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Palisade Systems Announces Consistent Trend of Data Loss By U.S. Organizations, Projecting 4,200,000 Violations Annually

(Aug 20, 2008)-- Palisade Systems, provider of data loss prevention products, announced today the July 2008 results of their 5-Day Secure Assessment Program. The assessments, which are performed at no cost, analyze data loss and other security compliance vulnerabilities at U.S. corporations, including healthcare, education, financial services and government entities. Based on the recently announced violations and previous 5-Day Secure Assessments performed earlier in the year, Palisade Systems estimates that the company's PacketSure appliance will uncover a total of over 4,200,000 compliance violations in 2008.

Palisade Systems' 5-Day Secure Assessments are designed to help organizations understand the frequency, method(s), and remediation options of data loss occurring on their networks. Following an in-depth five-day
assessment period using Palisade's PacketSure appliance to collect information, a report is produced documenting the data leakage that occurred. Below are the registered data leaks (excluding false positives) uncovered by PacketSure while performing the assessments during July 2008.

"The results of Palisade's 5-Day Secure Assessments continue to underscore the urgent need for data loss prevention solutions for organizations needing to secure their customer assets and their own data assets," said Kurt Shedenhelm, CEO and president of Palisade Systems. "Although high-profile data breaches are constantly being exposed in the news, sometimes it takes cold hard facts -- such as the violations uncovered by our 5-Day Secure Assessment Program -- to hit companies closer to home and make them realize
that they could be the next TJX or Card Systems."

For more information, please visit http://www.palisadesys.com

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