Swiss Re Selects Application Security, Inc. to Enhance Database Security, Risk and Compliance
Leading Global Reinsurer Deploys DbProtect to Increase Audit Efficiency and Ensure Continuous Compliance for Multi-National, Heterogeneous
Enterprise Database Environment
NEW YORK – November 30, 2009 – Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions for the enterprise, today announced that Swiss Re has deployed DbProtect™ across their enterprise database environment. Operating in more than twenty countries, Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading global reinsurers. DbProtect enables Swiss Re to scale its database vulnerability and audit management initiatives across the company’s multi-national database infrastructure, and control, manage and report on the deployment through a centralized enterprise platform.
DbProtect’s agentless architecture allows the solution to rapidly scale across complex, heterogeneous environments with the fastest time to compliance and the lowest-possible total cost of ownership. For multi-national enterprise organizations like Swiss Re, DbProtect ensures enhanced security, reduced risk and continuous compliance with audit and regulatory requirements.
“Our primary concerns were ensuring the integrity and protection of our data, and complying with global compliance regulations and database security standards,” said Peter Cartwright, Global Database Manager at Swiss Re. “DbProtect’s agentless architecture allowed us to centralize our scanning and streamline our overall database security, risk and compliance requirement. The increased automation provided by the enterprise platform has resulted in considerable operational savings to our organization.”
“In adding Swiss Re to our roster of over 2,000 global customers worldwide, we applaud their commitment to protecting confidential customer and organizational information,” said Rob Chapdelaine, vice president of worldwide sales and distribution, Application Security, Inc. “DbProtect has allowed Swiss Re’s security and compliance operations teams to streamline audit processes and ensure continuous compliance across the enterprise.”
About Application Security, Inc.
Application Security, Inc. is the leading provider of agentless database security, risk and compliance (SRC) solutions for the enterprise. Application Security, Inc.’s agentless approach – AppDetectivePro for auditors and IT advisors, and DbProtect for the enterprise – delivers the industry’s most scalable database SRC solution and is in use around the world in the most demanding environments by over 2,000 customers. The company was named to Inc. Magazine’s 2007 (Inc. 500) and 2008 list of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies, and was also named to the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 by Deloitte & Touche.
For more information, please visit www.appsecinc.com.
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CONTACT:
Tom Bain
Application Security, Inc.
tbain@appsecinc.com
781-687-1063