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Cenzic Announces Patent Cross-License Agreement With IBM

SANTA CLARA, CA, Feb 10, 2009 -- Cenzic Inc. today announced a patent cross-license agreement with IBM. This cross-licensing agreement will allow both companies to seek new business opportunities in the area of Web application security assessment.

'This is a great step for customers,' said John Weinschenk, president and CEO of Cenzic. 'Cenzic is dedicated to promoting innovation and working collaboratively with other industry leaders in this space to help organizations secure their Web applications. Cross-licensing of our technology reflects our commitment to this strategy.'

'IBM is committed to a strategy of licensing its intellectual property to foster innovation and enable collaboration,' said Dan Cerutti, general manager, IBM Intellectual Property Licensing. 'Pursuing patent cross-licenses provides a foundation for IBM and other organizations to work together, while differentiating their products and competing in the market.'

About Cenzic

Cenzic is the next-generation Web application security assessment and risk management solutions leader. The Cenzic suite of application security solutions fits the need of any company from remote, Software as Service (ClickToSecure(R)), for testing one or more applications, to a full enterprise-wide solution (Cenzic Hailstorm(R) Enterprise ARC) for effectively managing application security risks across an enterprise. Always an innovator, Cenzic Hailstorm enables the testing of production Web applications through safe-testing algorithms and through integration with VMware for virtualization, making Cenzic the only company in the industry with a complete solution for assessing Web applications in all stages from development to production. In addition, Cenzic solutions, targeted at financial services, e-retail, high-tech, energy, healthcare and government sectors, are the most accurate, comprehensive and extensible in the industry empowering organizations to stay on top of unrelenting application security threats.

Contact Information: Tami Casey Kulesa Public Relations/for Cenzic (650) 340-1984