Secured Services Adds Veteran Chief Technology Officer to Safeguard Vital Information Assets NEW YORK, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Secured Services Inc. (OTC:SSVC) (BULLETIN BOARD: SSVC) , a leader in information security software and services, today announced Michael Smith has been appointed to the position of chief technology officer. Smith is a recognized expert in network security and has successfully developed enterprise-wide secure information security systems currently used by numerous federal government agencies, systems integrators, hospital data centers, banks, travel and many other types of companies. Smith is responsible for all strategy, development and delivery of Secured Services' products. He will oversee the research and development of the company's "Identiprise Suite," a true enterprise-wide identity and access management system. He will also oversee the information security product systems deployed by Secured Services Advanced Security Group, including such services as: intrusion detection and vulnerability assessments, encryption, managed firewall, information security audits and assessments, penetration testing and wireless LAN infiltration, secure network designs, implementation and integration deployments, forensic analysis, and managed security offerings. "Smith brings considerable senior technology expertise to Secured Services," said King Moore, company president and chief executive officer. "His research and development experience of network security solutions and identity management is the key to the next-generation Identiprise security solution. We welcome his strong technical background in developing secure software solutions." Smith was a founder and director of Insight First, a developer of customer behavior and web analytics software, which was acquired in 2003 by 24/7 Real Media. Insight's customers included Viacom's network of media sites, United Airlines and several other corporations. He also served as the former chairman and president of Loquesea Networks, which specialized in advertising solutions and market research within a network of youth-oriented portals featuring online music, dating, and multiplayer gaming. Loquesea was backed by Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan with operations in Latin America and Europe and more than eight million subscribers. Mr. Smith currently serves on the boards of several private companies. Smith started his career over fourteen years ago at Credit Suisse where he managed trading technologies and was responsible for the firm's global network design. Smith's security background began when he was the CEO of Point Break Communications, a security consultancy and developer of remote-access management software for financial services firms, which was acquired by Synetics. He then became managing partner of USWeb/CKS (later MarchFirst) where he was responsible for managing the company's Network Solutions division, the global practice leader for e-commerce performance and was chief strategist for key accounts such as American Airlines. "I'm excited to be a part of the Secured Services management team. We have a unique opportunity to provide a solution that addresses the real concerns of enterprise customers today. We can very quickly integrate with all of our customers' applications and immediately provide benefits from increased manageability and highly valuable compliance reporting." As the need for security products and services soars, Secured Services is seeing increased demand for Identiprise. A new installation of Identiprise Server is rolled out weekly on average, and Identiprise is currently licensed for use with more than a quarter of a million desktops. The Identiprise Suite is a tightly integrated security platform that allows for secure single point of access for internal and external users to an organization's various client/server and web-facing applications in a manner that reduces operational costs, improves the user experience and provides flexibility to application access. Using Identiprise, Secured Services helps its customers to achieve this objective while maintaining the fastest and lowest cost deployment model due to the non-intrusive nature of the technology. Identiprise is a culmination of software technology and research acquired from Vasco Data and originally known as the Vacman Enterprise, or SnareWorks. It was initially developed in 1997 with more than $7.2 million invested in its research and development. The U.S. Dept. of Defense, NASA, John Hancock, and 3M are among its users. About Secured Services: Secured Services Inc. is a leading North American information security company dedicated to providing security services and products to local and global enterprises, where computer and Internet security is not an insurance policy but a core organizational requirement. Secured Services provides professional information security consulting, managed security services and strategic security technology including proprietary industry-leading identity management, single sign-on and access control software. Its customers include organizations in government, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications and health care. For more information about Secured Services on the net: http://www.secured-services.com/, Or contact: Investor Relations: Chris Rosgen, Capital Market Relations (949) 481-9739, Media: Michael Dubreuil, Secured Services Inc. (905) 339-2323, media@secured- services.com Secured Services' next-generation security software -- Identiprise, is a highly secure enterprise-wide Single Sign-on, Identity Management and Access Control system designed for rapid customer deployment with non-intrusive application code interference. Identiprise supports all enterprise applications including web, client server and mainframe applications without requiring expensive, time consuming integration and customization efforts to legacy applications. Identiprise reduces administrative costs, provides tracking, monitoring, provisioning and auditing capabilities to assist companies with regulatory compliance guidelines for Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, the Patriot Act and Homeland Security Directives. Secured Services helps its clients achieve these objectives, while maintaining the fastest and lowest cost deployment model. Forward-Looking Statement Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, events or performances are forward-looking statements. Any statement containing words such as "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," and similar words, is forward-looking, and these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations. Consequently, actual results could differ materially from the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements. Reference is made to the Company's public filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for further information regarding the Company and its operations. DATASOURCE: Secured Services Inc. CONTACT: Investor, Chris Rosgen of Capital Market Relations, +1-949-481-9739, , for Secured Services; or Media, Michael Dubreuil of Secured Services Inc., +1-905-339-2323, Web site: http://www.secured-services.com/

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