Representatives from Alion's CounterMeasures® team attended the 2011 TISP Annual Infrastructure and Regional Resilience Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. The theme of the conference was, "Design Resilience. Build Preparedness" and the CounterMeasures® team was there to demonstrate and answer questions about our risk assessment software and enterprise infrastructure management software which when used in a collaborative framework provide nodal/system risk and enterprise risk and resiliency management.

For more information, visit http://tisp.org/index.cfm?pid=11824.

Alion presented the latest version of our on-demand risk assessment software at this year's American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) Expo and Tradeshow.

For show details and registration, visit http://www.asis2011.org/Pages/Seminar-Home-Page.aspx.

Members from Alion's CounterMeasures® team will be exhibiting at the 5th Annual Conference on Security Analysis and Risk Management presented by SARMA. The theme this year will be a retrospective look at security risk in the decade since the 9/11 attacks, and a detailed examination of what's in store in the coming years.

For show details and registration, visit http://sarma.org/news/homepageboxes/4thannualconferenc/

Alion is deploying its most exciting iteration of CounterMeasures® Risk Analysis Software to date. CounterMeasures® software as a service is more mobile and flexible than ever before.

Check out our latest CounterMeasures® products today!

The Alion CounterMeasures® team attended the National Association of Chemical Distributors OPSEM Conference in Sacramento, CA from August 23-26th.

For more details, visit http://nacd.com/events/opsem/.

The DHS variant of CounterMeasures®, VCAT, showcased at the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates' 2011 Chemical Sector Security Expo July 5-7 at the Hilton Baltimore. This event is "the largest gathering of chemical industry security professionals, meeting to exchange information and ideas as well as network with other security professionals throughout the chemical supply chain."

To find out more information, or to register, visit http://www.socma.com/events/index.cfm?eventCat=3.

The Operations Security version of CounterMeasures®, OSCAR, was presented and demonstrated at the 2011 National OPSEC Conference in Atlanta, GA from May 16-20th. The National OPSEC Conference is designed to provide training and networking opportunities for professionals in management, security, intelligence, infrastructure protection, counterintelligence, military operations, public safety and related fields.

For more information, visit https://www.iad.gov/ioss/department/opsec-conference-2010-10050.cfm.

Read about the Voluntary Chemical Assessment http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1260467577301.shtm

The Alion CounterMeasures® team attended the ASIS NYC Security Expo at the Jacob Javits Convention Center on Thursday, May 12th. Look for us in the fall at the ASIS International show in Orlando!

For more information on ASIS trade shows, visit: http://www.asisnyc.org/2011EXPO/index.html

The DHS Variant of Alion's CounterMeasures® tool, VCAT (Voluntary Chemical Assessment Tool) was in New Orleans May 9-11th at the American Chemistry Council's ChemSecure Conference and Expo.

To find out more, visit http://www.chemsecureconference.org/ or follow the link to the VCAT website.

Alion recently showcased their CounterMeasures® variant called Voluntary Chemical Assessment Tool (VCAT) at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety.

For more information on the AIChE 2011 Spring meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety, please visit the website: http://www.aiche.org/Conferences/SpringMeeting/index.aspx

The Alion CounterMeasures® team presented at the Expo educating attendees about our Decision Support Tools, eC2 Mobile Training and Learning Applications and SNIM (Software, Networks, Information, Modeling and Simulation) information.

AETC's symposium is an annual event that offers 3,500+ attendees a multitude of venues to learn about the current and future environments of recruiting, training and educating Airmen, along with operational and emerging topics and issues. Information is offered through two keynote speaker luncheons and 90+ individual breakout sessions/seminars organized by topic tracks. Additionally, the Alamo Chapter of the Air Force Association hosts an Exposition Hall offering 120+ military, industry and education exhibitors and vendors displaying leading edge capabilities and information.

For more information on the 2011 AETC Symposium, please visit the website:
http://www.aetcsymposium.com/symposium_2011/index.html

The Alion CounterMeasures® team attended AFCEA's 25th Annual Conferenct & Exposition "C2 of Cyberspace – Key to Asia-Pacific’s Multinational Operations".

The Alion CounterMeasures® team educated attendees and was on-hand to take orders for CounterMeasures® products at American Society of Industrial Security Expo (ASIS) 2010. This was the 10th ASIS that the CounterMeasures® team has attended, but the first time CounterMeasures® has been be available for sale in the SaaS editions.

