NEW YORK – January 5, 2010 - Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions (SRC) for the enterprise, today announced that Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE: PGI) has standardized on AppDetectivePro. Premiere Global Services, Inc. has deployed AppDetectivePro’s agentless database scanning technology to meet their requirements for database discovery, vulnerability assessment, user access controls and compliance reporting.

With tens of thousands of licenses shipped worldwide, AppDetectivePro is the de facto standard audit solution for database security, risk and compliance.  AppDetectivePro discovers, examines, reports and proposes fixes for database security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.  Because it is agentless, AppDetectivePro can be rapidly implemented and provide immediate time to benefit.  The solution provides auditors, IT advisors and internal audit teams with detailed compliance reports and a comprehensive view of an organization’s database asset inventory, vulnerability profile, access controls and entitlements to sensitive information.

"Deploying a best-in-class technology was critical, and AppDetectivePro enabled a comprehensive database assessment so we could improve our compliance posture," said Daniel Nunez, Information Security Officer, Premiere Global Services, Inc.  "With AppDetectivePro, we significantly reduced our resource requirements and increased audit efficiency, ultimately scaling our compliance initiatives across a large, heterogeneous database environment." 

"As a worldwide communications leader, Premiere Global Services is responsible for protecting a significant amount of sensitive information," said Rob Chapdelaine, vice president, worldwide sales and distribution, Application Security, Inc.  "AppDetectivePro provides an efficient, detailed database assessment by eliminating manual processes and streamlining assessments and audits of database entitlements and vulnerabilities."

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.

Contact:
Tom Bain                          
Application Security, Inc.               
tbain@appsecinc.com                    
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