2008 Fast 50
9: Sword & Shield Enterprise Security Inc.
| Location: | Knoxville, TN |
| Annual growth rate: | 138.32% |
| 2007 Revenue: | 47,258,284 |
| 2006 Revenue: | 34,425,263 |
| 2005 Revenue: | 22,804,713 |
| 2004 Revenue: | 3,905,833 |
| 2003 Revenue: | 1,464,875 |
| Leadership: | John P. McNeely |
| Number of employees: | 27 |
| Website: | www.sses.net |
| Lines of business: | Network vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, social engineering, security policy review and formulation, security design, planning, implementation and training, risk assessment, telephone sweep and wireless security assessment, Web application vulnerability assessment, incident response forensics, payment card industry audit |
| Major customers: | Justice Department, U.S. Geological Survey, NASA, VA, Bureau of Land Management, White House, Defense Department, Agriculture Department |
| Major contracts/projects: | The company has a $900,000 contract with the FBI for security assessments, and a $31 million SEWP contract for IT products. |