COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- UTM Appliances Will Protect All Bravo! Development Inc. Locations

Bravo! Development Inc., owners of BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, BRIO Tuscan Grille and BON VIE Bistro, have deployed Trustwave's Unified Threat Management (UTM) information security appliance at 71 locations throughout the United States. Trustwave, the leading provider of on-demand data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and organizations throughout the world, will monitor and manage all the devices.

The deployment is part of Bravo's! initiative to secure critical data that is processed and/or transmitted from its restaurants. The Trustwave UTM appliances will help ensure their on-going compliance with multiple regulatory requirements.

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 versus other segments, 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)

The Trustwave UTM-10 appliance delivers a variety of services to Bravo! Development Inc. The single UTM-10 device provides multiple security applications, including:

-- Firewall -- Ensures that only authorized users have access to Bravo'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 inappropriate 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 online hazards attempting to access consumers' personal and critical data.

"In our initial planning for compliance, it became clear that we needed to react to the challenge of compliance and that we needed to do so quickly and with a professional partner who understood our challenges and our business," says Kathleen L. Chugh, vice president of information technology at Bravo! Development Inc. "Trustwave has proven to be an ideal partner for us in our compliance initiative."

"Protecting information in a distributed environment poses difficulties for even the most sophisticated organizations," says Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO of Trustwave. "Our fully-managed UTM service helps alleviate the burden of many day-to-day information security responsibilities, including firewall policy updates and security event management, while letting Bravo! focus on their core business operations."

(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.

About Bravo! Development Inc.

The Columbus based Bravo! Development Inc. was founded in 1992. Today, it operates more than 60 restaurants in more than 20 states including three restaurant brands -- BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, Bon Vie Bistro, and BRIO Tuscan Grille. Further details can be found on the website http://www.BestItalianUsa.com."

About Trustwave

Trustwave is the leading provider of on-demand and subscription-based information security and PCI compliance management solutions to businesses and government entities throughout the world. For organizations faced with today's challenging data security and compliance environment, Trustwave provides a unique approach with comprehensive solutions that include its flagship TrustKeeper(R) compliance management software and other proprietary security solutions. Trustwave has helped more than 30,000 organizations -- ranging from Fortune 500 businesses and large financial institutions to small and medium-sized retailers -- manage compliance and secure their network infrastructure, data communications and critical information assets. Trustwave is headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout North America, Europe, Africa, China and Australia.

Web site: http://www.trustwave.com http://www.BestItalianUsa.com

Kate McAndrews of Bravo! Development Inc., +1-614-885-7921, kmcandrews@greencrest.com; or Michelle Genser of Trustwave, +1-312-873-7288, mgenser@trustwave.com