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ENTU - NCSP Corporate Governance Task Force to Unveil Management Framework to Secure Critical Infrastructure Across Industry Sectors

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-- NEWS ADVISORY -- TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:

NCSP Corporate Governance Task Force to Unveil Management Framework
to Secure Critical Infrastructure Across Industry Sectors

CEO Task Force Chairs to Discuss the Essential Role of
Information Security Governance and Need for Widespread Adoption by Executive
Management

WHAT: The National Cyber Security Partnership (NCSP) Corporate
Governance Task Force will hold a press roundtable to unveil
its anticipated report: "Information Security Governance: A
Call to Action". The initial report was developed through
an unprecedented level of consensus via a public-private
partnership that included member experts from government,
industry and academia, and was led by CEO co-chairs Bill
Conner of Entrust, Inc., (Nasdaq: ENTU) and Art Coviello of
RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS). Amit Yoran, Director of
the National Cyber Security Division of the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, will also be on hand to acknowledge
the work of the Information Security Governance (ISG)
framework produced by the Task Force as well as other recent
task force efforts.

The report outlines recommendations for protecting the
nation's critical infrastructure by identifying cyber
security roles and responsibilities within executive
management structures, establishing risk management and
quality assurance benchmarks, and outlining best practices
and industry metrics. Additionally, the ISG framework
provides tool sets to bring accountability to three key
elements of corporate governance programs and information
security systems: people, process and technology.

WHO: Amit Yoran, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Bill Conner, Chairman, CEO and President, Entrust, Inc.
(www.entrust.com )
Art Coviello, CEO and President, RSA Security Inc.
(www.rsasecurity.com )

WHEN: 12:00 noon EDT, Monday, April 12, 2004 (lunch will be
served)

WHERE: The National Press Club, Murrow Room
529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Via Teleconference Dial-in: 1-888-793-1753

BACKGROUND: Information security, often viewed as a set of technical
issues, is in fact a governance and business challenge that
involves risk management, reporting and accountability
requiring the active engagement of executive management.
The Task Force report provides an initial framework and set
of guidelines to help executives and organizations assess
their performance and establish an ISG program.

The NCSP Task Force was formed in December 2003 as part of
the National Cyber Security Summit to develop and promote a
coherent governance framework to drive implementation of
effective information security programs in the private
sector across all industries, organizations and educational
institutions. TechNet served as the secretariat of the Task
Force, which was chaired by Bill Conner of Entrust, Inc. and
Art Coviello of RSA Security Inc.

About NCSP
The National Cyber Security Partnership (NCSP) is led by the Business
Software Alliance (BSA), the Information Technology Association of America
(ITAA), TechNet and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in voluntary partnership with
academics, CEOs, federal government agencies, and industry experts. Following
the release of the 2003 White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace and
the National Cyber Security Summit, the public-private partnership was
established to develop shared strategies and programs to better secure and
enhance America's critical information infrastructure. The task forces will
be releasing separate work products beginning in March 2004 and ending in
April 2004. For more information, please visit www.cyberpartnership.org .

CONTACT: Doug McGinn, [phone], or [e-mail] , for
Entrust, Inc.; or Amy Barney, [phone], or [e-mail] , for
RSA Security Inc.; or Kate Kerkstra, [phone], or
[e-mail] , for TechNet.

SOURCE Entrust, Inc.; RSA Security Inc.P

/PRNewswire -- April 8/


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