The Talbots, Inc. Selects Vanguard Security Software to Protect Mainframe Data and Applications

Provides Easier to Use Tools, Better Reporting, Audit Compliance Capabilities

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Integrity Professionals, the leading independent provider of enterprise security software for mainframes, today announced that The Talbots, Inc., a leading specialty retailer and marketer of women's apparel, shoes and accessories, has selected Vanguard Security Solutions to help reduce security risks and meet SOX, PCI and other regulatory compliance requirements. Vanguard software will be used to streamline the security administration and management of Talbot's data, which is housed on its mainframe systems.

"Vanguard software has all the features we were looking for at an affordable price, and is much more intuitive and easier to work with than the security software we were previously using," said Bart Gundersen, manager software services at Talbots. "The excellent reporting capabilities in Vanguard's solutions, including the ability to generate ad hoc reports for auditors, will be a big time saver for our security administrators and allow them to provide better information to management."

Talbots will deploy Vanguard Administrator(TM), Vanguard Advisor(TM) and Vanguard Enforcer(TM).

• Vanguard Administrator, the company's flagship product, offers the highest levels of security administration capabilities to simplify and enhance security management functions on systems running IBM Security Server (RACF®).
• Vanguard Advisor provides the most comprehensive event detection, analysis and reporting capabilities for the mainframe environment, which helps administrators or analysts find and fix potential security problems.
• Vanguard Enforcer, a proven, state-of-the-art intrusion management solution, protects critical data and resources by ensuring that security and compliance standards, policies, rules and settings are enforced and breaches are prevented.
  

For more information about Vanguard Security Solutions, visit www.go2vanguard.com.

About Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Vanguard Integrity Professionals provides enterprise security software and services that solve complex security and regulatory compliance challenges for government agencies and corporations around the world. With solutions for Identity and Access Management, Audit and Compliance, Security Administration and Intrusion Detection, Vanguard automates processes necessary to identify and mitigate the risks customers face. Vanguard's customers receive a rapid return on investment and are able to focus on other critical business needs thereby becoming more productive and more secure. For more information, visit www.go2vanguard.com.

Vanguard Administrator, Vanguard Advisor and Vanguard Enforcer are trademarks of Vanguard Integrity Professionals, Inc. RACF is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Any other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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