San Jose, Calif. – Agiliance Inc., the leader in integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), today announced it will host a live webinar titled “Privacy Management: How to Plan and Execute a Data Protection Program” on October 29, 2009 at 2:00 PM EDT featuring distinguished panelist, Jill Frisby, senior consultant, Crowe Horwath, LLP and hosted by Ed King, vice president of marketing, Agiliance. 

The United States lags behind Europe and Canada in privacy protection, however, this is changing with the inception of HITECH which extends HIPAA's reach to many more entities.  In addition, stringent laws are being enforced in states like California and Massachusetts.  Now more than ever organizations must show due care around protection of individual privacy.

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In this session learn how to build a comprehensive data protection program by understanding:

1. Privacy and security principles:  What is privacy and how is it different from security, how do they interact, and why privacy principles matter to businesses.

2. Drivers for privacy and security:  Data use and governance and the regulatory environment.

3. Executing a data protection program:  What is data protection and how to execute a privacy impact assessment.

4. The top five areas of improvement for privacy programs and privacy management technologies.

ABOUT AGILIANCE
Agiliance (www.agiliance.com), founded in 2005, is a leading provider of enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions.  The Agiliance GRC solution enables organizations to manage their IT and operational risks more effectively, while reducing the cost of meeting compliance mandates.  Agiliance RiskVisionTM is a fully integrated suite of GRC solutions, delivered on a purpose-built GRC technology platform.  Global Fortune 5000 companies leverage Agiliance’s award-winning technologies to address increasingly stringent GRC requirements and complex security threats.  The Agiliance RiskVision platform offers an agile, modular approach to deploying GRC so that customers can meet mounting requirements.  RiskVision has received the highest rating of “Strong Positive” in the latest Gartner MarketScope for IT-GRCM, as well as the highest rating of “Leader” in the latest Forrester Wave for IT Risk and Compliance Software.  With strong backing from leading technology venture funds, Agiliance has established a premiere market position and has set a strong track record of production innovation in GRC.