Watchfire Adds Security Partner Program to Manage Rapidly Growing Channel; Watchfire Forms Strategic Relationships with Leading Global Security Integrators, Consultants, Penetration Testers and Technology Partners.

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Strengthening its commitment to partners and the reseller channel, Watchfire(R), the worldwide market-leading provider of web vulnerability assessment software and services, today introduced a new partner program to provide increased levels of support and tailored packages for a premier list of technology partners, systems integrators, resellers and security consultants.

Watchfire's expanded reseller partner program features two levels of membership: Authorized and Certified. Membership is determined by a partner's level of web application security expertise and desired level of engagement. Customized programs are designed to complement individual business goals and reward client successes, and can include AppScan(R) certification training, lead generation and expanded co-marketing programs.

Reinforcing the company's commitment to helping ensure secure and compliant websites, Watchfire has also created a specialized program designed for security consultants--including penetration testers or those conducting vulnerability assessments on behalf of their clients. This unique program provides security consultants with tailored licensing, technical, marketing and sales resources including:

--Customized pricing and per engagement licensing: Watchfire has introduced new penetration testing licensing terms as well as flexible per engagement pricing options designed to meet the unique needs of security consultants. This new licensing model expands on an already impressive set of pen tester features in the AppScan product.

--Customized Education Programs: Watchfire has developed an online education series specifically tailored for penetration testers or partners conducting vulnerability assessments for their clients. Hosted by Ory Segal, one of the industry's leading security experts, this training provides the most up-to-date techniques, advanced functionality and best practices advice on how security consultants can get the most out of automated vulnerability assessment tools for their clients' web application security audits.

--Penetration Tester Forum: Watchfire has created a forum to help facilitate a direct channel of communication. Participating members will benefit from direct access to key Watchfire representatives from research & development and Watchfire's security research team. Members will also benefit from shared knowledge delivered across a network of participating industry peers and thought leaders, as well as a competitive advantage drawn from early exposure to new Watchfire product releases.

--Dedicated Resources: Watchfire provides dedicated sales, marketing and technical resources to assist this growing market segment.

"Watchfire's focus on the pen tester market and reseller partners recognizes the significant business impact of our partners and is an opportunity to provide new levels of support to help ensure their success, while also broadening the active community of partners with similar values and goals," said David Grant, vice president of marketing, Watchfire. "Our commitment to solving critical web application security issues has resonated, and combined with Watchfire's product roadmap and vision, are the main drivers behind why leading partners have standardized on our AppScan security solutions. Our program rewards these partners by making it easier for them to offer our products and expertise to their customers."

Watchfire has formed strategic relationships with the preeminent security product and service providers, systems integrators and security consultants in North America, and abroad including Seigeworks, Fujitsu Korea, Hitachi Joho, Intellect, Techmatrix, Mandiant, Ostfold Software, Cadre and Stalwart Systems. Watchfire continues to gain momentum with partners internationally. Reflecting the growing international demand for its web application security solutions, Watchfire has grown its revenues in the Japanese market by over 100 percent from 2004 to 2005 and is introducing localized versions of AppScan to the Korean market.

Watchfire has also expanded its reseller partners in the federal space and today announced a partnership with Spectrum Systems, Inc. (See Spectrum partnership/GSA schedule announcement also issued today at: http://www.watchfire.com/news/press.aspx)

Strong support for both AppScan and for Watchfire's expanded partner program has been received from several of Watchfire's partners:

"Watchfire's AppScan provides comprehensive vulnerability assessment capabilities that exceed the market, making it a prudent choice for any organization serious about securing their online presence," said Michael Malin, executive vice president, Mandiant. "Our elite consulting team, backed by the high level of partner support Watchfire provides to us, ensures we can provide unmatched expertise for organizations that need to effectively manage their overall web application security and compliance. We can offer not only the best solution to solve their web application security needs, but also the in-depth knowledge of how to tailor that solution to secure even the most complex and dynamic enterprise web sites, web services and web applications."

"We partnered with Watchfire to bring localized and market-leading web application security solutions to the Korean market, and AppScan has proven its significant value protecting our customers' critical web applications," said Daniel Kim, manager of Fujitsu Korea. "Watchfire's AppScan products give our customers the industry's most advanced and comprehensive web application security testing solution, and our close relationship with Watchfire ensures we can provide the same level of services to Korean customers that they'd get from Watchfire's own in-house experts."

"Today's market requires advanced solutions that not only find security issues, but also proactively help remediate them. The added level of support Watchfire provides with this expanded partner program makes it easy to help our customers incorporate the industry's leading products for a comprehensive, robust and proactive application security solution," said Gordon Shevlin, vice president of sales, Seigeworks. "Watchfire has made a strong commitment to its partners, providing the support, training, leads and customized programs that ensure mutual success, and we're thrilled to exclusively offer AppScan to our customers."

For more information on Watchfire's Partner Reseller program please visit: http://www.watchfire.com/partners/default.aspx

To download a free 7-day trial version of AppScan please visit: https://www.watchfire.com/securearea/appscansix.aspx

About Watchfire

Watchfire provides Online Risk Management software and services to help ensure the security and compliance of websites. More than 500 enterprises and government agencies, including AXA Financial, SunTrust, HSBC, Vodafone, Veterans Affairs and Dell rely on Watchfire to audit and report on issues impacting their online business. Watchfire has been the recipient of several industry honors including the HP/IAPP Privacy Innovation Award, InfoSecurity Product Guide's Hot Security Company 2006, Computerworld's Innovative Technology Award, and "Recommended" rating by Computer Reseller News. Watchfire was named by IDC as the worldwide market-share leader in Web application vulnerability assessment software. Watchfire's partners include IBM Global Services, Sapient, PricewaterhouseCoopers, TRUSTe, Microsoft, Interwoven, WebTrends, EMC Documentum and Mercury. Watchfire is headquartered in Waltham, MA. For more information, please visit www.watchfire.com.

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