SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation: headquartered in San Diego, California), with 44,000 employees and offices in over 150 cities worldwide, is the largest pure engineering firm in science and technology in the United States. Since its foundation in 1969, the company has been constantly making increases both in sales and profit, reaching sales of $6.7 billion and a net income of $350 million in fiscal year 2004.
SAIC has made top-level accomplishments in government-affiliated system integrations including the U.S. Department of Defense. In this regard, the company has great credibility with the U.S. government in various areas of services centering on information security such as counterterrorism. As these accomplishments were recognized, the firm was contracted to handle the development and operation of security infrastructure for the Athens Olympics. Recently, SAIC has also been expanding its services in the private sector by utilizing its technology and know-how.

http://www.saic.com/

Symantec Corporation is the leading firm in the Internet security industry. It has over 5,000 employees, achieving sales of $1.9 billion and a net income of $430 million in fiscal year 2004. Symantec has the largest share in the world market with its antivirus software Norton series and also continues to grow as an integrated security solution provider. Among its various services, Symantec’s security monitoring/management service, called Managed Security Services, which is considered to be one of the most important operation services the company has to offer, is the world’s largest service that conducts real-time monitoring of over 4,300 devices from 6 base points worldwide. The service has been provided to 100 companies of the Fortune 500, and its high service quality has been widely recognized, receiving the best evaluation from Gartner Magic Quadrant.

http://www.symantec.com/

LAC is an SI service company headquartered in Tokyo. Founded in 1986, the firm forayed into information security territory in 1996. LAC, with over 100 employees in its security division, is the largest information security company of all independent companies in Japan. The company has an extensive track record with public offices, and it recently supported the implementation of controls against unauthorized access at the recent G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit. For the private sector, it provides a wide variety of services to commercial banks, life insurance and non-life insurance companies, and securities companies.

http://www.lac.co.jp/english/