Ampco to Deploy Unified Threat Management Technology

CHICAGO, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Ampco System Parking, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE: ABM) will begin to deploy Trustwave's Unified Threat Management (UTM) information security appliance at Ampco parking locations throughout the United States. Trustwave is a leading provider of information security and compliance management solutions to businesses and organizations throughout the world.

The deployment is part of Ampco's initiative to protect the security of consumer credit card information that is processed and/or transmitted from its managed locations. The Trustwave UTM appliances will help ensure Ampco's on-going compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which is a requirement for all credit card accepting merchants as mandated by Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, American Express and Discover.

According to IDC, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and events company, unified threat management security appliance products include multiple security features integrated into one device. To be included in this category, the appliance must contain the ability to perform network firewalling, network intrusion detection and prevention (ID&P), and gateway antivirus (AV). All of the capabilities need not be utilized, but the functions must exist inherently in the appliance. (1)

With multiple security applications provided by the single UTM device, Ampco locations will receive the following services delivered on Trustwave's UTM-10 appliance:

    -- Firewall - Ensures that only authorized users have access to Ampco's IT
       environment
    -- Intrusion Prevention - Alerts of any potential compromise attempts
    -- Anti-Virus - Protects against the latest online hazards
    -- Content Filtering - URL Screening to block in appropriate web sites
    -- VPN - Ensures confidentiality and security of communications between
       your organization and remote employees or other connected entities

All of these services can be utilized concurrently to provide the best possible defense against hackers and other online hazards attempting to access consumers' personal data including credit card information.

"The protection of our customer's personal information -- such as credit card data -- is a critical component to the success of our business. By deploying Trustwave's Unified Threat Management appliance, we are better able to meet the requirements of the PCI DSS on a 24x7 basis," says Margaret Kann, director of audit and revenue control, Ampco System Parking.

"Our proprietary security technology ensures that companies like Ampco are able to maintain compliance with industry and regulatory mandates when processing consumer payments," says Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO of Trustwave. "Our UTM device is another layer of protection we offer customers in their mission to help keep their critical business information secure."

About Ampco System Parking

Ampco System Parking is an industry leader, operating more than 1,800 lots and garages in 39 states, including parking facilities at or adjacent to such major international airports as Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Honolulu, Minneapolis, Omaha, Orlando, Tampa, San Jose and Seattle.

ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE: ABM) is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2006 revenues in excess of $2.7 billion and more than 75,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. The ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial; Ampco System Parking; ABM Security Services; ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering; and Amtech Lighting Services.

About Trustwave

Trustwave is a global provider of information security and compliance management solutions to businesses and the public sector. The company has provided service to more than 30,000 organizations throughout the world including banks, merchants, service providers and software developers that are required to validate compliance with industry best practices for safeguarding information endorsed by American Express, Discover, MasterCard Worldwide, Visa International and Visa USA. Trustwave is a leading certificate authority with thousands of secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates issued. Trustwave is headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

(1) "The Impact of Security Software Appliances on the Threat Management Security Appliance Marketplace," by Brett Waldman, Charles J. Kolodgy, and Al Gillen, July 2007.