Foundstone Expands Global Partnership Program; Prestigious List of Partners in Three New Categories Include Citadel, ITOCHU and Sysware.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003

Foundstone, experts in strategic security, announced today it has expanded its partnership program to include three distinct opportunities to further enhance the company's and its partners' ability to meet the security software and service demands of mid-size and large organizations in the worldwide financial, government, technology and insurance markets, among others. These three pinnacle partnership opportunities include Foundstone Strategic Partners, Foundstone Services Partners, and Foundstone Technology Partners.

"Foundstone is committed to delivering a comprehensive portfolio of the best security software products and services to assist our customers in implementing a proactive security program," stated George Kurtz, chief executive officer, Foundstone. "It is through our partnership program that we are able to work with the best and most innovative software companies in the world to exceed our customers' demands for securing their enterprise networks."

Foundstone Strategic Partners Program

Through the Foundstone Strategic Partners program, Foundstone establishes alliances with global industry leaders to extend the breadth of the company's enterprise-class security solutions. Strategic Partners work closely with Foundstone's executives and business development teams to build groundbreaking solutions that meet current and evolving enterprise security needs such as regulatory compliance and vulnerability management solutions that integrate the entire security lifecycle -- from threat and vulnerability discovery through remediation.

Examples of Foundstone Strategic Partners around the world include Sysware Corporation, Taiwan's first managed security service provider (MSSP) and a leading value-added e-business/m-business hardware and software distributor, as well as Japan-based ITOCHU, one of the world's largest trading firms.

Foundstone Services Partners Program

Services partnerships allow Foundstone to integrate its strategic security risk management capabilities to assist product and services leaders in providing superior levels of service to their clients. Foundstone is an authorized security partner to many world-class organizations and provides critical security risk audit and assessment services to these companies, their customers and partners.

Microsoft, a member of the partner program, works with Foundstone as both a certified Strategic Partner and Services Partner. As a Strategic Partner, Foundstone performs design and implementation activities for the Microsoft ISA Server platform; this service is targeted at helping organizations secure their networks from attacks. As a Services Partner, Foundstone is a member of the Microsoft Certified Partner Program for security solutions, helping to protect user integrity.

Another Services Partner, a global consumer payment processing company, chose Foundstone to provide security services for its progressive security program, which defines the standard of enforcement for protecting sensitive information. This program helps merchants maintain the confidentially and integrity of cardholder data, minimizing Internet fraud and risks to reputation and financial status. Foundstone provides the reviews for this program to ensure that merchants meet 12 basic security requirements.

Foundstone Technology Partners Program

Foundstone is committed to working with industry leading security companies whose technologies are synergistic with Foundstone Enterprise Risk Solutions(TM). Together, Foundstone and its Technology Partners offer interoperable, integrated and holistic business and security solutions to meet the requirements of an expanded customer base.

Most recently Foundstone established a technology partnership with Citadel Security Software, Inc. (OTCBB:CDSS), a leader in automated vulnerability remediation (AVR) and policy compliance solutions. The interoperability between Foundstone Enterprise security software and Citadel's Hercules AVR solution gives companies a greater opportunity to reduce their risk and rapidly become compliant cost-effectively, strategically and more efficiently by building in as much automation as possible to proactively protect the most critical assets enterprise-wide.

For additional information on Foundstone's partnership programs visit www.foundstone.com or contact [e-mail].

About Foundstone

Foundstone(R) Inc., experts in strategic security, offers a unique combination of software, services, and education to help organizations continuously and measurably protect the most important assets from the most critical threats. Through a strategic approach to security, Foundstone identifies and implements the right balance of technology, people, and process to manage digital risk and leverage security investments more effectively. Foundstone assembled one of the most dominant security talent pools, which has authored ten books, including the international best seller Hacking Exposed. Headquartered in Calif., Foundstone maintains major offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle and Singapore. For more information about Foundstone, visit www.foundstone.com, or call 877.91.FOUND within the U.S., and 949.297.5600 outside the U.S.

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