Pune, Courion® Corporation, leaders in access governance, provisioning and compliance, today announced the official opening of the Courion IT Private Ltd. technology center in Pune, India. Following on the heels of strong financial performance and growth in Fiscal Year 2009, the new center will help meet increased customer demand for Access Assurance solutions by complementing the companys existing research and development capabilities.

Courions Access Assurance Suite helps enterprises ensure that only the right people have the right access to the right resources and are doing the right things. By gaining a holistic view of their user access, customers are able to mitigate risk from inappropriate access and streamline compliance processes, resulting in the lowest total cost of ownership in the identity and access management (IAM) industry.

The Pune technology center will support the companys Courion Connector Program by adding to an already industry-leading library of more than 250 connectors. These connectors integrate the Access Assurance Suite with key enterprise applications to further improve support for specific industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and others.

Courions position in the IAM and overall security markets has enabled it to grow even as competitors and other industries have lost market share during the global economic recession. By expanding into India and increasing its research and development investment, Courion is bolstering its core technology and extending its leadership role, said Shishir Khedkar, director of development for Courion IT Private Ltd. Punes rich talent pool of tech-savvy engineers makes it the perfect place to set up shop, and Courion plans to grow its personnel base here to about 40 employees in 2010.

Courions 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 industrys fastest time to value and lowest total cost of ownership.

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Courions award-winning Access Assurance solutions are used by more than four hundred organizations and over 9 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. Courions 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.