The Morningtown Group LLC Announces the 1st Information Assurance Consortium Industry Day Conference June 10th at the Double Tree Hotel in Rockville

In response to the growing Cyber security threat, some of the industry’s highest rated Information Security Vendors have joined forces under the first of its kind Information Assurance Consortium to offer complete, customer specific, and fully integrated information security solutions. Now these companies come together at the Information Assurance Consortium 1st (in a series) “Industry Day” - open to Federal Government, Health Care and Finance Security personnel in a quiet, intimate atmosphere.

Rockville, MD (PRWEB) May 8, 2005 -- Steven W. Ahlbin, President of The Morningtown Group LLC, an SBC HUB Zone certified Information Technology Consultancy and member of the Computer Security Institute stated in a personal interview today that MTG’s 1st Annual Information Assurance Industry Day Conference and Exhibition is to be held June 10th in Rockville, Maryland at the Double Tree Hotel.

The industry’s 1st integrated computer security event, the MTG Annual Conference will highlight the Consortium members and present to 250 computer and information security professionals from 40 agencies and/or organizations. The 18 vendor conference will offer sessions highlighting security best practices to help security practitioners and IT professionals navigate the challenges presented by wireless technologies, computer crime, new Government regulations and much more.

"This event is exciting," said Peter Laitin, Director of Federal Sales for Verisign. "It is the perfect forum for security professionals and those responsible for implementing Cyber Security to come to a quiet setting, learn from the experts and come away prepared to protect their organizations' critical information assets. The fact that the show has been ‘personalized’ for ‘one on one’ discussions with potential customers makes this show a win-win event."

Morningtown President Steve Ahlbin added, “The reason for forming this consortium was because customers are beginning to understand that no single product or service can comprehensively address the possible cyber security threats to a customer’s IT infrastructure. Maintaining effective security is a continuous process that identifies assets, analyzes threats, defines acceptable levels of risk, and puts in place targeted information assurance solutions.”

“The Information Assurance Consortium (IAC) sponsored by `The Morningtown Group LLC' was created as an organization to help customers solve the ever growing threat to and costs of maintaining the security of their IT infrastructure. Today the IAC brings together computer security product solution providers and subject matter experts to offer unprecedented customer specific, cost effective and fully integrated cyber security solutions.”

“Entering into an agreement with the DHS certified cyber security lab at the University of Texas in Dallas where products will be tested and integrated into customer specific solutions, our clients are now in a position to exploit these technologies, safe in the knowledge that they will be fully protected against new emerging threats. The IAC also help clients comply with legislative and regulatory requirements set forth by organizations and/or mandates such as HSPD-12, NIST, FIPS, DISA, OSD, DOD, GLBA, SOX and HIPAA and gain formal certification for standards such as the ISO 17799. The IAC also provides a broad range of services to include: supporting top-level policy, strategy and process reviews; conducting business impact analysis and risk assessment; generating customer requirements; designing business security solutions; ensuring consumer privacy; and even outsourcing the security management of a clients web sites, firewalls, remote access, e-mail, encryption, intrusion detection, etc.”

For additional information on this conference visit the Morningtown website at www.morningtowngroup.com or please contact Greg Baughman, VP or Program Support Services for The Morningtown Group LLC at 301-998-6121.

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