DYNTEK AND COUNTERPANE PARTNER TO PROVIDE MANAGED SECURITY SERVICES TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Irvine, CA - March 5, 2002 - DynTek, Inc. (Nasdaq: DYTK, DYTKP, DYTKW), a leading provider of government transformation services, and Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., the world's leader in Managed Security Monitoring, today announced they have partnered to provide security services to the state and local government sector.

"Our partnership with DynTek allows us to further expand our Managed Security Monitoring service into the government sector," said Counterpane's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, John Bruce. "Counterpane vigilantly monitors networks for suspicious activities, and takes immediate, effective action to keep systems running smoothly. Our services combined with DynTek's ability to identify areas vulnerable to security breaches provide governments with a comprehensive way to prevent, detect and respond to security threats against their intellectual property."

"Safeguarding key IT systems is critical to a comprehensive homeland security plan, which is of the utmost concern to government's today," said Dr. J. Burke Hansen, DynTek's national director of security services. "DynTek's security team, which consists of experienced technical consultants, white hat hackers, and certified information system security professionals, along with Counterpane's expert Security Analysts can secure and protect networks and systems from security threats while managing and controlling information security risk."

DynTek's Security Services assist IT managers with an affordable plan to bring their networks and systems into security compliance and reduce the risk of threats such as cyber terrorism. The company's services include external penetration analysis, internal network assessments, remediation and prevention strategies. Additionally, DynTek can provide supplemental assistance with application security to ensure that the applications that reside on networked systems provide no weak points in an otherwise secure environment.

About Counterpane

Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. is the innovator and acknowledged leader in providing Managed Security Monitoring (MSM) services. MSM combines people and technology to safeguard businesses. Working from a network of technically sophisticated Secure Operations Centers (SOCs) and using progressive analysis tools, Counterpane has built the most advanced analysis, correlation, detection, and diagnosis technology, comprising a Sentry monitoring probe on the customer's network and the Socrates knowledge base inside the SOCs. Using this technology, Counterpane's expert Security Analysts are able to detect security incidents -- both external intrusions and insider attacks -- in real time, and tailor immediate, effective responses for its customers. For more information, visit www.counterpane.com.

About DynTek

DynTek is a premier provider of technology and management solutions to the state and local government sector. The company's comprehensive Government Transformation Methodology includes consulting, systems integration, application development, legacy integration, support and management services. DynTek's solutions encompass the innovative technology, proven processes and human understanding needed to enhance customer service, increase efficiency and improve access to government functions. DynTek has a proven track record of providing government transformation services to customers in 17 states. For more information, visit www.dyntek.com.

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