2007 Fast 50

6: Sword & Shield Enterprise Security Inc.
Location: Knoxville, TN
Annual growth rate: 131.52%
2006 Revenue: 34,425,263
2005 Revenue: 22,804,713
2004 Revenue: 3,905,833
2003 Revenue: 1,464,875
2002 Revenue: 1,198,275
Leadership: Will Henderson
Number of employees: 27
Website: www.sses.net
Lines of business: IT sercurity consulting and products
Major customers: Justice Department, U.S. Geological Survey, NASA, Veterans Administration, Bureau of Land Management, White House, Defense Department, Agriculture Department
Major contracts/projects: Sword & Shield provides security assessment services to the FBI.