FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, September 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Study Group to focus on data protection in the Financial Services and 
Insurance industries

The Executive Board of the InterNational Committee for Information 
Technology Standards (INCITS) voted unanimously to create a new 'Study Group 
for Security Best Practices' for the financial services and insurance 
industries, appointing Direct Computer Resources, Inc.'s chief software 
engineer, Edward (Ed) L. Stull, as its Chairman. Mr. Stull is the chief 
architect of DCR's leading data privacy software solution, DataVantage 
Global.

With the assistance of DCR, the Study Group's first formal meeting will
be held at the Financial Services Technology Summit on September 19th in
Scottsdale, Arizona.

In concert with other security-related organizations and C-level
executives from finance and insurance companies, the new INCITS Study Group
will address the best practices and frameworks for deployable Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT) security standards, including data privacy
and protection, particularly as it relates to malpractice and criminal
intent.

"The establishment of this new Study Group is an exciting venture for
INCITS as a leader in national and international voluntary consensus
standardization in the field of information and communications technologies.
INCITS welcomes the opportunity to assist financial and insurance service
industry leaders investigating standards-based solutions to satisfy their
need for deployable best practices and frameworks for security," said
Jennifer Garner, Director of Standards Programs for INCITS.

"Direct Computer Resources has long recognized the need for and utility
of formal standards related to security in these industries," said Joseph
Buonomo, DCR's President and CEO. "Along with the new Study Group on Security
Best Practices, we envision a future where standardized interfaces for
security-related business processes facilitate major gains in service quality
and the tools that support them."

About Direct Computer Resources, Inc. (DCR)

DCR's family of DataVantage(R) software products, including an
application development testing suite for IMS and DB2, has served hundreds of
Fortune 1000 companies internationally for almost 30 years. The Company's
flagship product, DataVantage Global, is a single, scalable, multi-tier
enterprise solution that provides Data Privacy and the protection of
confidential data through Data Masking and Data Obfuscation, among other
processes. The software helps meet regulatory standards as well as internal
policies while maintaining data integrity for use in applications. For more
information, please visit www.DataVantage.com or contact
info@DataVantage.com.

About INCITS

InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) was
founded as the Accredited Standards Committee X3 in 1961. As a primary
Standards Development Organization (SDO), INCITS includes technology
developers, producers and users interested in the creation of formalized IT
standards in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).

INCITS is accredited by, and operates under rules from the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI). INCITS also serves as ANSI's Technical
Advisory Group to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Joint Technical
Committee 1 (JTC 1). INCITS is sponsored additionally by the Information
Technology Industry Council (ITI). For further information about INCITS,
please visit www.incits.org.

About the FST Summit

The 4th annual Financial Services Technology Summit, September 17 - 19,
2007, will bring together C-level technology executives in the financial
services industry for information gathering and technology reviews.
Additional information can be found at www.fstsummit.com.

Contact:
    Robin Rothman
    rrothman@datavantage.com
    +1-720-945-1313


    Web site: http://www.datavantage.com
              http://www.fstsummit.com