MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC) announced today that it has been selected by the Government
Security Expo & Conference (GOVSEC) to be a recipient of a "2004 Profiles in
Innovation Award." SAIC was chosen for the award based upon the submission of
its Terrorism Protection Manual (TPM), prepared while under contract to the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
SAIC's Integrated Security Strategies Division submitted the TPM as an
entry in the Product/Service Impact Award Physical Security Excellence
category. This award recognizes a vendor organization for implementing a
cutting-edge product/service and achieving physical security excellence.
"Our entry was recognized for demonstrating outstanding methodological or
technical innovation," said Matt Branigan, SAIC manager, Integrated Security
Strategies Division. "We're honored to have been selected for the award and
feel that the TPM will contribute significantly to people's safety and
security."
The Profiles in Innovation Awards are presented at the GOVSEC, U.S. LAW
and READY! joint exposition/conference held annually in Washington D.C. This
year's awards ceremony took place at the Washington D.C. Convention Center on
July 29. The conference addressed a variety of security needs for federal,
state and local governments, including discussion on physical security,
information security, cyber security as well as topics ranging from fencing
and barricades to innovative applications and identification systems.
SAIC's TPM and accompanying Protective Measures Database were developed to
provide state and local governments and the private sector a basis to
determine their vulnerabilities and risks, based on today's national terrorist
threat and implement recommended security best practices. The manual is
designed for facility managers, security directors, and anyone responsible for
the security of specific types of facilities. The Protective Measures
Database contains and combines public, private and special venue facilities
with security risk levels, threat levels and over 300 recommended protective
measures into a matrix.
The 300-page TPM incorporates over 300 recommended security measures for
conducting vulnerability assessments. Measures include physical security,
population and workforce protection, security guard force management and
procedures for fences/barriers and lighting. The TPM addresses security
requirements for more than 96 different categories of facilities, and is
aligned for protective measures in response to the three higher national
threat levels established by the Department of Homeland Security for
facilities rated as low, medium and high risk.
SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the
United States, providing information technology, systems integration and
eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and
scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland
security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and
logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries,
including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 44,000 employees at offices
in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found
at http://www.saic.com.
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information
constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A
number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or
industry results to be very different from the results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of
these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31,
2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to
time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date hereof.
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CONTACT:
Jared Adams, Washington, +1-703-676-7790,
jared.b.adams@saic.com, or Ron Zollars, San Diego,
+1-858-826-7896, zollarsr@saic.com, both of SAIC
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