NEW YORK – December 22, 2009 – Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions, for the enterprise, today announced that filmmakers Micah Sherman, Dan Hirshon and Joe Lift have been selected as the grand prize winners of the 2009 Database Security Video Smackdown for their submission 'Awesome Database Security Contest Submission Video.'

The film by Sherman, Hirshon and Lift – a metaphoric comedy that follows a team of entrants into this year's contest as they are unknowingly hacked – won for its overall creativity, originality and laugh-out-loud comedy. The film offers an ironic twist as it chronicles the filmmakers submitting their Database Security Video Smackdown submission, only to watch the thieves steal their identity and prize.

"This year's submissions were tremendous," said Thom VanHorn, vice president, global marketing, Application Security, Inc. "The winning submission as well as the other entries not only illustrated the concept that database security is important, but did so in a manner that exhibited humor and creative expression. Due to the high quality of the entries, our judges had a very difficult time selecting a winner."

'Awesome Database Security Contest Submission Video' beat out some tough competition for the $1,500 grand prize in a very close contest that came down to the final vote.  We thank our panel of judges that consisted of leading IT Security influencers Rich Mogull and Adrian Lane of Securosis; Andrew Jaquith of Forrester Research; Trent Henry of Burton Group; and Jon Oltsik of Enterprise Strategy Group.

The runner-up film 'Database Security Smackdown Interviews,' by Mark Poisella and Jeff Maroun will receive a $500 consolation prize. 'Database Security Smackdown Interviews' features a tongue-in-cheek set of interviews demonstrating the lack of understanding around database security. Two additional finalists who will also receive $500 prizes are Josh Folan, who submitted 'Club Database,' and Jonathan Mann, who submitted 'A Humble Plea for Database Security.'

All the entries can be viewed on the Database Security Video Smackdown Web site, as well as the Facebook page, the Video Smackdown YouTube Channel and the Application Security, Inc. Web site.

About Application Security, Inc.
Application Security, Inc. is the leading provider of agentless database security, risk and compliance (SRC) solutions for the enterprise.  Application Security, Inc.'s agentless approach - AppDetectivePro for auditors and IT advisors, and DbProtect for the enterprise - delivers the industry's most scalable database SRC solution and is in use around the world in the most demanding environments by over 2,000 customers.  The company was named to Inc. Magazine's 2007 (Inc. 500) and 2008 list of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies, and was also named to the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 by Deloitte & Touche.

For more information, please visit www.appsecinc.com.

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Contact:
Tom Bain                          
Application Security, Inc.               
tbain@appsecinc.com                    
781-687-1063 (office)