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Protiviti Positioned in the 'Challengers' Quadrant by Leading Analyst Firm

(Aug 14, 2008)-- Protiviti, provider of internal audit and risk and advisory services, has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Challengers" quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms". The Protiviti Governance Portal provides organizations with a software solution that addresses multiple Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) objectives through one unified technology platform.

According to its report, Gartner defines Challengers as follows: "Challengers have proven viability, demonstrated market performance and the ability to exceed customer expectations on technical functionality.
Challengers need to focus on their product road maps, as well as their sales, marketing, geographic and vertical industry strategies to move into the Leaders quadrant." Gartner evaluated Protiviti on ability to execute,
including product/service; overall viability; market responsiveness; and customer experience, and on completeness of vision, which includes market understanding, product strategy and innovation, among other measurements.

"We consider our positioning in the Challengers quadrant by Gartner to be further validation of our Governance Portal and its success in the marketplace," said Scott Gracyalny, managing director and leader of Protiviti's Risk Technology Solutions group. "We're executing our product road map and will offer additional enhancements that make the Governance Portal an even more valuable tool to a wide range of organizations."

According to the Gartner report: "Reporting and managing through a single platform gives executives, auditors and managers a holistic view of the enterprise's risk and compliance postures, as well as views sorted by
requirement, entity and geography."

"The Governance Portal offers an integrated and strategic GRC platform for a broad range of risk management efforts along with compliance activities related to Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, privacy regulations and SAS 70, among other regulations," said Gracyalny.

For more information, please visit www.protiviti.com

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