CHIEF OWASP EVANGELIST DINIS CRUZ JOINS OUNCE LABS' ADVISORY BOARD

Security Expert Appointed Director of Advanced Technology to Solidify Company's Technical Dominance in the Market

Waltham, MA, April 30, 2007 –Waltham, MA, April 30, 2007 – Ounce Labs, the leader in software security assurance, today announced the appointment of Dinis Cruz to their Advisory Board and as the company’s Director of Advanced Technology.  With an extensive career in source code security, penetration testing and security curriculum development, Cruz is one of the world’s foremost consultants on application security. He has also achieved prominence with his role in OWASP, the Open Web Application Security Project, as a board member and their Chief Security Evangelist.  

“Ounce Labs understands the pressures placed on security executives and provides the detailed software vulnerability analysis needed to demonstrate positive results,” said Cruz. “In my career, I’ve gained a clear understanding of what the security needs are for some of the world’s largest institutions. It is my pleasure to join Ounce Labs as their Director of Advanced Technology to help identify new avenues of technical growth.”

Cruz has honed his security skills working as a consultant on ABN AMRO's global security team. He also acts as a senior security consultant and trainer for companies such as Foundstone, Vigilar and Infosys.

“The insight and experience Dinis brings to Ounce Labs is a tremendous asset as we look to expand our technical scope,” said Hugh Scandrett, president and CEO of Ounce Labs.  “As an advisor and the Director of Advanced Technology he brings a fantastic breadth of experience in application security, .NET Framework and reverse engineering. His technical expertise is helping us more effectively serve a large number of worldwide customers.” 

About Ounce Labs, Inc.
Ounce Labs™, the leader in software security assurance, delivers products that enable customers to manage software risk in applications across the enterprise, traceable down to individual lines of code. The Ounce solution features patents-pending source code analysis technology, which scans source code to pinpoint programming errors, design flaws, and policy violations. Ounce offers the most accurate and complete software vulnerability results, the fastest time-to-results, the only complete application portfolio management, and the greatest deployment flexibility. Customers using the Ounce software security solution include leading organizations in financial services, telecommunications, software development, government, and other industries focused on protecting data, reducing software vulnerabilities, and complying with industry regulations. Ounce Labs is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with regional offices throughout the U.S. For more information, please visit www.ouncelabs.com.

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