National Institute of Standards and Technology and Aviation Systems Engineering Company among Elite Group of Cloud Leaders Participating in an Afternoon Discussion on Building Credibility in the Cloud

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ping Identity^®, The Cloud Identity Security Leader™, today announced that it is has joined with Google to host a special Local Edition Cloud Identity Summit in Washington, D.C. The second of a four-city tour, the DC event will take place on Tuesday, October 25, providing an exclusive snapshot of the most compelling sessions from last July’s annual event in Keystone, Colo. The road show brings together experts in cloud identity, security and enterprise to discuss what the future holds for securing the enterprise, its applications and its users in the Cloud.

Attendees will hear how cloud identity security can help organizations leverage the Cloud to attract and retain customers, engage with business partners and dramatically improve employee productivity. The DC edition will feature a complete lineup of Cloud best practices and insights including:

• State of Cloud Identity with Patrick Harding, chief technology officer, Ping Identity
• Synergies of Cloud Identity: Putting it All Together with Paul Madsen, senior technical architect, Ping Identity
• Time to Eliminate Passwords with Eric Sachs, product manager, Security and CIO Department, Google
• Government in the Cloud: National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) with Jeremy Grant, senior executive advisor, NIST
• Applying Cloud Identity to Real Life: Securing Identities - Extending Trust in Classified Clouds with Keith Denson, CTO, ASEC

The Cloud Identity Summit Washington, D.C. Local Edition will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at the Westin Tysons Corner in Falls Church, VA. For more information and to register, visit the event website at www.cloudidentitysummit.com/local.

About Ping Identity | The Cloud Identity Security Leader

Ping Identity provides cloud identity security solutions to more than 700 of the world's largest companies, government organizations and cloud businesses. With a 99% customer satisfaction rating, Ping Identity empowers more than 40 of the Fortune 100 to secure hundreds of millions of employees, customers, consumers and partners using secure, open standards like SAML, OpenID and OAuth. Businesses that depend on the Cloud rely on Ping Identity to deliver simple, proven and secure cloud identity management through single sign-on, federated identity management, mobile identity security, API security, and centralized access control. Visit pingidentity.com for more information.

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