root9B Announces Strategic Cyber Defense Contract with Financial Institution

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- root9B, a root9B Technologies (OTCQB: RTNB) company and leading provider of advanced cyber defense services and training for commercial and government clients, announced today it has signed a multi-year, $2.8 million dollar agreement with a leading financial institution. This agreement will enhance the client's existing network security program and create an environment more focused on cyber defense.

Under the terms of the agreement, root9B will provide numerous services including active adversary pursuit (HUNT) operations. root9B will leverage remote HUNT operations in the pursuit, identification, mitigation, and eradication of advanced cyber actors. root9B's proprietary HUNT platform, Orion, utilizes agentless technology to enable remote interactive operations to defeat the adversary. 

"We are excited to provide active defense operations services to another customer in the financial industry," said Eric Hipkins, root9B's Chief Executive Officer. "The commercial sector continues to realize traditional cybersecurity mechanisms are not sufficient and that there is a need for a new generation of cyber operations focused on defense."

About root9B 
Based in Colorado Springs, CO, root9B is a leading provider of advanced cybersecurity services and training for commercial and government clients. Combining cutting-edge technology, tactics development, specialty tools, and deep mission experience, root9B personnel leverage their extensive backgrounds in the U.S. Intelligence Community to conduct advanced vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, digital forensics, incident response, industrial control system (ICS) security, and active adversary pursuit (HUNT) engagements on networks worldwide. For more information, visit www.root9B.com.

About root9B Technologies, Inc. 
root9B Technologies (OTCQB: RTNB) is a leading provider of Cybersecurity and Regulatory Risk Mitigation Services. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries root9B and IPSA International, root9B Technologies delivers results that improve productivity, mitigate risk and maximize profits. Its clients range in size from Fortune 100 companies to mid-sized and owner-managed businesses across a broad range of industries including local, state and government agencies. For more information, visit www.root9btechnologies.com.

Forward Looking Statements
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