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Cyber Security Industry Alliance Announces Affiliate Member Program Enabling Emerging Security and Large IT Enterprise Companies to Join Efforts to Improve Cyber Security WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) today announced an affiliate member program enabling small security firms and large IT enterprises to participate in CSIA activities. The "Emerging Security Partner" affiliate member category is open to cyber security software, hardware, or service firms with less than $10 million in annual revenue and less than 100 employees. The "Large IT Enterprise Partner" affiliate category is available to a limited number of firms that provide operating or networking systems, or system integration. Affiliate members can appoint a non-voting representative to participate in each CSIA working committee, propose initiatives to be considered by the Alliance and have access to the "Partners" area of the CSIA website enabling access to CSIA committee proceedings, white papers and research projects. "With the creation of the affiliate member program, CSIA is better positioned to develop comprehensive cyber security policy solutions for the benefit of home users, small businesses, and large enterprises," said Paul Kurtz, executive director of CSIA. "We understand the importance of working closely with large IT enterprises that provide operating and networking systems and systems integration, as well as the need to include small firms with important security technologies. We invite those firms that fall into one of these categories and share our commitment to improve cyber security policy to join CSIA as affiliate members." CSIA's original membership categories -- Charter and Principal Memberships -- are limited to companies with substantial business revenue derived from providing cyber security hardware, software, and services. If you are interested in joining the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, please visit http://www.csialliance.org/ for more information. About CSIA Launched in February 2004 by a group of cyber security software, hardware and services companies, the CSIA is an advocacy group whose mission is to enhance cyber security through public policy initiatives, public sector partnerships, corporate outreach, academic programs, alignment behind emerging industry technology standards and public education. The CSIA is the only CEO public policy and advocacy group comprised exclusively of security software, hardware and service vendors that is addressing key cyber security issues. Members of the CSIA include BindView Corp. (NASDAQ:BVEW); Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP); Citadel Security Software Inc. (NASDAQ:CDSS); Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA); Entrust, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTU); Internet Security Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ISSX); Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR); McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE); PGP Corporation; Qualys, Inc.; RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ:RSAS); Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR) and Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC). To learn more about the CSIA, please visit our Web site at http://www.csialliance.org/ or call +1-202-204-0838. DATASOURCE: Cyber Security Industry Alliance CONTACT: For Press Inquiries: Stacy Simpson of Merritt Group, +1-703-556-6827, ; or for Membership Inquiries: Andy Freed of Virtual Management, +1-781-876-6205, , both for Cyber Security Industry Alliance Web site: http://www.csialliance.org/

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