Alion deployed the Army's Security Management System (CounterMeasures®) (SMS(CM)). SMS(CM) is powered by Alion’s CounterMeasures® technology and assists members of the Army physical security community standardize and automate the process by which they collect and analyze physical security information. The $938,000 task order, awarded under the Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) contract, includes system deployment and enhancements to the SMS(CM) tool.

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The Army is employing SMS(CM) to conduct physical security assessments of its resources. The implementation of the software provides the Army with a standardized process for information collection, storage and dissemination.

 

SMS(CM) enables Army physical security inspectors to conduct physical security inspections and risk analysis on laptop, desktop and tablet computers. Inspections are imported into the analysis module where inspectors examine the risks site-to-site by comparing assets, vulnerabilities, threats and mitigation options. Additionally, reports are automatically generated, and data generated from inspections is uploaded to a centralized location, giving Army officials visibility into the Department’s risks and physical security posture.

 

“By providing the Army with an enterprise visualization tool such as CounterMeasures®, Alion is enabling Army leaders to evaluate and develop risk mitigation strategies in a timely manner and to set priorities based on the risk assessment,” said Rear Adm. Richard E. Brooks (USN, Ret.), Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Distributed Simulation Group. “The Army now has a framework to track security improvements and justify funding requirements.”

 

CounterMeasures is Alion’s solution for risk and vulnerability assessment. It streamlines the process of collecting, analyzing and managing physical and electronic security data, giving users the ability to respond quickly and intelligently.

 

The period of performance runs until February 19, 2012. Alion’s partners are HB5 Solutions and BLBidwell, LLC.

 

MSIAC, which is operated by Alion, is a U.S. Department of Defense Information Analysis Center that supports the modeling and simulation (M&S) community and provides broad support for M&S programs throughout the government. In addition, M&S University®, developed by Alion for the MSIAC, provides training on using M&S to make training, acquisition, logistics and experimentation more effective. MSIAC is staffed with subject-matter experts to provide users with focused, expert assistance and unbiased scientific, technical and operational support information.

 

MSIAC’s work is sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center, 1901 N. Beauregard St., Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22311.

 

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McLean, VA – December 1, 2009 – Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, was awarded a $2.8 million task order to enhance and support an Alion-developed secure, automated system that Department of Defense Operations Security (OPSEC) personnel use to collect, analyze and collaborate on critical information, vulnerabilities, and threat.

Awarded as a task order to the Navy Information Operations Command under the Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) contract vehicle, Alion will address a common challenge facing OPSEC decision-makers across all services and Defense agencies. The challenge is to standardize OPSEC assessments and analysis in order to provide U.S. military forces with accurate data on their vulnerability posture in order to decrease their operational risk associated with information disclosure.

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To meet the challenge and improve situational awareness, Alion developed the Operations Security Collaboration ARchitecture (OSCAR). OSCAR is a secure, automated and standardized risk and vulnerability management program that aids OPSEC officers, assessors and analysts in the selection of appropriate countermeasures to meet leadership’s risk-level expectations.

 

“We believe that through the development and deployment of OSCAR, Alion has helped the OPSEC community take a major step forward. OSCAR enables OPSEC managers to identify critical information, analyze threats, assess vulnerabilities, analyze risks and apply countermeasures,” said RADM Dick Brooks, USN (Ret), Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Distributed Simulation Group. “We are supporting the DoD by providing a framework to track security implementation based on risk reduction.”

 

OPSEC is a DoD process that denies our adversaries access to our critical information. It determines whether critical or sensitive military information could be accessed and compiled into useful intelligence to benefit adversaries. Based on analysis of OPSEC data, countermeasures can be implemented to eliminate or reduce the risk associated with exploited information.

 

MSIAC, which is operated by Alion, is a U.S. Department of Defense Information Analysis Center that supports the modeling and simulation (M&S) community and provides broad support for M&S programs throughout the government. In addition, M&S University®, developed by Alion for the MSIAC, provides training on using M&S to make training, acquisition, logistics and experimentation more effective. MSIAC is staffed with subject-matter experts to provide users with focused, expert assistance and unbiased scientific, technical and operational support information.

 

MSIAC’s work is sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center, 1901 N. Beauregard St., Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22311.

This press release contains information about management’s view of Alion’s future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risk factors and uncertainties discussed in documents periodically filed by Alion with the SEC. 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.