SAIC Teams With University of Maryland on Key Cybersecurity Initiatives

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today that it has teamed with the University of Maryland (UMD) to support initiatives that promote education, research, and technology development in cybersecurity.

Through this collaboration, SAIC will coordinate and share cyber related research between the UMD Cybersecurity Center (MC(2)) in College Park, Md., and SAIC's Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) in Columbia, Md. to leverage each center's resources, alliances and diverse perspectives to build innovative approaches to shared challenges. The MC(2) works with government and industry to provide interdisciplinary educational programs to prepare the future cybersecurity workforce, and create new, innovative technologies to defend against cybersecurity attacks. SAIC's CIC coordinates efforts across the company in collaboration with key teammates and customers, leveraging state-of-the-art technology and thought leadership in an agile facility to fuse ideas, services and technologies into comprehensive solutions.

"Together, SAIC and UMD are working to find new ways to help the nation and inspire future generations through research, innovation and education, while also helping to sustain growth of Maryland's economic development," said Larry Cox, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.

SAIC maintains a close and mutually valuable relationship with UMD through multiple initiatives and a history of financial investment supporting UMD schools. At UMD's A. James Clark School of Engineering, SAIC sponsors the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) Venture Accelerator Program with seed funding to start up new companies. At the university's Robert H. Smith School of Business and School of Public Policy, SAIC continues to support research, workshops and case studies on the cyber supply chain, including previous work with the University's Supply Chain Management Center developing a cyber supply chain assurance reference model.

SAIC's Strategic University Alliances initiative, established in 2008, is replicating this collaboration framework with other universities across the nation in support of the company's strategic goals, particularly strengthening the science and technology core of SAIC.

About UMD

The University of Maryland ranks among the top 20 public research universities in the nation and is the closest in proximity to the nation's capital. As the state's flagship university, it educates the most talented students from Maryland and beyond. For more information, visit www.umd.edu, or to learn more about cybersecurity research, education, and technology development, visit www.cyber.umd.edu.

About SAIC

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health.  The company's approximately 45,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets.  Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $10.8 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2010.  For more information, visit www.saic.com.  SAIC:  From Science to Solutions®

Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2010, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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