(sold to VeriSign, March 2004) Guardent, the leader in managed security services, combines managed security services with vendor independent consulting to provide better information security at a lower operational cost than can be achieved through an organization's internal staff. Headquartered in the heart of Boston's technology corridor and with offices throughout North America, Guardent brings together an unmatched team of business, security and privacy experts from organizations such as Prudential, Bank of America, PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM Global Services, Deloitte & Touche, Andersen Consulting, Internet Security Systems, Lucent, Sapient, the NSA, the National Security Council, and the White House. In February 2004, Guardent was sold to Verisign, Inc. (VRSN).