Courion Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for User Provisioning

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — November 2, 2009 — Courion® Corporation, leaders in access governance, provisioning and compliance, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant of the 2009 “Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning” report.

In the “Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning” report, Gartner states, “User provisioning grew in terms of revenue at a global rate of 15.5% , and is now approximately a $900 million market … Economic conditions stress efficiency as the main driver, but compliance remains crucial. Identity and access management intelligence and role life cycle management are increasingly top of mind.”

“We believe Courion’s position in this year’s “Leaders” quadrant is further recognition of our continued innovation and value creation for our customers,” said Chris Zannetos, president and CEO, Courion. “With a history of industry firsts, like the first access certification and compliance solution, Courion has consistently helped enterprises meet their compliance and security challenges while delivering tangible value to their business.”

Courion’s unique Access Assurance approach to identity, access and compliance management ensures that only the right people have the right access to the right resources and are doing the right things. Access Assurance unifies Access Governance, Access Provisioning and Access Compliance in the most complex, heterogeneous environments. This comprehensive approach increases operational efficiency and transparency, strengthens security, and improves compliance, while delivering the industry’s fastest time to value and lowest total cost of ownership.

To view Gartner’s complete 2009 “Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning” report, please visit the Courion Resource Center: http://www.courion.com/resource_center/Gartner-2009-user-provisioning-magic-quadrant.html

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Courion

Courion’s award-winning Access Assurance solutions are used by more than 400 organizations and over nine million users worldwide to quickly and easily solve their most complex identity and access management (password management, provisioning, and role management), risk and compliance challenges. Courion’s business-driven approach results in unparalleled customer success by ensuring users’ access rights and activities are compliant with policy while supporting both security and business objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.courion.com, our blog at blog.courion.com, or on Twitter at twitter.com/Courion.