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Compliance and Ethics
Telos to Fill Seat on Open Compliance and Ethics Group’s
2009-03-12 18:40:00.586 GMT
Telos to Fill Seat on Open Compliance and Ethics Group’s Technology Council
Company Brings Expertise In Federal Government Compliance To Assist
Commercial Organizations To Abide By Government-Type Regulations On The
Horizon
Business Wire
ASHBURN, Va. & PHOENIX -- March 12, 2009
Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) has invited Telos^® Corporation to
fill a seat on its prestigious Technology Council.
Additionally, Telos will participate on the Council’s Governance, Risk and
Compliance (GRC)- Extensible Markup Language (XML) Working Group and its
IT for GRC Road Map Group. OCEG, a non-profit “think tank,” is widely
recognized as the standards body for establishing best practices in the
GRC space. OCEG is the provisional jurisdiction authorized to establish
GRC-XML within the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
organization.
“Telos has been well received for a long time in the government space,”
said Ben Apple, director of Information Assurance Business Management at
Telos. “Bringing our experience in dealing with the management of IT risk
in the government market to bear on the GRC complexities of the commercial
sector will benefit commercial organizations as they prepare for the
eventuality of government-type compliance regulations.”
This is especially true for companies in the financial sector, which will
likely see these types of regulations imposed more quickly due to the
provisions of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
“We are very pleased to have Telos Corporation as a member of the
Technology Council,” said Carole Switzer, president of OCEG. “The company
is one of the premier thought leaders in this space, and the experience it
brings from the government sector will help advance best practices for GRC
technology support in all organizations, regardless of the type of
business they do,” he said. “We also look forward to working with Telos to
expand use of the OCEG GRC Capability Model within the government sector.”
About the Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG)
OCEG is a nonprofit organization that provides:
* Common Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) language and
structure - a Framework that can be followed to assess risks then
design and evaluate controls for them;
* Compliance Metrics - Measurements to ensure performance aligns with
company objectives;
* Online Access - a searchable database that provides ready access to
key legal requirements (and to the laws and regulations themselves),
clearly stated practices to aid with compliance, and tools and
resources to make the process easier;
* Communities of practice to share ideas, ask questions and benchmark
against peers. OCEG helps organizations drive Principled Performance™.
For more information, visit www.oceg.org.
About Telos Corporation
Telos Corporation has provided innovative IT solutions and services to the
federal government for more than 30 years, focusing since 1989 on secure
enterprise solutions. Telos solutions ensure that the government’s most
security-conscious organizations comply with demanding federal and DoD
information security mandates. Offerings include Xacta^® IA Manager for
enterprise IT security management, enterprise security consulting
services, secure networks, secure enterprise messaging, and secure
identity management solutions. Solutions are represented to the federal
government on Telos’ GSA schedule. For more information, visit
telos.com.
Contact:
OCEG
Avi Fichman, 202-234-6234
Afichman@oceg.org
or
Telos Corporation
Christine Kerick, 703-724-4524
christine.kerick@telos.com
or
Spire Communications
Jane Bryant, 703-406-8626
jbryant@spirecomm.com |
