March 11, 2008 09:05 ET

S1 Selects Tripwire for Data Center Compliance

Tripwire Enterprise Helps Monitor PCI Compliance for Company's Postilion Division

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - March 11, 2008) - Tripwire today announced that its leading configuration audit and control solution, Tripwire Enterprise, is helping S1 Corporation, a leading provider of customer interaction software for financial and payment services, comply with operational, security and regulatory requirements in its global data center. S1 chose Tripwire for its ability to monitor operational compliance across its corporate IT infrastructure, as well as help its Postilion division address specific PCI requirements.

"S1 solutions are trusted worldwide by thousands of banks, credit unions, retailers, and transaction processors," said Steve Freeman, Global Security Operations for S1. "As a result, our systems need to effortlessly support industry regulations, such as PCI, while maintaining the highest levels of reliability and predictability. With Tripwire Enterprise, our systems are monitored for these strict requirements, helping us in turn meet and exceed the service demands of our customers."

Tripwire will help S1 corporate IT establish and maintain a known, trusted and compliant infrastructure state. Tripwire Enterprise will support S1's IT compliance objectives by assessing configurations across the data center for compliance with both PCI and S1's internal policies and mandated best practices, providing an analysis of any variance. Once the system is in a known state, Tripwire will audit changes made to S1 information systems to ensure that changes adhere to all requirements within S1's environment. Tripwire will enable S1 to analyze and remediate issues that may otherwise go unnoticed, thereby improving global security and increasing IT efficiency.

"Running a mission critical solution for customers, it is important that companies like S1 choose a solution that addresses regulatory compliance and simultaneously strengthens IT best practices," said Dan Schoenbaum, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Tripwire. "S1 is now uniquely capable to monitor operational, regulatory and security compliance, thereby increasing IT efficiency that will help it meet the needs of its customers."

About S1 Corporation

S1 Corporation delivers customer interaction software for financial and payment services and offers unique solution sets for financial institutions, retailers, and processors under three brand names: Postilion, S1 Enterprise and FSB Solutions. Additional information about S1 solutions is available at www.s1.com, www.postilion.com, www.S1enterprise.com, and www.fsb-solutions.com.

About Tripwire, Inc.

Tripwire, Inc. is the recognized leader of configuration audit and control solutions, serving over 6,000 enterprises worldwide. As the first in the industry to combine configuration assessment with configuration change auditing, Tripwire helps IT organizations automate compliance across the data center, reducing risk and increasing operational efficiency. Tripwire ensures the organization achieves continuous operational, regulatory and security compliance, helping IT achieve and maintain a known, trusted and compliant system state. Tripwire is headquartered in Portland, Ore. with offices in the UK, Australia and Japan. For more information visit: http://www.tripwire.com/.