Award Demonstrates High Levels of Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty from the Firm’s Banking Clients

WALTHAM, Mass. July 14, 2009 - Security Management Partners, a professional services firm specializing in information security, recently received an award for outstanding work in conducting security audits in the banking industry for the second year in a row. This award was the result of direct input from Banker & Tradesman subscribers who were asked to identify their best vendors in the area of security auditing.

As a company that has over 95 banking clients in the New England area alone, Security Management Partners delivers immeasurable value to its clients by going above and beyond the use of automated scanning products to uncover and resolve system vulnerabilities.

“Standard scanning tools alone are a good start, but are inadequate to thoroughly assess the vulnerability an organization has to outside attacks,” said Peter Bamber, vice president of Consulting Services, Security Management Partners. “We use technical expertise, our years of experience and a variety of tools that hackers might employ in order to understand and assess the actual risks our customers are exposed to. Our proven processes allow us to confirm where the client’s vulnerabilities are and eliminate any false positives the scanning tools may produce.”

Security Management Partners also provides custom services to uncover loopholes in policies or operational procedures that can put a disgruntled employee in a position to represent a significant threat, an area which is often overlooked in many organizations. Social Engineering, both on and offsite, Infrastructure assessment, and IT Risk & General Control are all part of SMP’s core competency in assessing a bank’s current security posture.

“We are both honored and thrilled to receive this award for the second straight year, especially since it reflects the confidence that our clients have in SMP and the consistent excellence that the whole organization strives for,” said Jim Achille, CEO of Security Management Partners. “Our entire team takes great pride in the quality of customer service that we deliver and we put a great deal of effort into the depth and integrity of our assessment, vulnerability testing and other security services. This award provides us with meaningful feedback on the impact of our efforts.”

About Security Management Partners

Security Management Partners was founded in 1999 and has a singular focus on providing security services to identify, prioritize and provide remediation advice to eliminate external and internal information security risks.

The company does not sell any hardware or software products to ensure neutrality in all of its assessments. While elimination of vulnerabilities that could lead to an attack is the firm’s primary focus, SMP also offers incident response services on a retainer basis and is often called upon to conduct investigative and forensic services nationwide. More information can be accessed at www.smpone.com.

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For further information contact:
Nicole Sherman
The Devon Group
(732) 224-1000, ext. 16
nicole@devonpr.com