Guidance Software, the makers of EnCase®, the gold standard for digital investigations and endpoint data security, today announced a global technology and services partnership agreement with Atos, an international leader in digital services with over 100,000 employees in 72 countries.

Under the agreement, Atos will provide industry-leading forensic security products from Guidance Software, including Enforce™ Risk Manager, Encase® Endpoint Security, and Encase Endpoint® Investigator, to customers worldwide. Together, Guidance and Atos will deliver complete service-based solutions to help organizations find, assess, respond to, and remediate hidden cyber threats within their networks.

“Today, organizations face an increasing variety of cybersecurity threats from both inside and outside the traditional network perimeter,” said Chris Moret, vice president for cybersecurity at Atos. “This partnership adds best-in-class endpoint detection and response tools from Guidance to our portfolio of security solutions clients use to protect their most valuable systems and data.”

Working with Guidance, Atos can deliver unrivaled 360-degree visibility into an organization’s data and unmatched automated incident response and remediation capabilities. The agreement announced today will integrate Atos’ broad public and private-sector reach into the global partner network at Guidance.

“Guidance is committed to growing our business through strategic global partnerships,” said Scott Skidmore, vice president, global channel at Guidance. “Atos is a strategic partner in our strategy to accelerate growth across the globe. At Guidance, we are focused on strengthening our capabilities and services so that our partners have the best forensic security solutions to fit their market needs.”

Guidance products and services are available now for purchase through Atos. For more information contact sales@guid.com.

About Atos

Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with pro forma annual revenue of circa € 12 billion and circa 100,000 employees in 72 countries. Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting & Systems Integration services, Managed Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data & Cyber-security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, the Group works with clients across different business sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications, and Transportation.

Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and is listed on the Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, Unify and Worldline.

About Guidance Software

Guidance (NASDAQ: GUID) exists to turn chaos and the unknown into order and the known-so that companies and their customers can go about their daily lives as usual without worry or disruption, knowing their most valuable information is safe and secure. The makers of EnCase®, the gold standard in forensic security, and EnForce™, the first automated cyber risk management platform, Guidance provides a mission-critical foundation of market-leading applications that offer deep 360-degree visibility across all endpoints, devices and networks, allowing proactive identification and remediation of threats. From retail to financial institutions, our field-tested and court-proven solutions are deployed on an estimated 33 million endpoints at more than 70 of the Fortune 100 and hundreds of agencies worldwide. From beginning to endpoint.

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