Symark International Appoints Industry Veteran Bob Farber to Chief Executive Officer

Symark International, developer of the PowerSeries(TM) information security solutions for managing privileged account access, today announced the appointment of Bob Farber to chief executive officer. As CEO, Farber, the former chief operating officer at Symark, will lead the company's strategic sales, marketing, business development and partnership programs as organizations across the globe continue to deploy Symark's leading identity and access management solutions to thwart insider threat and comply with SOX, HIPAA, PCI DSS and other industry and federal regulations.

"Effectively managing end-user and administrative access to data, applications, servers and other systems have long been a core IT security and compliance competency. For decades, Symark has offered the industry's most complete solutions for dealing with these challenges and as a result, the company has enjoyed continued success," said Farber. "I am honored to be appointed CEO and look forward to leading Symark as the company continues to grow as the leading provider of solutions for controlling access to proprietary systems and information within heterogeneous IT environments."

Farber has more than 30 years of experience helping organizations develop and grow national sales organizations, software product management groups and technical support teams. Farber joined Symark more than 20 years ago as the company's first employee, helping to expand the company's sales operation from a single-person staff to its current international sales force. Prior to joining Symark, Farber was the manager of technical support operations for Candle Corporation. Before that, Farber worked at Informatics General Corporation for 11 years where he held various positions in technical support, product management and sales.

About Symark International

Symark International is the leading provider of systems access management solutions for heterogeneous IT environments. Symark PowerBroker(R) enables granular delegation of administrative privileges while restricting UNIX/Linux root account access. Symark PowerPassword(R) provides UNIX/Linux user account management along with login and password security policies. Symark PowerKeeper(R) controls access to shared administrative accounts for servers, applications, and network devices for multiple platforms. Symark PowerADvantage(R) extends Microsoft(R) Active Directory's centralized authentication, authorization, account access, policy enforcement and infrastructure management functionality to UNIX and Linux systems. All products offer a non-intrusive architecture, central administration, accountability at the systems level and detailed audit logs. Symark offers extensive expertise in enterprise computing security, and its products are backed by unmatched technical support. For more information, visit us at www.symark.com.

SOURCE: Symark International

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