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NEW YORK – June 8, 2010 – Based on the findings of its Best Practices research, Frost & Sullivan has awarded the 2010 North America Product Differentiation Excellence Award in the Managed Security Service Providers Market category to Vigilant LLC, a provider of on-site and managed IT security and IT risk monitoring solutions.

Recipients of this award are companies with the diligence, perseverance and dedication required to develop a successful business plan and excel in the increasingly competitive global marketplace.

“Frost & Sullivan’s recognition validates our ongoing work to help our customers reduce their risk and increase operational efficiency through intelligent, business-aware security monitoring,” said Alison Andrews, CEO, Vigilant.

Vigilant, with its Fusion for SIEM™ managed service, was measured against key competitors and their products. The defining criteria included the companies’ unique features and functionality, their ability to customize offerings according to clients’ needs, brand perception and the uniqueness of their product.

“This award is an influential recognition of Vigilant’s deep bench of SIEM expertise, and their innovative, scalable model for delivering SIEM best practices, combined with a high degree of customization, through a managed service model,” said Martha Vazquez, Research Analyst for Frost & Sullivan.

Fusion for SIEM helps companies achieve greater benefits from SIEM in a faster, more effective and cost-efficient manner, whether they have an existing SIEM solution, or are deploying one that has recently been purchased. The service includes an assessment of a customer’s existing security monitoring capabilities to determine how well they currently meet key security program and IT risk management requirements. The Fusion for SIEM team then works with the customer to develop a roadmap to address the gaps and advance the SIEM configuration through a series of consecutive projects, which fulfill the requirements in logical stages. Each stage is associated with a set of specific objectives, and progress is tracked through ongoing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports, which measure both maturity of the SIEM program, and improvements in the customer’s security posture over time. Because the service leverages a co-sourcing model, in which SIEM equipment resides on the customer premise, the customer retains control over their security data and their SIEM investment.

For more information on Vigilant’s Fusion for SIEM service, visit http://www.thevigilant.com/fusion_for_siem

About Vigilant

Vigilant LLC provides on-site and managed services that help IT security teams better defend and enable today’s dynamic business by refining and extending the security information and event management infrastructure. The company’s pragmatic approach solves today’s urgent security problems, while enabling rapid progress toward longer-term security program objectives. Vigilant empowers customers to more efficiently respond to shifting threats, achieve regulatory compliance, prioritize protection of services that drive revenue and competitive advantage, and measure progress of the overall IT risk management program. Founded in 2003, Vigilant is headquartered in New York and serves a wide range of global and regional organizations whose mission requires them to secure highly sensitive and regulated services.

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company’s Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO’s Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages almost 50 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com.

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