Washington, D.C., January 27, 2003 – Attenex Corporation, an electronic discovery software provider for the legal services industry, and Security Assurance Group, an Information Assurance and Security Advisory and Consulting company that provides electronic security and forensics data services to the legal industry, today announced an alliance to license Attenex® Patterns® E-Discovery Platform software.
According to the agreement, Security Assurance Group will offer Attenex Patterns to its clients as part of its unique lifecycle services offering. The addition of Attenex Patterns to its existing litigation support and security services offerings enables Security Assurance Group to provide the legal marketplace with a more complete and innovative solution that integrates Attenex into its existing electronic forensics, incident response and expert witness services.
“By combining our vast experience in electronic security with Attenex technology, Security Assurance Group has added the last piece of the puzzle to round out our litigation services offering,” said Security Assurance Group President and CEO, Kerry Bailey. ”We now provide a complete e-discovery solution by addressing every stage of the litigation lifecycle, from forensics data collection to expert witness testimony.”
“We investigated many technology solutions available today,” added Bailey, “and concluded that Attenex Patterns brought an unparalleled combination of sophisticated technology and practical application to real-world problems facing the legal market today.”
As recognized leaders in the data security industry, Security Assurance Group has worked on some of the largest United States Government cases in history, to assist in electronic security and forensics recovery efforts. In addition, Security Assurance Group has served as key witnesses in high profile government litigation, as well as acting as specially appointed experts to assist in contentious discovery matters in numerous Federal Court litigation matters.
“As electronic discovery matters increase in size and complexity, it is critical that lawyers are equipped with the most advanced technology and exceptionally trained experts who can assist them in providing high quality, yet straightforward electronic discovery solutions," said Skip Walter, CEO of Attenex Corporation. "Security Assurance Group provides a comprehensive solution that enables customers to manage their electronic discovery matters efficiently and costeffectively as their cases grow exponentially. We look forward to a long-standing partnership with Security Assurance Group to help corporations, law firms and their clients dramatically reduce their discovery and review costs.”
“Our first introduction to Attenex Patterns was in a highly contentious discovery matter where Security Assurance Group was appointed by the Special Discovery Master to serve as an independent third party to maintain legal chain of custody of highly sensitive and confidential data,” said C.J. Spallitta, Security Assurance Group Vice President of Strategy. “Seeing Attenex Patterns in action, we were immediately impressed by the compelling benefit it brought to that matter, in helping the legal team solve an otherwise insurmountable discovery issue.”
About Security Assurance Group
Security Assurance Group provides a comprehensive suite of Litigation Support and Security Services to the Fortune 1000 and U.S. Government today. The Company’s experience in gathering, analyzing, and preserving evidential data in a forensically sound manner, as well as, providing chain of custody and independent 3rd party expert witness and security consulting services uniquely positions Security Assurance Group to serve both public and private sector organizations with their Litigation, Electronic Discovery, and Security needs. More information about Security Assurance Group and its service offerings can be found at http://www.securityassurancegroup.com/Services/forensics.html.
About Attenex Patterns E-Discovery Platform
Attenex Patterns software transforms the efficiencies surrounding the process of electronic discovery by pairing computer power with lawyers’ brain power to substantially reduce the time spent on clerical and technical tasks associated with discovery. Instead of treating electronic documents solely as bodies of text that can be indexed and keyword searched, Attenex Patterns approaches them as collections of concepts. The software then displays them in the aggregate as a visual map showing clusters of conceptually related documents. This allows attorneys and legal practitioners to review and make high-quality decisions on a much higher volume of documents per hour, quickly separating the clearly relevant from the clearly irrelevant documents. These efficiencies provide law firms and corporations with a way to proactively manage the time and cost associated with the review of potentially discoverable documents.
About Attenex Corporation
Headquartered in Seattle, Attenex Corporation is a business-to-business software company that provides tools and best practices to corporate legal departments and their law firms to improve the efficiency of document intensive processes, such as electronic document discovery in litigation and drafting of complex legal documents. More information about Attenex and its products can be found at www.attenex.com.