Foundstone Names Mark St. Clare as Strategic Advisor; Software Industry Veteran with Public Board Experience to Provide Counsel to Executive Team.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2003

Foundstone Inc., experts in strategic security, today announced that Mark St. Clare will serve as a strategic advisor to the company. In this role, St. Clare will provide additional insight on corporate governance and business growth to the Foundstone executive team.

St. Clare also holds a seat on the board of directors for Websense (Nasdaq:WBSN), an employee Internet management software company, where he is chairman of the audit committee and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committees.

"To optimize Foundstone's rapid growth, we've sought out experienced corporate leaders like Mark for their unique insight," said George Kurtz, chief executive officer of Foundstone. "Mark's experience with public software companies, as well as his extensive professional network, will be beneficial as Foundstone strengthens its leadership position in vulnerability management."

"Foundstone is highly respected within the high growth enterprise security software space," commented Mark St. Clare. "I look forward to working with the Foundstone management team to further leverage the strategic advantages of the company."

Before joining Websense's board, St. Clare was vice president and chief financial officer for Access360, an identity management software company, and managed its successful sale to IBM (NYSE:IBM) in October 2002. Previously St. Clare was vice president and chief financial officer for Nexgenix, a business intelligence software company, where he helped raise $15 million in venture capital in 2000.

From 1985-1999, St. Clare served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of FileNET Corp. (Nasdaq:FILE), an integrated document management software company. At FileNET, he helped to secure series C and D venture capital funding and led a successful initial public offering in July 1987. St. Clare also managed the acquisition of Saros and Watermark during his tenure at the company, as well as led all worldwide financial and IT functions from start-up stage through $350 million in revenue.

St. Clare has also held positions in finance at Alpha Micro Corp., Basic Four Corp. and KPMG LLP. He earned a bachelor of accounting degree from Denver University and is a certified public accountant.

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. The company has one of the most dominant security talent pools ever assembled, and has authored twenty books, including the best-seller Hacking Exposed. Foundstone customers include six of the top 11 Fortune companies and many U.S. government agencies. The company is headquartered in Orange County, Calif., and has offices in New York, Washington, 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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