Virtual Forge and ObjectSecurity announce global SOA security partnership

(Heidelberg, Germany – 15 October 2007) – Virtual Forge, the Business Application Security Company with focus on SAP and ObjectSecurity, the leading solutions provider and expert for model-driven enterprise security management and SOA security management, today announced a new partnership.

Virtual Forge of Heidelberg, Germany, and Object Security of Cambridge, UK announced their partnership to provide seamless processes, services & products for future SOA environments. While Virtual Forge provides security & assurance by means of establishing a quality system for secure

applications, Object Security provides trust & control by implementing security policy management and enforcement solutions.

Object Security is the leading solutions provider and expert for model-driven enterprise security management (authorization management) and SOA security management.ObjectSecurity’s OpenPMF 2.0 is the first generic Model Driven Security (MDS) technology in the world, and includes an entitlement-centric authorization management system.

Virtual Forge is expert in risk analysis and mitigation for business applications and over the years has provided market-leading security quality & compliance services to its customers. In particular, Virtual Forge works with SAP and SAP customers to improve the quality & security level of extensions that are based on recent SAP technologies and application frameworks (SAP NetWeaver, mySAP ERP, SAP Business ByDesign).

Virtual Forge is an internationally operating consultancy based with offices in Heidelberg and Walldorf, (Germany), Palo Alto (CA, USA) and (Australia), with a main focus on security for business applications. The company offers application security products, consulting services and training.