Industry's First Homeland Security Cloud(TM) Announced by NC4

NC4's Cloud Computing Solution Supports More Than 80,000 Users and 2,500
Homeland Security Communities

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- NC4 Inc., the leader in Situational
Readiness solutions, announced the industry's first Homeland Security
Cloud(TM) (HSC) solution. The NC4 HSC solution supports the communities
securing our nation by enabling them with unmatched applications for
situational awareness, emergency management, law enforcement and secure
communication and collaboration. The technological foundation and
applications of the NC4 Homeland Security Cloud(TM) have been proven in actual
operation by more than 80,000 discerning federal, state and local users who
see application and data security as paramount.

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"The number one concern expressed when considering the move to a cloud
infrastructure is security," said George Johnson, NC4 Chief Security Officer.
"NC4's DARPA roots are deep and strong, and we have built our cloud
infrastructure with security as the top priority every step of the way. Our
need-to-know visibility and access models, in addition to our support of
multiple two-factor authentication mechanisms including RSA SecurID are just
two examples of our unwavering commitment to security. The bottom line is
that homeland security professionals do not need to wait for cloud computing
solutions to be hardened. NC4's proven, secure Homeland Security Cloud
solution is available today."

NC4 also announced that it will host a series of half-day seminars on the
special security and reliability requirements for cloud computing in the
homeland security sector. The seminars will be held in Arlington, VA on
December 8, 9 and 10, 2009.

Background - Cloud Computing and Government
Over the last few years cloud computing has been touted as a way to lower the
cost and complexity of computing by providing applications that run on the
Internet instead of on servers or computers in a home or office environment.
Picking up on this trend, on September 15 of this year, the U.S. Federal
Government announced an "application store" through which federal departments
could use cloud or Internet-based solutions for office and business
productivity purposes and for social networking.

Homeland Security and Cloud Computing
The size and complexity of homeland security projects often result in IT
implementations that are very expensive, take a long time to complete and
often support and reinforce silo organizations. Cloud computing offers the
promise of lower cost and faster implementation to help support our nation's
domestic security challenges. A key opportunity is that homeland security
cloud-based applications have the potential to bridge organizational silos by
providing a level of information-sharing and collaboration that spans both
intra and intergovernmental organizations at the federal, state and local
levels and in private sector organizations that support critical
infrastructure. Secure communication and collaboration, situational awareness
and emergency response are some of the areas that can benefit from cloud
computing. Although many corporate and government department managers and
users are already concerned about the security and availability issues of
general cloud or Internet-based computing, these issues are absolutely
critical for homeland security applications.

NC4 Homeland Security Cloud(TM)
NC4's Homeland Security Cloud solution includes unmatched applications for
situational awareness, emergency management, law enforcement and secure
communication and collaboration. HSC currently supports more than 2,500
homeland security communities with a total of more than 80,000 users.
Utilizing standards-based connections including CAP, EDXL, NIEM and GFIPM
Identity Management, NC4 has leveraged its DARPA heritage to create
world-class security as the foundation for its Homeland Security Cloud,
achieving multiple certification and accreditations including the Federal
Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

NC4's Homeland Security Cloud supports communities focused on securing our
nation by enabling organizations to virtualize information and document
management, business process management, community management and security
management within a single, secure, cloud infrastructure. NC4's Homeland
Security Cloud hosts data in a facility built to Sensitive Compartmented
Information Facility (SCIF) standards and is certified for Controlled
Unclassified Information (CUI), For Official Use Only (FOUO) and Law
Enforcement Sensitive (LES) data, and that meets Director of Central
Intelligence Directive (DCID) 6/9 guidelines.

NC4 provides a number of key Homeland Security Cloud solutions including:
-- Law enforcement solutions - NC4 currently has more than 11,000
registered law enforcement personnel at the federal, state and local
levels utilizing a CUI-based secure information-sharing and
collaboration cloud. CyberCop is one example of NC4's cloud solution
with more than 7,000 law enforcement participants.
-- Emergency management solutions - For years, NC4 has been a leading
provider of both internally-hosted and cloud-based emergency and
incident management solutions at the federal, state and local levels,
with cloud implementations in several Urban Area Security Initiatives
(UASIs) nationwide. NC4 has supported several Olympics worldwide, as
well as numerous National Special Security Events (NSSE).
-- Secure communication and collaboration solutions - NC4 supports many
federal agencies with highly secure, cloud-based communication and
collaboration workspaces for mission-focused applications.

-- Situational awareness solutions - NC4 provides U.S. and global
situational awareness cloud solutions for federal, state and local
agencies as well as for private sector organizations. NC4 operates
two
24x7 redundant incident monitoring centers, collecting all-hazards
information from more than 2,000 sources. Relevant information is
culled and alerts distributed in real-time, heightening an
organization's readiness to respond to risks. These alerts can act as
"trip wires" for organizations to begin further analysis, or to
initiate
emergency response or other public safety responses. In the first half
of 2009, NC4 tracked more than 20,000 unique incidents worldwide.

As pressure to improve security in the U.S. continues, NC4 has been working on
developing other cloud-based solutions in the areas of cyber security,
universal GIS clients and infrastructure readiness.

For a more complete overview of the NC4 Homeland Security Cloud solution visit
www.nc4.us.

NC4 Homeland Computing Cloud Seminars
NC4 President Jim Montagnino explained: "As homeland security organizations
evaluate the suitability and safety of cloud computing, being able to entrust
sensitive information to the cloud is critical from both a security and
availability point of view. More than 2,500 different communities have grown
to trust the integrity of NC4's Internet-based applications for homeland
security. The seminars we are hosting December 8, 9 and 10 will provide
attendees with a better understanding of the issues and opportunities for
using cloud computing for homeland security, and the leading-edge NC4
solutions available to them." To learn more about NC4's Homeland Security
Cloud seminars and to register for one of our seminars, visit
www.nc4.us/HSC_Conference.php.

About NC4
NC4 delivers situational readiness solutions that empower government and
business with accurate, timely and secure information to manage risks. NC4
solutions are used in the public sector by emergency management providers,
federal, state and local agencies, and law enforcement, and in the private
sector by companies in such industries as financial services, corporate
travel, high-tech, insurance, supply chain management, aerospace and defense,
oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. NC4 takes a comprehensive and
integrated approach to both security and crisis management, by providing:
situational awareness both for external and internal incident/event
monitoring; situational response / emergency management; and secure
communication and collaboration. For information about NC4, visit www.nc4.us
or call toll-free, 1-877-624-4999.

SOURCE NC4

Karie Wohlgemuth of NC4, +1-703-418-4996, karie.wohlgemuth@nc4.us