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2007.05.25
Digital Sandbox is Awarded US Patent for “Method and Apparatus for Risk Management”

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, announced today that it has been awarded US Patent 7,130,779 for its “Method and Apparatus for Risk Management”. Co-inventors Anthony Beverina and Bryan Ware, the Founders of Digital Sandbox, filed their application in May 2001.

“This Patent is a recognition of the intellectual property that our company and our products are built around,” said Mr. Ware. “This invention is the foundation for the market leading risk analytics we have incorporated in our Site Profiler product and our risk consulting business,” said Mr. Beverina. Founded in 1998, Digital Sandbox’s innovative analytical approach to risk management has been broadly applied to terrorism, intelligence, natural hazard, and financial applications at all levels of government.

2007.04.10
Digital Sandbox Co-Sponsors UASI Conference

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, is a proud sponsor and participant in the first National Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) conference April 10-12 in Miami, FL. The conference brought together over 600 attendees to share best practices from UASI programs around the country.

Digital Sandbox’s President, Anthony Beverina, delivered two presentations “How can a UASI implement risk-based funding approaches” and “Risk Management for UASIs: Why do you need it and how do you do it?” Joe Goodwin, Senior Risk Analyst at Digital Sandbox delivered a presentation on “TCL Based Homeland Security Strategies: Risk-based capability Analysis”. Speaking about the conference, Mr. Beverina said, “Digital Sandbox is proud to have sponsored this important conference and I was impressed with the level of discussion and participation by UASIs from across the country.” More information about the conference is available here http://urbanareas.org/portal/index.php

2007.04.09
Digital Sandbox Announces Site Profiler 4.0

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced Site Profiler 4.0, the next generation of its leading risk management system for State, Urban Area, and local agencies. “We set out on an ambitious development plan last year,” said Robert Kerr, Chief Technology Officer of Digital Sandbox, “and have invested over 1 million dollars of internal funds in product development this year.”

“Site Profiler 4.0 is responsive to the feedback we have received from our State and Local clients,” said Anthony Beverina, President of Digital Sandbox. Site Profiler 4.0 builds on the foundation and lessons learned from Site Profiler 3.0 but adds new capabilities to view, understand, manage and use risk to inform critical decisions. Read more about Site Profiler here.

2007.04.04
Digital Sandbox Congratulates Chris Geldart on his Appointment to the FEMA Leadership Team

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, announced today Christopher T. Geldart, Senior Risk Analyst at Digital Sandbox has been asked to serve as the director of the Office of National Capitol Region Coordination (ONCRC) within FEMA. He will oversee and coordinate federal programs and domestic preparedness initiatives for state, local and regional authorities in the National Capital Region.

“I welcome Chris to the DHS team and look forward to working with him in this vital position. Chris brings a wealth of knowledge on state homeland security issues and recently led Maryland’s Homeland Security Program Executive Office,” said Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security. Bryan Ware, CEO of Digital Sandbox responded saying, “We will miss Chris’s contributions to our risk consulting business but are proud of his appointment to this important position.”

2007.03.19
Digital Sandbox Moves Headquarters to Tysons Corner

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, announced today the opening of its new offices in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The company’s new headquarters will provide much needed room to grow and better access to its client’s and partners. “We have outgrown our offices in Herndon and are excited to be in a new home that will support our steady growth,” said Bryan Ware, CEO of Digital Sandbox, Inc.

2007.02.20
Digital Sandbox Expands Board of Directors

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, announced the expansion of its Board of Directors. Industry veterans Amit Yoran and Don Gilberg have joined the Board and taken active roles in the Company’s growth. “We are excited by the experience and leadership that Amit and Don bring to Digital Sandbox,” said Bryan Ware, CEO of Digital Sandbox.

Amit Yoran will assume the role of Chairman of the Board. Amit is currently the CEO of NetWitness Corporation. Prior to NetWitness, he was appointed as Director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security and as CEO and advisor to In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. Formerly Mr Yoran served as the Vice President of Worldwide Managed Security Services at the Symantec Corporation. Mr. Yoran was the co-founder of Riptech, a market leading IT security company, and served as its CEO until the company was acquired by Symantec in 2002. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force in the Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team.

