ACTON, Mass. – June 24, 2008 – eIQnetworks^®, Inc., a global provider of integrated security, risk and audit management solutions, today announced that managed security service provider, TierPoint, has selected its flagship SecureVue^® platform as the foundation for multiple managed service offerings, one of which is designed to enable compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Specialty apparel retailer, Zumiez, is the first to deploy TierPoint’s new SecureVue-powered solution.

After an extensive review and evaluation process, TierPoint, which specializes in providing technology and business solutions to organizations in the Pacific Northwest, selected eIQnetworks’ SecureVue over competing products. The primary driver for the final purchase decision was SecureVue’s ability to combine enterprise security management with IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) functionality. The integrated platform enables TierPoint to deliver a breadth of services that leverage data collection, correlation, archival and reporting capabilities to help customers meet stringent security and compliance requirements.

“Data security initiatives and compliance mandates like PCI are business-critical requirements for retail organizations,” said Lee Hudson, technology director at Zumiez. “The reality is that while compliance is mandatory, solution cost and simplicity is also paramount. TierPoint’s SecureVue-based offering provides an easy-to-use platform that enables us to cost-effectively comply with industry regulations.”

As industry standards and best practices demand a more all-encompassing approach to security, risk and audit management, organizations require solutions that provide an integrated, enterprise-wide view of all systems and devices. To meet these demands, companies in highly-regulated industries like retail are increasingly outsourcing solutions from managed security service providers (MSSPs).

“We’re seeing tremendous demand from organizations that have elected to outsource security and compliance requirements in order to meet PCI and other data protection mandates,” said Scott Fuhriman, director of product development at TierPoint. “The reason we selected eIQ’s SecureVue over competing products is because its feature-rich platform enables us to easily meet our customers’ immediate business needs. In particular, the audit capabilities in this platform allow us to be one of the first providers to offer an IT GRC managed service.”

“Forward-thinking service providers like TierPoint have discovered that the implications of security and compliance mandates require organizations to go beyond logs to collect and correlate all data across multiple sources,” said John Sullivan, senior vice president, field operations at eIQnetworks. “By integrating security, risk and audit management, the SecureVue platform offers MSSPs the flexibility required to build a range of revenue-generating services that proactively meet complex security and compliance management requirements.”

TierPoint joins the ranks of over 60 MSSPs who are leveraging eIQ to deliver security, risk and audit management offerings to customers worldwide.

About TierPoint
TierPoint is the premier regional business continuity data center in the Northwest. Its core business is to deliver top tier connectivity, security, and availability. The company, which is led by executives with a strong foundation in the enterprise and telecommunications networking industries, provides superior infrastructure and service offering, customized to address customers evolving network and security needs. For more information, please visit www.tierpoint.com

About eIQnetworks
eIQnetworks, Inc., a leader in integrated security, risk and audit management, enables enterprise, government and MSSP customers to effectively meet security and compliance challenges through a unified framework. More than 2,700 organizations worldwide rely on the power of eIQ’s enterprise security management and IT governance, risk and compliance solutions to proactively detect security breaches, speed incident remediation and support evolving best practices and compliance regulations across the enterprise. For additional information, please visit www.eIQnetworks.com or call +1 877.564.7787.

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