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Fortify® Software Named 2008 CODiE Award Finalist

Receives Nods for "Best Security Solution" and "Best Software Testing Solution" from industry experts

SAN MATEO, Calif., February 25, 2008 - Fortify Software, the market leader in enterprise application security solutions, today announced that Fortify® Defender and Fortify® Tracer have been named finalists for "Best Security Solution" and "Best Software Testing Solution" by the 23rd Annual CODiE Awards. Sponsored by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), CODiE Awards are given in honor of outstanding product and service offerings in the software and digital content industries.

"It is an honor to have two of our products recognized for these awards," said John M. Jack, Fortify’s CEO. "Our solutions provide a holistic approach to enterprise security by protecting corporate assets at the most fundamental level, in the software where they reside. We've worked hard to develop market-leading products, and this recognition is a real validation of our vision."

Taking a unique approach to monitoring and protecting deployed Web applications, Fortify® Defender is a software solution that works from the inside-out to ensure optimal protection against hacking with minimal effort. Fortify® Tracer offers organizations the ability to build application vulnerability testing into the QA lifecycle. With minimal effort, and little security expertise, a QA group can begin finding security vulnerabilities while conducting a regular functional test.

Recognized as the industry's premiere awards program, CODiE honors are given following intense peer review. After testing over 1,000 nominated products, judges have narrowed the initial pool of more than 600 companies down to 340 finalists in 68 product categories.

"Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a CODiE Finalist a real achievement," said Ken Wash, SIIA president. “All the companies on this year’s list should feel justifiably proud of their recognition.”

The 2008 CODiE Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 20 at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA. For a complete list of the 2008 CODiE Award finalists, visit www.siia.net/codies/2008/finalists.asp.

About Fortify Software, Inc.

Fortify® Software products protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications. Its software security products—Fortify SCA, Fortify Manager, Fortify Tracer and Fortify Defender—drive down costs and security risks by automating key processes of developing and deploying secure applications. Fortify Software's customers include government agencies and FORTUNE 500 companies in a wide variety of industries, such as financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, publishing, insurance, systems integration and information management. The company is backed by world-class teams of software security experts and partners. More information is available at www.fortify.com.