Don Gilberg is currently the Vice President of Strategic Development at NetWitness Corporation. He previously served as Managing Director of Security Accelerator LLC, a strategic advisory firm serving the homeland security markets. Gilberg is the former Senior Director of CivitasGroup and an expert on insurance, risk assessment and mitigation, product liability, corporate intelligence and fraud investigations. Mr. Gilberg is a member of the American Bar Association and is admitted to the bar in New York, Massachusetts, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and the United States Supreme Court.

2006.11.01
Digital Sandbox CEO Bryan Ware speaks at Conference Board's annual security conference

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, announced that Bryan Ware, the company’s co-founder and CEO will be speaking at The Conference Board’s Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference on November 1st at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. This year’s conference will focus on Predicting, Mitigating and Managing Risk.

Mr. Ware will lead a panel to discuss how corporations and government officials can understand how to evaluate and manage low probability/high consequence events and develop a comprehensive risk management plan.

For more information on the conference, please visit:
http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=1202

2006.10.10
Digital Sandbox President Anthony Beverina speaks at All Hazards Forum Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies Workshop Luncheon

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, announced that Anthony Beverina, the company's co-founder and President presented the realities of building an effective risk baseline for evaluating, planning and managing an all-hazard preparedness strategy in today's more complex, dynamic and increasingly competitive homeland security world. Mr. Beverina also shared with attendees the increasing importance of understanding and being able to effectively communicate the realities of jurisdiction-specific critical infrastructure protection risks and protection imperatives to navigate the Department of Homeland Security's more complex and continually evolving funding processes.

For more information on the conference, please visit:
http://www.allhazardsforum.com/

2006.08.04
Digital Sandbox announces the general release of Site Profiler version 3.4

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced the general release of Site Profiler version 3.4. Vice President of Engineering, Rob Kerr, stated that “The 3.4 release of Site Profiler delivers greatly enhanced usability and performance over previous releases and provides modified workflows in the server and assessment tools to reduce user workload and provide higher quality data collection.” Bryan Ware the company’s CEO, continues saying that “The enhancements delivered in Site Profiler 3.4 are designed to provide across the board performance improvements of the company’s Enterprise Risk Management solution to accommodate larger asset, threat and vulnerability datasets that power its leading edge risk analysis and reporting capabilities.”

2006.08.01
Digital Sandbox CEO Bryan Ware speaks about risk metrics driving DHS funding allocations

Securitymetrics.org, a community website for security practitioners is holding the first annual MetriCon conference to provide a discussion for the role of analytics and metrics in the security world. Specifically, Bryan Ware will be speaking to how risk metrics are increasingly driving Department of Homeland Security funding allocations going to State, Local and UASI homeland security initiatives.

For more information on securitymetrics.org or the MetriCon convention, please visit www.securitymetrics.org

2006.07.17
Digital Sandbox expands management team with three key hires

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced the addition of three new members of its management team.

Heidi Waters joins Digital Sandbox as the Director of Project Management. Mrs. Waters brings over 15 years of experience in managing IT projects in diverse industries, cultures and business climates for both government and commercial sectors to Digital Sandbox. Prior to Digital Sandbox, Mrs. Waters served as the Director of Consulting Services for CGI-AMS and was responsible for delivery of client engagements, implemented best practices, SOX compliance processes, and risk management procedures to improve project delivery.

Mike Borek joins Digital Sandbox as the Director of Marketing and Sales. Mr. Borek brings over 12 years of experience in managing corporate branding, product marketing and business development functions in the enterprise technology sector. During his career, Mr. Borek has been responsible for crafting several sustained market niches in enterprise mobile integration, network operations management and has driven product strategy at MCI, Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Cysive, Inside-Out Technologies, American Management Systems and others.

