In addition to a frontline information security posture, corporations,government agencies and other organizations should have in place theappropriate procedures to respond to a security breach to their networkenvironment. Trustwave has a proven track record of assisting a variety oforganizations -- Fortune 500 business, not-for-profit organizations,financial and educational institutions, government agencies, law firms andsmall to mid-size companies -- in responding to compromises and conductingcomputer forensic investigations. Trustwave's incident response andforensics services provide organizations the assurance that they will havea trusted partner ready to respond when needed.

Trustwave has responded to hundreds of global security incidents, performedthousands of ethicalhacking exercises and security tested hundreds of business applicationsfor Fortune 500 businesses. With that experience, Trustwave is expandingits capabilities to provide the following specific incident response andforensics services within the practice:

--  Custom malware detection and reverse engineering--  Data compromise investigation--  Employee computer mis-usage analysis--  Incident response readiness training--  Network and application intrusion analysis--  Retained forensics    

Javelin Strategy & Research recently released a survey of 400 consumersaffected by a data breach. The survey concluded that security breachescaused 55% of victims to trust breached organizations less with theiraccount information, while 30% said they would never purchase goods orservices from the affected organization.(1)

"A security breach may damage the reputation of an organization and resultin loss of revenue," says Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO ofTrustwave. "Trustwave experts mitigate the risk of exploitation with aready-to-activate incident response plan that responds quickly andefficiently, using cutting-edge techniques to minimize the effect of anintrusion, while safeguarding critical assets."

Trustwave recently released a report detailing its findings of 350 cases ofdata security compromise in 14 countries between January 2006 and December2007. Based on merchant level as defined by the transaction volume and typeof transactions performed by a merchant, the report finds that smallerLevel 4 merchants are being targeted by malicious hackers. This is due, inpart, to their reliance on third-party point-of-sale (POS) vendors whomthey assume are securing their network when they install their payment application.Unfortunately, those third-party independent sales organizations are notskilled in internet security and neither are the smaller Level 4 merchants,leaving them vulnerable for hackers.

To read the report in its entirety, please visit Trustwave's Web site athttps://www.trustwave.com/whitePapers.php.

For more information about Trustwave's incident response and forensicservices, please visit: https://www.trustwave.com/irf.php

About Trustwave

Trustwave is the leading provider of on-demand and subscription-basedinformation security and payment card industry compliance managementsolutions to businesses and government entities throughout the world. Fororganizations faced with today's challenging data security and complianceenvironment, Trustwave provides a unique approach with comprehensivesolutions that include its flagship TrustKeeper®compliance management software and other proprietary security solutions.Trustwave has helped more than 30,000 organizations -- ranging from Fortune500 businesses and large financial institutions to small and medium-sizedretailers -- manage compliance and secure their network infrastructure,data communications and critical information assets. Trustwave isheadquartered in Chicago with offices throughout North America, SouthAmerica, Europe, Africa, China and Australia. For more information, visithttps://www.trustwave.com/.

(1) Javelin Strategy & Research; "Consumer Survey on Data BreachNotification," June 23, 2008.