Security Giants Announce Strategic Alliance

Colorado Springs, CO – February 5, 2009 – Integrated Network and NetDefense International today announced that they have formed a strategic partnership that will create a combined expansion of service offerings to include: financial investigations, ID theft investigations, employee education and awareness programs, security consulting and investigation, vulnerability assessment and risk management, computer forensics, electronic discovery, cyber investigations, network security and incident response.

Integrated Network is a national investigation-consulting firm headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For over 15 years, Integrated Network has provided a broad array of services to a wide range of clients, from growing firms to multinational Fortune 500 companies, non-profit corporations and government agencies.

NetDefense is a computer forensics and information security consultancy with offices in Colorado. NetDefense offers training and global on-site expertise in computer forensics, information security, electronic discovery, and cyber incident response. NetDefense draws its expertise from a team of professionals who, prior to joining NetDefense, served as computer forensic and information security experts for the United States Department of Defense, as well as local and state law enforcement personnel and industry leaders in the field of computer forensics.

According to John San Agustin of Integrated Network, our emphasis on prevention has traditionally concentrated on physical and personnel-related security issues, and we have a long history of cultivating affiliations with leading forensic experts in such fields as Financial crimes. Aligning ourselves with the highly qualified computer forensic experts at NetDefense allows us to broaden our global position and offer our clients increasingly vital services related to data protection and computer-related crime. It also enhances our own information security posture, which has always been an integral component of our service.”

Michael Slavick of NetDefense International comments, “Typically, we are contacted following a cyber incident of some kind or the threat of litigation that requires the identification, preservation, and production of electronic evidence. Regrettably, most often those incidents originate from inside the company. In addition to providing the expertise required to mitigate the matter at hand, we can now help our clients reduce the likelihood of future incidents thanks to Integrated Networks vast investigative consulting services.