Andrew Hoddick joined its executive team as the Director of Finance and Administration. Mr. Hoddick brings over a decade of financial and operational experience in building a wide range of systems and infrastructure for start-ups. Prior to Digital Sandbox, Mr. Hoddick served as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for SonoMedica and GroupServe and as a senior financial analyst at Calvert Ventures, a venture fund investing in companies with socially or environmentally beneficial products.

2006.06.23
Dr. David Daniels, Ph.D. joins Digital Sandbox as Director of Risk Analytics

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced that Dr. David Daniels, Ph.D. has joined its executive team as Director of Risk Analysis.

Dr. Daniels brings a solid background in developing and applying rigorous analytical techniques to real-world problems in a variety of academic, business, and government settings. Prior experience includes strategy and technical consulting with The Boston Consulting Group and Booz Allen Hamilton, which includes work for the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), the Financial Services Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and various commercial and defense industry clients. He has advised clients on technology investments, built analytical assessment frameworks and tools, performed technical due diligence for acquisitions, and written policy guidance for critical infrastructure protection legislation.

Dr. Daniels holds an M.Sc. degree from the University of Oxford, A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Harvard University, and has over 50 academic publications.

2006.05.03
Digital Sandbox CEO to keynote Business Continuity, Security & Crisis Seminar

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced that Bryan Ware, the company's co-founder and CEO will be keynoting the Conference Board's Business Continuity, Security and Crisis Management seminar, in San Diego California. Mr. Ware will be speaking to the criticality of risk optimizing mitigation and response plans for maximizing operational continuity.

2006.02.06
Digital Sandbox launches analytical modules for State, UASI, Ports & Local Security Initiatives

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced a full spectrum of offerings for State and Local customers. Built on seven years of experience providing TRM systems, the Company has developed a series of entry point projects and analytical services based on feedback from its customers and lessons learned from implementations of its system in States, UASIs, cities, port authorities, and local communities. Read more about Digital Sandbox's State and Local solutions here .

2006.01.15
Josh Filler joins Digital Sandbox Advisory Board

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced the addition of Joshua D. Filler to the firm's advisory board. Additionally, Digital Sandbox is partnering with Mr. Filler's firm Filler Security Strategies, Inc. (www.fssconsulting.net) to further develop its State and Local Government offerings.

Mr. Filler most recently served as the first ever Director of the Office of State & Local Government Coordination for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington, DC. Mr. Filler was a founding member of DHS, senior advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security, a member of the Department's senior management team and a member of the Secretary's Emergency Response Group for incident management. As Director of the Office of State & Local Government Coordination, Mr. Filler was the Department of Homeland Security's primary point of contact for state, local and tribal homeland security leaders, including Homeland Security Directors, Mayors, Governors, Sheriffs, Police Chiefs, Fire Chiefs, Emergency Managers and other leaders and was responsible for coordinating the programs and policies of the Department as they relate to local, state and tribal governments.

Prior to joining DHS, Mr. Filler was Director of Local Affairs for the White House Office of Homeland Security (OHS) in Washington. Before joining the White House, Mr. Filler served in the Cabinet of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in New York as Director of Legislative Affairs for the Mayor and Chief of Staff in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations.

2005.09.14
Tampa Bay Region selects Digital Sandbox to build out Regional terrorism risk management capabilities

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced that the Tampa Bay Region has engaged the firm to build out its regional terrorism risk management capability. Under this initiative, sponsored by the Tampa Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) working group, Digital Sandbox will develop key risk management business processes, roll out the Site Profiler software suite region-wide, and train users in the City of Tampa, City of St. Petersburg, City of Clearwater, Pinellas County, and Hillsborough County. Users in these jurisdictions will identify risks to the region and prioritize homeland security risk expenditures as a region, replacing their separate processes. This initiative builds on pilot initiatives jointly executed between the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Domestic Preparedness and the City of Tampa over the last several years. Read more about the Site Profiler suite here .

