April 4, 2005
Vigilos Completes Software Installation at FBI

SEATTLE, Washington, 4-April, 2005 -- Vigilos, the leading provider of Enterprise Security Management (ESM) software for the physical security needs of large enterprises, today announced the successful installation of its software at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Quantico, Virginia. Vigilos announced in December 2004 that the FBI had selected its commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software for deployment.

"We're pleased that Vigilos was able to complete its full integration of Hirsch access control in time for this installation," said Mike Friedel, who manages security technology for the FBI. "Vigilos had already completed the integration of our Bosch intrusion detection panels, and the added ability to monitor and program our Hirsch panels remotely will greatly increase our security while keeping our administration costs low. Vigilos delivered that functionality on time, and exactly to our specifications."

The FBI has stated its intent to deploy the Vigilosplatform broadly in its field locations across the nation, and throughout Quantico. Vigilos and the FBI are discussing plans for future deployments and additional best-of-breed technology integration to the Vigilos ESM software to continue to increase productivity and overall security.

"We're very pleased to have the FBI as a highly engaged customer. We look forward to the opportunity to work with Mike Friedel and his team to expand the software capabilities to best meet their needs,. said Geof Barker, CEO of Vigilos. .Our software is ideally suited to clients like the FBI who are interested in optimizing physical security across many geographically distributed sites, and do so with anplatform, COTS product."

"We are excited to have partnered with Vigilos to integrate the Hirsch hardware with the Vigilos software," said Rob Zivney, VP Marketing for Hirsch Electronics. "Both companies' products are COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf), and the combination of the two sets a new standard for enterprise access control and integrated security management. Vigilos met our high quality, training, and support standards, and we are pleased with their achievement under a tight schedule."

Vigilos is currently operating in a variety of installations including banks, seaports, multi-tenant commercial buildings, petrochemical, public transportation and other organizations. Customers have declared their satisfaction with results including doubling output with the same staff, effectively managing security for hundreds of sites, enabling collaboration across and outside the organization, and overall improvements in security effectiveness.

About Vigilos

Vigilos is a leading provider of Enterprise Security Management (ESM) software that is designed for large enterprises to help them solve a diverse set of physical security and operational problems. The Vigilos platform is a solution designed for government and businesses with one or more locations at which intrusion, access control, bar code, RFID, video, audio and other physical security, transaction, and operational data is generated. Vigilos coordinates with the manufacturers of a variety of related hardware systems to seamlessly integrate data from all connected systems into an enterprise security information management platform. The Vigilos COTS software is available to end users and integrators on the GSA Schedule (GS-07F-5950P).

Vigilos is located at 2030 First Avenue, Suite 300, Seattle, Washington, USA. Telephone , email info, or website at www..

About Hirsch Electronics

Hirsch Electronics Corporation manufactures high security accesscontrol and security management systems for worldwide markets. Hirsch Security Management System products include an XBox Gateway, DIGI*TRAC(tm) controllers, and a line of intelligent keypads and readers -- ScramblePad(r), ScrambleProx(r), ScrambleSmart(tm) and BioSmart(tm). Hirsch has earned numerous industry awards for their integration of door control, alarm monitoring, video, ID badging, graphics, database management and interoperability.

Hirsch Electronics is located at 1900-B Carnegie Avenue, Santa Ana, California, USA, Phone: ; email: marketing; website: www.hirschelectronics.com.