James Lee Witt Associates Taps Area Company
For Security Technology Expertise

DURHAM, NC (Jan 31, 2007) – Wesley Clark, the retired four-star general and 2003 presidential candidate, is meeting in the Triangle today with company officials at Knowledge Vector, Inc. (KVI) to announce a formal agreement between KVI and James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA) and to discuss KVI’s pioneering technology that effectively manages masses of information to improve security and regulatory compliance.

Gen. Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe, serves as vice chairman and senior advisor with James Lee Witt Associates, a public safety and crisis management consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. JLWA is a part of GlobalOptions Group, Inc. and is led by James Lee Witt, Federal Emergency Management Agency director under President Clinton. Also serving as vice chairman and senior advisor with James Lee Witt Associates is Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transportation under President Clinton.

James Lee Witt Associates provides companies with risk assessment, emergency preparedness and crisis management services. Witt Associates has signed a consulting agreement with KVI to assist in providing new markets for its patented software, which extends the practical application of risk analysis and needs assessment with a real-time, rule-based monitoring alert system. Another GlobalOptions Group unit, SafirRosetti, will be providing support to the contract.

KVI’s technology, which will be implemented through an agreement with systems integrator Johnson Controls, Inc., manages information flow in a multitude of ways, especially in emergency management and preparedness, and is easily applicable across multiple systems on a global scale.

By linking standard operating procedures with organizational expertise, KVI’s software clarifies scenarios that can reduce the impact of an event. This is accomplished with programming known as complex event processing, which allows organizations to see the relevance of events early on so that crises can be avoided.

The system constantly monitors all critical events that could affect the operational status of the end user and provides event analysis directly to the responders responsible for taking action.

The technology can be used across the transportation, medical/healthcare, agriculture, financial (including regulatory compliance monitoring), and government/military industries and in city and state infrastructure and emergency management situations.

ABOUT JAMES LEE WITT ASSOCIATES
Founded in 2001, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a part of the GlobalOptions Group, Inc., is a public safety and crisis management consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Little Rock, and Sacramento. Led by James Lee Witt, the FEMA Director under President Clinton, JLWA has unrivaled experience and hands-on knowledge of public safety, disaster response, continuity of operations, and emergency management issues. JLWA’s management team and staff include some of the nation’s most notable and experienced disaster management experts, such as General Wesley Clark, one of the nation's most distinguished retired military officers, who formerly served as NATO Supreme Allied Commander; and Rodney Slater, who formerly served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

JLWA’s clients include the nation’s premier universities, hospitals, governments, and a variety of Fortune 500 companies including those in the insurance, transportation, entertainment, finance, utilities, and emergency management industries. In 2005, JLWA was retained by the State of Louisiana to help Governor Blanco on disaster recovery matters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and has been retained by the City of Philadelphia to conduct a top-to-bottom emergency preparedness assessment. JLWA has advised government leaders, including governors, members of Congress, administration officials, and state and local elected officials, on emergency management policies and programs. www.wittassociates.com

ABOUT GLOBALOPTIONS GROUP
GlobalOptions Group, with headquarters in New York City and offices in 16 cities, is a provider of high-end risk assessment and mitigation services to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental organizations and high-profile individuals throughout the world. GlobalOptions Group’s services currently include risk management and security, investigations and litigation support, and crisis management. These engagements take GlobalOptions Group staff around the world and are typically highly-sensitive engagements where GlobalOptions Group is interacting with senior leaders in corporations and governments. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic initiatives for corporations or governments. Additional information can be found at www.globaloptionsgroup.com

ABOUT KNOWLEDGE VECTOR
Knowledge Vector, Inc. develops landmark security convergence event management and response systems that help entities protect property and lives and take advantage of emerging opportunities. The company's software transforms data from disparate logical and physical assets into the clarity required to best drive immediate decisions and actions. Knowledge Vector's pivotal software identifies dynamic emerging situations, anticipates their impact, notifies decision-makers and co-manages cascading events., Airports, utilities, ports, government entities, and financial services firms trust Knowledge Vector to fully leverage existing infrastructure and policies to reduce operational costs and improve safety, security and compliance. Learn more about Knowledge Vector at www.knowledgevector.com.

For information, contact:
Graham Mew -- 919.806.4333
graham.mew@knowledgevector.com

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