Symplified Invited to Discuss SaaS and Cloud Security Challenges at 2008 SIIA OnDemand Conference

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Symplified, the on-demand identity company, today announced that its founder and President Jonti McLaren will present at Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) OnDemand, the premier conference for enabling and delivering Software as a Service (SaaS). Mr. McLaren was invited to discuss the challenges associated with centralizing control and audit over cloud-based applications. He will also present a new model that enables IT departments to secure access to SaaS resources, monitor usage, and meet reporting requirements for regulatory compliance.

“Symplified is honored to have been selected to present as a Previews Company at the SIIA OnDemand Conference this year. More than 80 early-stage companies that enable or deliver SaaS were considered by the SIIA selection committee”

The SaaS Security and Compliance Challenge

As organizations turn to SaaS as a way to reduce IT costs, they must address complex security and compliance challenges created when users access confidential applications and data that reside outside the firewall and are managed by 3rd party providers. This situation is driving the need for a new security model that enables organizations to:

• Manage user access to hosted applications and data
• Simplify Single-Sign On (SSO)
• Prevent “side-door” and orphaned account access to applications
• Centrally authenticate users
• Monitor and report on user activity for compliance
• Extend on-premise infrastructure like Active Directory into the cloud

“Symplified is honored to have been selected to present as a Previews Company at the SIIA OnDemand Conference this year. More than 80 early-stage companies that enable or deliver SaaS were considered by the SIIA selection committee,” said Jonti McLaren, founder and president of Symplified. “More companies are turning to SaaS in this economic downturn due to its lower upfront investment, reduced implementation risk, and faster time to market. However, the integration, compliance, and security challenges are daunting for enterprises that have existing IT infrastructure that must be extended to the cloud. I’ll be presenting a next generation approach to managing identity and access for the new world of the cloud and discuss how enterprises must think about security and compliance today as these applications increasingly reside outside the firewall.”

Session Details

Mr. McLaren will present on Wednesday, November 19 at 10:10 AM at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose, California. For SIIA OnDemand Conference info, please visit: www.siia.net/ondemand/2008/

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 500 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net

About Symplified

Symplified's vision is to enable Enterprise 2.0 to adopt cloud computing by providing the identity infrastructure for the On Demand world. Symplified was founded by the same management team that created Securant, which pioneered the market for Web access management software and was acquired for $140M by RSA Security. The company has developed revolutionary technology that addresses the complexity and cost associated with monolithic software approaches to Web identity management. Venture funding for the company was provided by Granite Ventures and Allegis Capital. Symplified is headquartered in Boulder, Colo., with offices in Palo Alto, Calif. Visit us on the web at www.symplified.com.