MedStar Health Awards Multi-Year Contract to NetSec for Managed Security Services

Healthcare Organization Chooses NetSec for Device Monitoring and Incident Response Solution

HERNDON, VA, September 27, 2004 - NetSec, a leading provider of managed security services, today announced that is has been awarded a multi-year contract by MedStar Health, the largest non-profit, healthcare system in the Baltimore-Washington region, to deliver 24x7 security services. Already deployed, NetSec is monitoring and managing security devices at various regional hospitals and at the organization's data centers.

MedStar Health selected NetSec after a thorough review of managed security service providers and their capabilities. NetSec offers its clients a true vendor agnostic approach to device management, as well as the industry's most robust Web-based portal that provides customers with 24x7 secure access to the status of their security devices, current events and alarms, custom reports, interactive report and log queries, executive summaries and Intelligence services. In addition to the technology advantages NetSec offers to its clients, the company employs security experts that have unmatched experience in managing security operations for large enterprise organizations.

"Understanding that monitoring and reporting on security activity is a 24x7 effort and a requirement for compliance, we elected to outsource to NetSec," said Gary Grgurich, director of information security, MedStar Health. "Our selection was due to a number of factors, including their vendor agnostic approach, portal superiority and breadth of capabilities."

"We are pleased to be selected by MedStar Health on the merits of our service offering and our ability to support their requirements" said Glenn Hazard, NetSec chairman and CEO. "We look forward to this long-term relationship and welcome MedStar to our customer base."

About MedStar Health
MedStar Health is a not-for-profit, community-based healthcare organization comprised of 25 integrated businesses including seven major hospitals in the Baltimore/Washington area. The hospitals, which include both teaching and community facilities, are Franklin Square Hospital Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Harbor Hospital, and Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital and National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC.

As one of the largest employers in the region with 22,000 employees and 4,000 affiliated physicians, MedStar Health hospitals and healthcare organizations serve more than half-a-million patients each year. MedStar Health is based in Columbia, Maryland, and is one of the largest health systems in the mid-Atlantic region. Areas of clinical excellence include cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology services, rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, women's services, and emergency and trauma services. For more information, visit www.medstarhealth.org.

About NetSec
NetSec is a leading provider of managed and professional security services for global corporations and government agencies. With a vendor-neutral approach to the lifecycle security needs of a customer, NetSec offers a suite of security services powered by Finium^TM, a co-managed platform operated via a 24x7 disaster-resilient security operations center that continuously monitors, analyzes, and mitigates security risk with the customer. By delivering unsurpassed expertise to help organizations plan and measure their security programs, establish and monitor compliance, and optimize security infrastructure operations, NetSec has gained recognition in both the U.S. federal and global marketplaces.

Five of the 10 largest companies in the world and nine of the 15 executive departments in the U.S. government rely on NetSec, making it one of the fastest growing providers of managed security services. Founded in 1998 by former government security experts, NetSec is a privately held company with headquarters in Herndon, Virginia and London. For more information, visit www.netsec.net.