DENVER (Oct. 10, 2007) – Ron Wood, security practice director at SysTest Labs in Denver, has earned Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification. The CISSP is an advanced-level certification for IT security professionals with a minimum of four years' industry experience and an understanding of the 10 CISSP information systems security test domains.

"Security should be a primary consideration of programmers everywhere as their application is developed,” said Wood. “SysTest Labs offers a combination of security expertise and quality assessment skills that help developers recognize and build better code."

Wood brings more than 10 years' experience administrating security polices and controls in IBM MVS and VM, Novell, Unix and Windows environments to SysTest Labs. He designed the Statewide Judicial Network for the State of Colorado and the District-Wide Network interconnecting all schools to the Internet for Denver Public Schools. Wood holds a master of science degree in telecommunications from the University of Colorado.

SysTest Labs is a Denver-based leader in software security testing and a Certified Solutions Provider. SysTest Labs is capable of performing application security testing throughout the software development lifecycle, offering its business customers a full suite of software security reviews.

The International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)²®, was founded in 1989 by industry leaders and is globally recognized for certifying information security professionals. The CISSP certification is based on: access control systems and methodology, applications and systems development, business continuity planning, cryptography, law, investigation and ethics, operations security, physical security, security architecture and models, security management practices and telecommunications, network and internet security.

About SysTest Labs
SysTest Labs is a premier provider of software testing, quality assurance and independent verification and validation services, with a growing portfolio of over 325 commercial and government organizations across North America since its inception in 1996. As an independent testing lab, SysTest Labs has distinguished itself as an accredited Voting System Test Laboratory by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for the provision of electronic voting system certification testing.

Service offerings include independent verification and validation (IV&V); quality assurance (QA); project management; software certification; on-site software test consulting and engineering; outsourced software test engineering; automated software test support, development, and execution; test and QA management; and load, stress and performance testing. For more information, visit www.systest.com or call (303) 575-6881.