SecureWorks Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Advisory Firm's Managed Security Services Provider Magic Quadrant for 1HO7

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Atlanta, GA, August 3, 2007 - SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, today announced that research and advisory firm, Gartner, Inc., has positioned SecureWorks in the Leaders quadrant in its Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) Magic Quadrant for the first half of 2007.  The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a graphical portrayal of vendor performance in a market segment, including categories for leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players. Criteria by which the vendors are measured include a company’s completeness of vision and ability to execute.

According to Gartner, "Each of the service providers in the Leaders quadrant has significant 'mind share' among enterprises looking to buy an MSS from pure-play security vendors, and they generally receive positive reports on service and performance from Gartner clients. Vendors in the Leaders quadrant are typically appropriate options for enterprises requiring frequent interaction with the MSSP for analyst expertise and advice, portal-based correlation and workflow support, and flexible reporting options."

"We are excited to be placed into the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s MSSP Magic Quadrant, and we will continue to work hard to provide outstanding security coupled with the highest level of client service," said Mike Cote, president and CEO of SecureWorks.  "SecureWorks is soley focused on information security, thus enabling us to devote all of our resources and expertise to the protection of our clients.  Our merger with LURHQ has enabled us to greatly expand our offerings and our presence in the enterprise market, while continuing to grow our business in the commercial sector." 

"With this momentum, SecureWorks has launched an advanced correlation engine as part of our fully integrated client portal and security management platform," continued Cote.  "The correlation engine analyzes events from all service lines to identify defined patterns and to take specified actions to thwart malicious activity.  Unlike other vendors who are unable to compare firewall data with IPS data or server logs with host intrusion prevention information, SecureWorks is uniquely positioned to analyze all relevant information – including our own dynamic attacker database - to more proactively stop attacks than ever before. The engine can also be configured to detect complex patterns such as abnormal behavior for a given day of the week or time of day, as well as simply just number of occurrences. All rules are configured and edited on-the-fly by our expert team of analysts."

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted August 1, 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About SecureWorks
With over 1,800 clients, SecureWorks has become the largest managed security services provider safeguarding more financial institutions than any other vendor. SecureWorks provides the most effective security services by leveraging our integrated security management platform, advanced security research, and 100 percent GIAC certified experts. By providing a full breadth of security services, SecureWorks offers fully-managed, co-managed, monitored or self-service security solutions to meet the needs of Fortune 100 companies with large security teams as well as smaller companies with no security expertise. In addition, SecureWorks has helped companies pass over 2,400 compliance audits by providing comprehensive and straight-forward board and examination reports. SecureWorks won SC Magazine's 2007 and 2006 MSSP of the Year award and the 2006 Best Intrusion Prevention award, Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year award and was named to the Inc. 500 and Deloitte & Touche lists of fastest-growing companies for the past two years.

1.  Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America, 1H07" by Kelly M. Kavanagh and John Pescatore, August 1, 2007.