7SAFE LAUNCHES EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEADING PENETRATION TESTING SOFTWARE SPECIALISTS CORE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES

Expanded Relationship Broadens Opportunities for Organisations to Access Market Leading Services, Training, Research and Expertise

CAMBRIDGE, UK & BOSTON, USA – 8th April 2010 – 7Safe has become the world’s first fully authorised business partner with leading US based software specialist Core Security Technologies. In addition to offering clients CORE IMPACT Certified Professional (CICP) training, the two companies will partner to advance their respective vulnerability research efforts and elevate awareness of that work in the public domain.

With an established track record delivering penetration testing services to many of the largest financial services, retail and Internet hosting providers in Europe and a specific focus on application security initiatives, 7Safe will use its penetration testing experience to train Core Security Technologies’ clients in the effective use of CORE IMPACT Pro.

Through the CICP program, which will involve Core Security-certified instructor-led courses offered both on customers’ sites and at 7Safe’s Cambridge, U.K.-based training centre, organisations will have the opportunity to empower their security personnel to extract optimal value from their security assessments, combining in-depth IMPACT Pro product instruction with guidance on the planning, promoting, conducting and reporting of highly targeted penetration tests.

“Security practitioners across Europe have long embraced the powerful security testing and measurement capabilities enabled via the use of CORE IMPACT Pro.Our expanded partnership with 7Safe will allow organisations to both further advance their assessments and train their staffers to utilise the full scope of our solution’s powerful capabilities,” said Stephen Pace, Vice President of Sales and Services at Core Security. “We’re proud to expand our existing presence in the U.K. via this formalised relationship with 7Safe, another recognised leader in the penetration testing arena.”

In addition to their formal business efforts, the two companies have agreed to cooperate in their respective vulnerability research and reporting initiatives, by 7Safe working with CoreLabs, (the research arm of Core Security Technologies), to further investigate and report discoveries made by its consulting professionals during their consulting engagements. As part of this agreement, the two companies will subsequently co-publish specific results of their joint research efforts.

"7Safe are delighted to partner with Core Security Technologies in this joint European venture focused on both the delivery of the CICP training program and sharing the output of 7Safe's security research efforts; our CREST (Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers) certified pen testing team will bring an applied and pragmatic approach to the use of CORE IMPACT Pro, ensuring that our joint clients will get the most out of their own penetration testing programs.” said Dan Haagman, Director of Pen Testing, PCI DSS Compliance and Security Investigations at 7Safe. “Our joint research collaboration will see new techniques and zero-day findings from the field translated into actual exploits which will be used to benefit the security community as a whole.”

Both 7Safe and Core Security will be appearing at the Infosecurity Europe conference being held 27-29 April 2010, at Earls Court, London, with 7Safe located in Booth G42 and Core located in Booth N86.