[October 16, 2014]

Digital Defense Earns Center for Internet Security Certification

Digital Defense, Inc. today announced that its Frontline 6.0 platform has received security software certification from the Center for Internet Security. Certification from CIS verifies that Frontline 6.0's vulnerability management capabilities meet industry-accepted, internationally recognized secure configuration standards.

DDI's Frontline platform helps organizations and enterprises of all sizes to streamline their vulnerability management processes by enabling them to rapidly pinpoint and remediate vulnerabilities posing the highest risk.

"The current security landscape makes it absolutely necessary for organizations to accurately evaluate security protocols and procedures to protect their data and keep their reputations intact," said DDI president & CEO Larry Hurtado. "In earning the CIS benchmarking certification, it's evident that we are playing a significant role in helping our Frontline users do that."

The CIS benchmark certification places DDI in an elite category as one of few security providers that have also achieved status as an Approved Scanning Vendor from the Payment Card Industry Standards Council and as a pioneer in the delivery of managed vulnerability management solutions.

CIS, a global nonprofit organization, provides industry-accepted best practice standards, known as benchmarks, for secure configuration of the most commonly used IT systems and technologies, tools for measuring information security status, and resources for making informed security investment decisions. CIS Benchmarks members include organizations and users from virtually every industry sector an every size, ranging from independent consultants to Fortune 500 companies.

In order for a company's product to be awarded a CIS Certification, the company must be a CIS Security Software Vendor member, and its product(s) must meet rigorous assessment and reporting requirements that demonstrate the tool's capability to accurately measure and compare a target system(s)' configurations with the technical settings and actions defined in the applicable CIS Benchmark(s).

"We are pleased that Digital Defense has made the commitment to obtain CIS benchmark certification. This will provide Digital Defense customers the ability to assess their system configurations according to CIS' consensus-based recommendations to help further strengthen their overall cyber security posture," said William Pelgrin, CIS president and CEO.

About Digital Defense

Founded in 1999, Digital Defense, Inc. (DDI) is a premier provider of managed security risk assessment solutions protecting billions in assets for small businesses to Fortune companies in over 65 countries. DDI's dedicated team of experts helps organizations establish a culture of security through regular information security assessments, awareness education and decisive security intelligence. This proven method bolsters the capability of organizations to reduce risk and keep information, intellectual property and reputations secure. The combination of DDI's certified security analysts, patent-pending scanning technology and proprietary cloud-based vulnerability management system, Frontline™ Solutions Platform, delivers one of the most powerful assessment results and remediation management solutions possible.

DDI has expanded its presence in North America with the recent addition of a sales office in Boston. Complementing the company's sales force based at the San Antonio headquarters and in the Houston metroplex, the expansion enables the company to optimize the on-boarding of new clients utilizing DDI's expertise as a result of the heightened demand for proven information security solutions. Contact DDI at 877-273-1412 or ddifrontline.com.

About the Center for Internet Security

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization focused on enhancing the cyber security readiness and response of public and private sector entities, with a commitment to excellence through collaboration. CIS produces consensus-based, best practice secure configuration benchmarks and security automation content, and serves as the key cyber security resource for state, local, territorial and tribal governments, including chief information security officers, homeland security advisors and fusion centers. CIS provides products and resources that help partners achieve security goals through expert guidance and cost-effective solutions. To learn more please visit cisecurity.org or follow us at @CISecurity.

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