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VANTOS NAMED FINALIST IN 2009 SC AWARDS PROGRAM

The Leader in Investigation Lifecycle Management Shortlisted
for "Rookie Security Company of the Year" Award

SEATTLE, Wash., – December 8, 2008 — VANTOS, Inc., the leader in the Investigation Lifecycle Management market, today announced that it has been named a finalist in the 2009 SC Awards program for outstanding achievement in information technology (IT) security. VANTOS was named a finalist for the "Rookie Security Company of the Year" Excellence Award, which recognizes companies with superior products that help customer tackle today's pressing security challenges.

IT security companies nominate their solutions for consideration in the SC Awards program, and entries are judged by a panel of 18 leading chief security officers from major corporations and large public sector organizations.

"VANTOS, along with the other 2009 finalists, is among today's most respected security companies," said SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "This year's nominations were among the most competitive and VANTOS is among an elite group of finalists."

The annual SC Awards have recognized security's key contributors and outstanding products for more than a decade. As the industry's preeminent awards program, individuals, brands and products shortlisted address not only the challenges prominent today, but also the emerging threat landscape of tomorrow.

One of the biggest security challenges facing organizations today is the rising volume, variety and complexity of investigations: physical or digital, civil or criminal. With the award-winning VANTOS V-Flex^im product, organizations are, for the first time, able to automate all of their investigations, accelerating insight into their risks, radically compressing time and lowering costs. VANTOS Playbooks are revolutionizing the industry by automating investigative best practices, enabling organizations to achieve consistent, auditable and defensible results from their investigations. V-Flex^im and the VANTOS Playbooks have co-evolved with a world-class development and strategic partner ecosystem in a way that directly benefits customers. To date, some of the most respected names in business have turned to VANTOS to solve their most pressing security challenges.

"Being named a finalist for SC Magazine's prestigious 'Rookie Security Company of the Year' award is a great testament to the hard work and success achieved by the entire VANTOS team, especially our world-class engineering organization which has delivered a truly revolutionary product to the market," said Tom Spadafore, CEO, VANTOS. "2008 has been a watershed year for VANTOS. Customers have embraced our ground-breaking, patent-pending product innovations at a rapid rate, we have expanded our partner alliances, and have firmly established ourselves as the leader in Investigation Lifecycle Management."

Winners of this year's SC Awards will be announced at a gala dinner and award ceremony to be held in San Francisco on April 21, 2009.

About SC Magazine
SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought-leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. Besides the monthly print magazine and daily website, the brand's portfolio includes the SC Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire and the SC World Congress.

About VANTOS
VANTOS is recognized as the global leader in the Investigation Lifecycle Management market. VANTOS V-Flex^im Comprehensive System of Record manages all physical and digital violations and criminal investigations. VANTOS automates investigations with consistent, auditable, defensible and recoverable results, delivering rapid economic justification to all stakeholders across the enterprise. VANTOS is in use by world-class customers and has already proven to accelerate insight into their risks, reducing time and costs of their investigations. VANTOS is headquartered in Seattle, Wash. and can be found online at www.vantos.com.