Fidelis Security Systems Press Release: June 16, 2008

June 16, 2008
Fidelis Security Systems Strengthens Management Team with Addition of Kurt Bertone

Industry Veteran to Head Strategic Alliances for Data Leakage Prevention Market Leader
WALTHAM, MA & BETHESDA, MD June 12, 2008 Fidelis Security Systems, the authority on extrusion prevention, today announced the appointment of Kurt Bertone to the newly created position of Vice President of Strategic Alliances. With more than two decades of industry and relationship-building experience, Mr. Bertone will deliver value from existing partnerships and establish new industry alliances in order to assist the company in its mission to deliver enterprise data leakage prevention (DLP) solutions that identify and stop data leakage in real time across all channels on all ports and at gigabit speeds.

Mr. Bertone was most recently Vice President of Product Management at Covergence, where he was a founder and was responsible for ensuring that the company's session management solutions provided the most comprehensive security in the industry. His previous experience includes serving as Chief Technology Officer EMEA at Nortel and Bay Networks, and Vice President of Business Development at Crossbeam Systems. Mr. Bertone has worked closely with world-class security companies such as Check Point Technologies, Internet Security Systems (ISS), Trend Micro, Websense, Secure Computing and others.

"We are pleased to welcome Kurt Bertone to the management team at Fidelis Security Systems," said Peter George, CEO of Fidelis Security Systems. "Given his unique combination of international sales experience and technical depth, Kurt will drive huge value in the best-in-class partnerships we build in the future and be a great asset as we broaden our reach in the data leakage prevention market by strengthening and expanding our strategic alliances with industry leaders like IBM and Verdasys."

About Fidelis Security Systems
Since 2002, Fidelis Security Systems has been committed to giving organizations the power to protect their brand, intellectual property and resources by stopping data leakage. Based on patent-pending technology, the Fidelis Extrusion Prevention System®, or Fidelis XPSTM, is the only system able to identify and stop data leakages before they occur. Organizations choose Fidelis XPS to solve their biggest data leakage challenges-protecting intellectual property and identity information, assuring compliance with government and industry privacy regulations, and managing insider use of the internet. To learn more about Fidelis XPS, the industry's only Extrusion Prevention System that delivers comprehensive control, the fastest performance, and lowest total cost of ownership, visit www.fidelissecurity.com.

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