Guidance Software's EnCase(R) Portable Wins Cygnus Law Enforcement Group Award in Forensics Category

Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID), The World Leader in Digital Investigations(TM), announced today that EnCase Portable(R) was selected by an independent judges panel of law enforcement professionals for the Forensics award in Cygnus Law Enforcement Group's 2009 Innovation Awards. The panel evaluated products submitted for innovativeness, productivity, quality, contribution, ease of use and maintainability at an awards event held in conjunction with the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference. Cygnus Law Enforcement Group publishes Law Enforcement Technology, Law Enforcement Product News, and Officer.com.

EnCase Portable is a data acquisition solution that enables law enforcement, government, law firm and corporate customers to leverage the powerful search and acquisition capabilities of EnCase(R) software in a wide range of field applications. Unlike existing computer forensics solutions, EnCase Portable runs on a USB drive, rather than a laptop, and enables the user to easily and rapidly boot a target computer to the USB drive and run a pre-configured data search and collection job. Even personnel untrained in computer forensics can forensically acquire documents, Internet history and artifacts, images, and other digital evidence, including entire hard drives, with a few simple keyboard clicks.

"We are honored to have received Cygnus Law Enforcement Group's Innovation Award in the Forensics category," said Victor Limongelli President and CEO for Guidance Software. "EnCase Portable is the latest in over a decade of Guidance 'firsts' in the field of digital investigations and it underscores our ongoing commitment to the law enforcement community."

"Up against a variety of new digital forensics products made especially for the law enforcement industry, EnCase Portable stood out," said Tabatha Wethal, Associate Editor, Law Enforcement Technology, Cygnus Law Enforcement Group. "Judges felt this pocket-sized data acquisition tool was a product that departments will use and love, citing its utility in today's enforcement and investigations and its ease of use in the field. It's not only innovative, but it's a budget saver because anyone can use it."

About Guidance Software (GUID)

Guidance Software is recognized worldwide as the industry leader in digital investigative solutions. Its EnCase(r) platform provides the foundation for government, corporate and law enforcement organizations to conduct thorough, network-enabled, and court-validated computer investigations of any kind, such as responding to eDiscovery requests, conducting internal investigations, responding to regulatory inquiries or performing data and compliance auditing - all while maintaining the integrity of the data. There are more than 30,000 licensed users of the EnCase technology worldwide, and thousands attend Guidance Software's renowned training programs annually. Validated by numerous courts, corporate legal departments, government agencies and law enforcement organizations worldwide, EnCase has been honored with industry awards and recognition from eWEEK, SC Magazine, Network Computing, and the Socha-Gelbmann survey. For more information about Guidance Software, visit www.guidancesoftware.com.

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