Securac Announces Its Acquisition of Risk Governance Inc.
19 Janvier 2005 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Securac Announces Its Acquisition of Risk Governance Inc. CALGARY,
Alberta, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On January 6, 2005,
Securac Corp. (OTC:SECU) (BULLETIN BOARD: SECU) ("Securac")
acquired all of the outstanding stock of Risk Governance, Inc., a
private Delaware corporation ("RGI"). The acquisition was completed
pursuant to a share purchase agreement, wherein Securac purchased
100% of the outstanding shares of RGI in exchange for a total of
2,295,444 shares of Securac common stock. As a result of the
acquisition, RGI is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Securac. RGI's
principal asset is an exclusive license to commercialize
proprietary corporate governance software technology in North
America. An enterprise-level application, the Risk Governance
software enables companies to have optimal visibility of the risks
to their businesses and provides tangible evidence of their desire
to adopt strong corporate governance standards. This is achieved
through a graphical executive dashboard showing the complete risk
portfolio at a glance, entrenching accountability and intelligent
risk-taking throughout the organization. The Risk Governance
Software is the result of extensive product development and market
testing over an 18-month period, and has been refined through close
partnership with major Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
consultancies. "Securac evaluated building an executive level
dashboard which would provide executives a holistic 'real time'
view for governing risk and compliance within their organizations,"
states Terry Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Securac. "Our
acquisition of RGI's software and operations accelerates Securac's
product development and market expansion strategy to establish
ourselves as the industry leader and benchmark for corporate
governance and ERM. Risk scores and risk elements from Securac's
Acertus(TM) application can now be fed into the Risk Governance
engine providing an end-to-end solution ensuring that
accountability and performance management is achieved for managing
and mitigating risk and compliance exposure. The Risk Governance
software has been widely adopted by large enterprises in the United
Kingdom and will provide further endorsement, leverage and momentum
for the market with a well established enterprise level product.
With this acquisition and the integration of the Risk Governance
solution into our Acertus(TM) software platform, we now have what
we believe to be the leading edge governance, risk and compliance
software in the world." RGI co-founder, David Sallis further
acknowledges, "We saw this as an excellent fit and recognized
Acertus(TM) as highly complimentary in terms of quality of
architecture and quality of development, and that the integration
would result in a powerful combined business proposition for the
market. This validates the time, effort and expertise that has been
invested in the development of our software, and the integration
represents a natural progression for both technologies. We believe
the two products integrate perfectly to create unbeatable value for
our Corporate Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance
customers. We have also been delighted to find our corporate
cultures and executive teams are a perfect mesh, and the
geographical footprint now gives us further growth opportunity
within North America. Our teams have been working together closely
for several months in advance of the deal and we are confident we
are a unified force in sales, service, engineering and management.
We at RGI are delighted with this partnership and look forward to
great success for our combined customers and shareholders." About
Securac Securac's suite of risk management and compliance solutions
enable organizations to identify, measure and manage information
and physical security risks against international industry best
practice standards and compliance (such as ISO 17799) while
determining their ability to meet the legal requirements of
numerous international and national legislative enactments.
Securac's proprietary Acertus(TM) platform embodies a proven risk
management methodology using industry accepted analytics in
conjunction with extensive threat, vulnerability, risk mitigation
and industry governmental regulation datasets. These powerful
benchmarking capabilities allow enterprises to build a valid and
enduring enterprise risk management and compliance strategy.
Securac's principal office is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
and it maintains sales offices in Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver, San
Mateo and Boston. For more information on Securac's product and
service offerings, e-mail or call toll free (877) 328-7220. Except
for historical information, this news release contains
forward-looking statements, which reflect Securac's current
expectation regarding future events. These forward-looking
statements involve risk and uncertainties, which may cause but are
not limited to, changing market conditions, the successful and
timely completion of financing, the establishment of corporate
alliances, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new
product development, uncertainties related to the regulatory
environment, and other risks detailed from time to time in
Securac's ongoing news releases. DATASOURCE: Securac Corp. CONTACT:
Terry W. Allen, Chief Executive Officer of Securac Corp.,
+1-403-225-0403 or , or R.C. (Bob) Stewart, Investor Relations of
Securac Corp., +1-403-225-0403 or Web site: http://www.securac.net/
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