts mitigate the risk of exploitation with a ready-to-activate incident response plan that responds quickly and efficiently, using cutting-edge techniques to minimize the effect of an intrusion, while safeguarding critical assets."

Trustwave recently released a report detailing its findings of 350 cases of data security compromise in 14 countries between January 2006 and December 2007. Based on merchant level as defined by the transaction volume and type of transactions performed by a merchant, the report finds that smaller Level 4 merchants are being targeted by malicious hackers. This is due, in part, to their reliance on third-party point-of-sale (POS) vendors whom they assume are securing their network when they install their payment application. Unfortunately, those third-party independent sales organizations are not skilled in internet security and neither are the smaller Level 4 merchants, leaving them vulnerable for hackers.

To read the report in its entirety, please visit Trustwave's Web site at https://www.trustwave.com/whitePapers.php.

For more information about Trustwave's incident response and forensic services, please visit: https://www.trustwave.com/irf.php

About Trustwave

Trustwave is the leading provider of on-demand and subscription-based information security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and government entities throughout the world. For organizations faced with today's challenging data security and compliance environment, Trustwave provides a unique approach with comprehensive solutions that include its flagship TrustKeeper® compliance management software and other proprietary security solutions. Trustwave has helped more than 30,000 organizations -- ranging from Fortune 500 businesses and large financial institutions to small and medium-sized retailers -- manage compliance and secure their network infrastructure, data communications and critical information assets. Trustwave is headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa, China and Australia. For more information, visit https://www.trustwave.com/.

(1) Javelin Strategy & Research; "Consumer Survey on Data Breach Notification," June 23, 2008.

Contact Information: MEDIA CONTACT: Michelle Genser Trustwave 312-873-7288