GREENBORO, NC – July 9, 2009:  Managed security services provider Secure Designs, Inc. (http://www.securedesigns.com) today announced that it has appointed Waters & Associates Group LLC to provide strategic consulting on new business development programs targeted at small to mid-sized organizations.

Waters & Associates will help Secure Designs develop new strategies and programs to extend the reach of its outsourced IT security services business. Based principally on security appliances from SonicWALL (Nasdaq: SNWL), Secure Designs provides highly affordable, customized managed security solutions for hundreds of SMB customers across the U.S. and internationally. Secure Designs creates comprehensive packages to cover each customer’s requirements, from ordering, configuring and shipment of firewalls to ongoing management, monitoring and reporting, updates and support.

“Security remains one of the most pressing IT concerns of all businesses,” said Curtis Waters, principal consultant at Waters & Associates. “Even the smallest business needs robust network protection, but security is an increasingly complex and time-consuming area even for IT specialists. Outsourced security is gaining in awareness, reinforced by compliance regulations such as PCI and HIPAA. We look forward to working with SDI to expand their reach into the SMB market.”

Larry Cecchini, COO and vice president of marketing at SDI, said, “Curtis combines extensive knowledge of SMB market requirements with years of experience in building platforms and programs based around SonicWALL technology. He understand the requirement to be mindful of balancing our clients’ security needs with their IT budgets and experience, while deploying the latest products, such as the SonicWALL TZ 200, that allow our clients to take advantage of the higher speed services now entering the SMB market.”

Waters has 17 years of IT sales experience, with a focus on IT security and networking solutions from SonicWALL, Bluesocket, and 3Com.  He holds an MBA and a BSEE from Florida Tech.

SDI has developed many proprietary technologies to remain the managed security services leader for the SMB segment. The company manages thousands of firewalls for companies in 28 US states and five countries internationally, and continually introduces new technologies to enhance its offerings.

About Secure Designs, Inc.
Secure Designs is founded upon the idea that smaller companies deserve the same Internet security as big companies without having to pay a premium price. The company is one of an elite group of MSSPs delivering turnkey private label security firewall and VPN services for cable companies. Today, Secure Designs provides a range of proven, strategically bundled Internet security solutions from entry level to redundant fault tolerant systems. Secure Designs is the premier, low cost/high value Internet security provider for small and midsize businesses. With its proprietary software, processes and team of security experts, Secure Designs remotely manages and monitors firewalls throughout the country from its Network Operation Center.  For more information, please visit http://www.securedesigns.com.

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Mary McEvoy Carroll
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