Jefferson Wells to Unveil New Service Offering at Upcoming IT Event; Vulnerability Management Provides Clients with Insights for Sustainable Compliance

Jefferson Wells, a global provider of professionalservices in the areas of internal audit, technology risk management,tax, and finance and accounting, announced today it will introduce anew service offering at the upcoming Gartner 12th Annual IT SecuritySummit on June 5 in Washington, D.C. Through an alliance withVulnerability Management solution provider Critical Watch, JeffersonWells adds to its already extensive service offerings by enabling itsclients with a continual, proactive process for managing the securityvulnerabilities within their computing environment.

"Increased awareness of IT governance is driving enterprises tolook for ways to 'operationalize' compliance and security as asustainable business process," said Karl Kispert, Jefferson Wellssolution director of technology risk management. "VulnerabilityManagement Services enable an organization to do just that by puttinginto operation a compliance and security system, through a unifiedmanagement framework, that combines compliance, security andgovernance across people, process and technology."

The vulnerability management process involves automated assetdiscovery and classification, vulnerability assessment, ongoing alertintelligence, threat correlation, remediation and reporting; allwithin a policy-driven framework to enable compliance with securitystandards. It consists of key organizational groups such as security,IT operations, audit, executive and others, working in a collaborativeenterprise-wide process to insure vulnerabilities are mitigated andcompliance standards are met and sustained.

Using the vulnerability management technology supplied by CriticalWatch, Jefferson Wells is able to deliver an integrated process forcompliance and security that is more than just producing reports.Vulnerability management works for companies by creating a sustainablecontrolled environment that:

-- Reduces successful attacks

-- Increases shareholder value

-- Increase stakeholder confidence

-- Makes regulatory compliance sustainable

-- Improves market integrity

-- Reduces risk

"The combination of Jefferson Wells' skills with our leading edgetechnology creates a powerful capability to link automated processeswith stated policies and compliance objective in an operationalframework that ties tactical execution to strategic goals," said DavidLaizerovich, president and CEO of Critical Watch.

Jefferson Wells will unveil its new service offering at aGartner-sponsored event in June. The event is targeted toward CIOs,CSOs, CTOs, Vice Presidents/Directors of IT, Network Managers, RiskManagers, Auditors and others in the IT industry. The three-dayconference focuses on evaluating emerging technologies and futuretrends in information security.

"As organizations seek means of sustaining compliance in key areasof their business, vulnerability management delivers this forinformation security," said Kispert. "The process demonstrates thatproper controls are in place to preventatively protect criticalsystems well before threats materialize. We think this is an importanttool for our clients. There couldn't be a more perfect forum oraudience of our peers at the Gartner event to highlight this newoffering."

About Critical Watch

Founded in 2000, Critical Watch provides corporations with themost comprehensive business process platform for integratingvulnerability management across their enterprise. Its solutionFusionVM, is offered as both a managed service and an enterpriseproduct, and is deployed in Global 2000 enterprises across verticalssuch as healthcare, financial services, state and local government,ecommerce and manufacturing.

About Jefferson Wells

Jefferson Wells is a global provider of professional services inthe areas of risk, controls, compliance and financial processimprovement. The firm specializes in internal audit, technology riskmanagement, tax, and accounting and finance. From its 45 offices, itserves the middle-market through Fortune 1000 companies, includingmore than half the Fortune 500.

Jefferson Wells is an independently operating, wholly ownedsubsidiary of Manpower, Inc. (NYSE:MAN).

www.jeffersonwells.com.