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FishNet Security Merges With California Based SiegeWorks LLC

FishNet Security Announces Its Merger With SiegeWorks, Creating the Leading National Information Security Solutions Provider

FishNet Security (FNS) is pleased to announce that it has closed on an agreement with SiegeWorks LLC to merge the two information security businesses. SiegeWorks has become a wholly owned subsidiary of FishNet Security. The combined companies will have nearly 200 information security professionals operating out of 18 locations across the U.S. with Corporate Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri and Western Region headquarters in Livermore, California.

"We are very pleased to make this announcement," says Gary Fish, CEO of FishNet Security. "FishNet Security could not have found a better West Coast partner to add to our vision of building the nation's largest Information Security Solutions Provider. Our businesses, and more importantly our cultures, are very similar and complementary," explains Fish. "SiegeWorks has a strong management team that will become an integral part in executing our national expansion strategy".

The SiegeWorks team is very excited to join forces with FishNet Security," says Jeff Bennett, CEO of California based SiegeWorks LLC. "Combined, we now have the scale and breadth of resources to further deliver on our promise of providing world class security solutions."

"We congratulate Gary Fish and Jeff Bennett and their teams for having found such complementary partners," said Jeff Frient, Partner at the Edgewater Funds, an investor in FNS. "The combined business will be the largest information security solution provider nationally."

About FishNet Security

FishNet Security is the nation's most respected security solutions provider. FNS expertise includes information security strategy, continuous risk and application assessment, planning, implementation, management, training and support -- enabling businesses to meet their unique security needs. Since 1996, FNS has offered information security services and products to global enterprises, government agencies, and small-medium sized businesses. For more information about FishNet Security, please visit us at www.fishnetsecurity.com.

About SiegeWorks LLC

SiegeWorks LLC is a leading global enterprise security services, consulting and integration firm, serving as clients' critical first line of defense. Clients obtain a direct connection to SiegeWorks' vast network of resources, knowledge and expertise, which is renowned as one of the most advanced in the complex area of large application and database security. For more information about SiegeWorks, please visit us at www.siegeworks.com

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