Purewire Announces Formation of Strategic Advisory Board with Executives from Innovative Business and IT Security Companies.

Purewire, Inc., a SaaS-based Secure Web Gateway vendor that protects business and social interactions on the Web, announced the formation of the companyEs Advisory Board. The PurewireO Advisory Board members include senior executives representing IT and security powerhouses and innovative Web application companies, and will provide PurewireEs executive team with guidance on a broad range of strategic business decisions.

oWe have built an incredible team at Purewire, assembling brilliant security talent in the company and on our boards,o said Purewire Chief Executive Officer Steve Raber. oWe certainly will leverage the proven experience of our Advisory Board as we continue to re-define and truly revolutionize the way companies protect business usersE Web interactions.o

Purewire Advisory Board members have guided successful companies to industry dominance and overseen the successful acquisition of innovative start-ups. They bring expertise in defining strategic corporate initiatives, expanding the user base, increasing sales and leading innovative product development. Their guidance will help Purewire respond to emerging Web security challenges brought about by the introduction of Web 2.0 technologies. The advisory board members include: Larry Brock, DuPont Corporation, CISO u In his 30 years at DuPont (NYSE: DD), Larry Brock has worked within the Information Technology, Research & Development and Marketing departments and several functional groups including Corporate IT, Imaging, Fibers and Nylon. As CISO, Brock provides corporate leadership and manages processes to protect the intellectual property, information system assets and recorded information that enables the company to operate while adhering to legal and regulatory requirements. Doyon Kim, Spotplex, Inc., founder and CEO u Serial entrepreneur Doyon Kim co-founded Dialpad Communications, an Internet phone service. Under his guidance, Dialpad grew to one million registered users within eight weeks of launching and to over 10 million users in 12 months before it was acquired by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) in 2005. He also co-founded Opinity, Inc., an online reputation management start-up, where he was responsible for Opinity's product development, global marketing and strategic enterprise relationships. Michael J. Potts, Motorola, Executive Advisor & Former CEO AirDefense u A 20-year industry veteran, Mike Potts has been responsible for all aspects of accelerating the strategic growth of AirDefense and furthering the companyEs brand recognition. Under his control the company experienced over 300 percent growth that resulted in a strategic acquisition by Motorola (NYSE:MOT) in September 2008. Potts previously served as CEO of Clickfox, an analytic solutions provider and as President of Jacada (NASDAQ: JCDA), a software integration company, one year before the companyEs successful initial public offering. Prior to Jacada, Potts served seven years in several sales and management roles at MSA, a financial application software company subsequently acquired by Dun and Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB). Caleb Sima, HP Software, Chief Technologist for HP Application Security Center u After co-founding and growing SPI Dynamics from incorporation to its acquisition by HP Software in August 2007, Caleb Sima now holds the position of Chief Technologist for the HP Application Security Center and is responsible for directing the lifecycle of HP's Web application security solutions. Prior to joining HP, Sima worked for the elite X-Force R&D team at Internet Security Systems and as a security engineer for S1 Corporation (NADAQ: SONE).

Deployed as a SaaS-based Secure Web Gateway, Purewire inspects outbound Web traffic for safety and compliance, and analyzes Web site response traffic for malicious programs and untrustworthy users. The Purewire Web Security Service provides high performance processing of Web traffic to protect users browsing the Web regardless of location or device, including laptops and mobile devices. About Purewire, Inc. Headquartered in Atlanta, Purewire secures business and social interactions on the Web. Founded by veteran security industry entrepreneurs, the company offers Web security-as-a-service to increase ROI and lower the total cost of security for businesses. Purewire is the only vendor that addresses the complete Web security threat landscape, providing unique algorithms and scalable services to protect users from malicious people, places and things on the WebO. For additional information, please visit www.purewire.com.

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