21st Century Technologies Signs Cyber Security Contract With US Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio

Advanced Intelligence Analytics Software Lynxeon Will Defend Against Growing Cyber Attacks on Military Networks

July 28, 2009 --

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 07/28/09 -- 21st Century Technologies (21CT), a pioneer in advanced intelligence analytics solutions to combat terrorist threats and cyber attacks, announced it was awarded the three-year G-NET II contract by Air Force Research Lab's Rome, N.Y. directorate. This will be managed by the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) ACO Information Operations Threat Analysis Flight.

This contract with the US Air Force will implement 21CT's flagship advanced intelligence analytics platform, Lynxeon, to enhance the cyber defenses of U.S. Department of Defense components.

The performance location is Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, which in May was provisionally selected as the preferred location to host the 24th Air Force, the new numbered air force that will focus on cyber security. The Air Force will make the final basing decision once the environmental process required under the National Environmental Policy Act is completed this summer. Once established, the 24th Number Air Force, or Cyber NAF, will be a key agency defending Air Force networks and supporting Department of Defense's new Cyber Command, which was announced by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on June 24, 2009.

Cyber attacks have the potential to adversely impact the U.S. military's aerospace defense and strategic command network. For example, the recent cyber attacks on major government agencies that occurred July 4-8, 2009, although relatively unsophisticated, managed to disable the websites of the Treasury Department, the Department of Homeland Security and Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Trade Commission, as well as several commercial websites including NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the Washington Post.

The complexity and sheer volume of cyber attacks and their intermingling with all of the other legitimate Internet traffic makes their discovery near impossible. Lynxeon, 21CT's analytics platform, will serve as a valuable weapon in the arsenal of these agencies seeking to thwart such attacks.

"By winning this contract, we have secured an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of cybersecurity for the Air Force and the U.S.," said Logan Gilbert, Vice President, Business Development and Technology, at 21CT. "Sophisticated cyber attacks from U.S. adversaries are not one-time events, but rather are carried out by potentially thousands of synchronized cyber attackers over the course of months and years. Our intelligence analytics platform Lynxeon will monitor the emergence of trends that indicate an imminent distributed attack and provides the required information to secure targeted systems and defeat such attackers."

Effective cyber security is a process of Discovery -- the ability to sift through enormous amounts of information to find the proverbial "needle in a stack full of needles" and Prediction -- cutting off a cyber attack long before it achieves its end. Lynxeon will empower the analyst in the discovery and prediction of sophisticated cyber attacks by complementing the strengths of Lynxeon technology with the power of human intuition and reasoning for Defense-in-Depth.

About 21st Century Technologies

Founded in 1999 by scientists from MIT, 21CT has a 10-year history in the area of advanced technology research. 21CT is a pioneer in developing advanced intelligence analytics and software to combat terrorist threats and cyber attacks. 21CT offers technology solutions, services and consultation in three main areas: 1) Intelligence Analytics Solutions -- including Lynxeon -- a robust intelligence analytics platform; 2) Research and Development Solutions and 3) Technology Solutions -- supporting the large-scale Information Technology needs of the government and private industry. 21CT has several mature technologies and software solutions that are currently in use by federal government customers in the Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Intelligence agencies.

For more information on 21CT please visit: www.21technologies.com

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