Fidelis Security Systems Press Release: May 05, 2008

May 05, 2008
Verdasys and Fidelis Security Systems Announce Strategic Technology Partnership to Address the Growing Demand of Integration Between Best-of-Breed DLP Technologies

Combined Technologies Offer Data Leakage Defense In-Depth Solution

Waltham, MA and Bethesda, MD-May 5 2008 - Verdasys Inc., the leader in host-based data security with more than 1 million agents deployed, and Fidelis Security Systems, the authority on extrusion prevention, announced today a strategic technology partnership to address the growing demand by Global 2000 companies to provide an integrated solution between best-of-breed host-based data leakage prevention (DLP) and best-of-breed network-based DLP technologies. Prior to this announcement-and after extensive evaluations-IBM announced that products from both Verdasys and Fidelis Security Systems were chosen as key components to their Data Security Services Enterprise Content Protection offering.

"Many DLP solutions offered today fail to provide compelling solutions for both the end- point and the network," said Terrence Brewton, a network security market analyst with Frost & Sullivan. "Both Fidelis Security Systems and Verdasys have recognized the market's shortcomings and have formed a partnership to integrate Verdasys' Digital Guardian for end-point data loss protection and Fidelis' XPS data leakage prevention network appliance to provide a holistic approach to data protection. Their approach should prevent their customers from appearing in a 'bad light' on the 'six-o-clock' news."

Verdasys Digital Guardian is the leader in host-based DLP with a unique software platform that discovers, classifies, monitors, controls, and encrypts sensitive data. The award-winning Fidelis Extrusion Prevention System®, Fidelis XPSTM, is the leading extrusion prevention system delivering comprehensive control, the fastest performance, and lowest total cost of ownership. For enterprises that want to deploy both host and network solutions, Fidelis Security Systems and Verdasys are working together to make it easy for customers to have the best solutions in the market today providing a complete defense in-depth approach to data security including data protection at end points, servers, datacenters, internal networks, and gateways.

"We are pleased to be working together with Fidelis to bring the most comprehensive data leakage prevention offering to the market," said Seth Birnbaum, CEO, Verdasys. "In addition to our award winning Digital Guardian solution that provides comprehensive information protection across host systems including laptops, desktops, servers and applications we have a perfect complementary technology in Fidelis XPS which offers comprehensive network coverage with the ability to prevent data leakage across all channels on all ports of the network at gigabit speeds," he added.

"Through this unique partnership between Verdasys and Fidelis Security Systems, customers are the key beneficiary for not having to compromise in their goal for holistic protection of their end points and their networks," said Peter George, President and CEO, Fidelis Security Systems. "The technology integration of these two best-in-class products makes it possible for a customer to truly gain content protection-rapidly-over their entire enterprise."

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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 XPS, is the only system able to identify and stop data leaks 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.

About Verdasys, Inc.
Verdasys solutions protect proprietary and sensitive data and the integrity of business processes essential for global 2000 companies to successfully compete in today's highly collaborative and mobile environments. Digital Guardian is a centrally managed, host-based data security platform that discovers, classifies, monitors, controls and encrypts sensitive information at rest, in use and in motion across desktops, laptops, mobile devices, email, Web transactions, terminal servers and enterprise applications. Digital Guardian assures that data is controlled by security policy and monitored for accountability, establishing a community of trust between the data user, owner and provider. Verdasys solutions are used by global leaders in financial services, insurance, technology, manufacturing, and healthcare industries around the world. Verdasys is headquartered in Waltham, MA. For more information, please visit http://www.verdasys.com