2005.09.02
State of New Jersey selects Digital Sandbox to build out Regional terrorism risk management capabilities

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced that the State of New Jersey has engaged the firm to build out its terrorism risk management capability. Under this initiative, spearheaded by New Jersey's Office of Counterterrorism, Digital Sandbox will develop key risk management business processes, roll out the Site Profiler software suite statewide, and train users at the County and State level. This statewide rollout of Site Profiler follows a pilot project in 2004 that demonstrated how law enforcement, emergency management, and critical infrastructure protection professionals at the county and state levels could be integrated together to identify risks to the State, and prioritize homeland security expenditures to maximize return on investment. Site Profiler software is scheduled to be deployed at all 21 Counties in the late Fall. Read more about the Site Profiler suite here.

2005.07.15
Digital Sandbox selected to support the Eastern Kentucky University Justice & Safety Center to implement Partnership for Safe and Secure Communities (PASCOM) program.

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced that it was awarded a contract with the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Justice and Safety Center to provide support to the Partnership for Safe and Secure Communities (PASCOM) Program (www.justice.eku.edu). Under this initiative, Digital Sandbox will work with EKU and its partners to define operating concepts and system designs for a multi-tiered approach to terrorism risk management. This modular, multi-tiered approach will connect public sector entities from the most rural communities to the largest cities using risk management building blocks that will be assembled to provide risk management systems for regions or states to support their data collection, analysis, and reporting needs. The initial concept demonstration, connecting an EKU-developed Community Risk & Vulnerability Assessment Tool to the Site Profiler enterprise suite is scheduled for January 2006. Read more about the Site Profiler suite here .

2005.06.24
Digital Sandbox released Site Profiler version 3.1

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, announced toady it has released Site Profiler Suite Version 3.1. Site Profiler Suite Version 3.1 includes several new features including a new countermeasure management interface, HSPD8 and BZPP threat stream libraries, a new Point of Contact (POC) manager, and an enhanced asset management interface. Site Profiler Suite 3.1 includes numerous stability and performance enhancements and improved support for Oracle database implementations. Read more about the Site Profiler suite here .

2005.05.31
Amit Yoran and Chris Dettmar join the Digital Sandbox Board of Directors

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. Amit Yoran rejoins the Board after stepping down to serve as the National Cyber Security Division director at the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Yoran was the founder and CEO of Riptech which he merged with Symantec in 2002. Also joining the board is Chris Dettmar, a veteran Chief Financial Officer for a number of firms ranging from start-ups to multi-million-dollar public companies. Full bios of Digital Sandbox's Board of Directors are here .

2005.05.18
Digital Sandbox announces award of Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Contract

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced it was awarded Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance contract as part of SAIC team. The primary objective of this program is to enhance the ability of state and local governments, as well as port authorities and mass transit agencies, to develop, plan and implement effective risk management strategies for WMD preparedness.

2005.05.02
Digital Sandbox CEO presents Identification and Analysis of Event Risk at the Society of Actuaries / Casualty Actuarial Society, Enterprise Risk Management Symposium

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced, CEO Bryan Ware presented Identification and Analysis of Event Risk at the Society of Actuaries / Casualty Actuarial Society, Enterprise Risk Management Symposium, in Chicago, Illinois http://www.ermsymposium.org/

2005.04.02
Digital Sandbox developed AT Level 1 training system reaches 3 million users

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced that the AT Level 1 online training system developed by Digital Sandbox, ANSER, and Williamson Research just certified its three-millionth user. This online system allows DoD personnel, family members, and contractors to receive required anti-terrorism training through the Web.

2004.12.13
Dr. Robert H. Mark, James F. McDonnell and Christina Ray join Digital Sandbox Advisory Board

Digital Sandbox, Inc., a leading provider of risk management strategies and solutions to homeland security and public safety organizations, today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Advisors. Joining the Board to help the Company expand its leading position in the public sector and transfer its proven software tools and technology into the financial services market are Dr. Robert M. Mark, Chief Executive Officer of Black Diamond; James F. McDonnell, Vice President and Chief Information and Security Officer for USEC Inc.; and Christina I. Ray, Managing Principal of Guarnerius Management, LLC.