[Infowarrior] - Security Analysis Websites Form Public Interest Firm

[Richard Forno]

SECURITY ANALYSIS WEBSITES FORM NEW PUBLIC-INTEREST FIRM

March 30, 2006 (HANNOVER, MD) -  Attrition.Org and Vmyths.Com, two of the
Internet's most venerable security information resources, are announcing
their merger and subsequent creation of Brilliant Security Initiatives
(BSI), a public-interest security consultancy based in Hannover, MD.

Since late 2005, the firm has quietly received funding from the Department
of Homeland Security to support the development of its next-generation
adaptive search appliance based on BSI's proprietary Bilateral Unique
Linear Logarithm technology.

In a public statement to analysts this week, Attrition.Org founder Brian
Martin and Vmyths founder Robert Rosenberger agreed that "while we've both
had repeated offers over the years to 'go corporate' none of them seemed
like a good match for our culture and services. This particular
opportunity is a 'perfect storm' to align our expertise to serve a
critical need for our nation's defense and bring an exciting project into
reality."

The BULL project is intended to provide seamless, intelligent and adaptive
Realtime Query Services (RQS) for the Department of Homeland Security's
own Secure Homeland Information Transfer network that provides a common
shared and secure operating environment for federal, state, and local law
enforcement and emergency responders.

In addition to the RQS initiative, Brilliant Security develops and
provides subscription-based research and analysis pertaining to Internet
security and other topics related to critical infrastructure protection.

"Most research firms provide analysis and 'advice' from an Ivory Tower
perspective," says Jay Dyson, the firm's Technical Research Director.
"What we bring to the table are lessons-learned based on direct, recent,
and ongoing experience as security practitioners instead of industry
groupthink and fuzzy research findings that change daily."

In addition to the $3.4 million RQS funding for 2006 is a last-minute,
$1.2 million contract to provide secure electronic mail services to the
FBI's New York Field Office, which was discovered recently to be lacking
such basic networked services for its crime-fighting activities.
Supporting this effort is Lockheed Martin Information Systems, already
overseeing a $500 million program to develop the successor to the Bureau's
failed Virtual Case File system.

Martin said, "Rob [Rosenberger] and I were tired of sending mail to New
York based FBI agents only to get it bounced back as undeliverable, and
that just won't fly in this day and age of fighting terrorism --
especially when it involves our invoices and getting paid for our work in
the Big Apple."

Assisting in this merger is Richard Forno, the former operator of the
seven-year old Infowarrior.Org security site, who will join the venture as
chief scientist, and noted security expert AJ Reznor as chief technology
officer.  Corporate technical support and outsourced consulting services
for the New York FBI e-mail project will be provided by the five-year-old
UnixGeeks.Org consultancy, also merged into the combined entity.

With a full-time staff of fourteen, the new company will be based in
Hannover, MD.  The firm's new website will launch on 1 April 2006.

Press Contact:

bsi-press at attrition.org

Interested in joining our growing consultancy on a full or part-time basis?
See who else is part of the Brilliant Security Initiatives family at:
http://attrition.org/misc/ee/20050426-names.txt8