NICE Awarded Third 8-digit Security Project in 2008

Project valued at over $10 million reflects Company’s success in focusing on large scale security deals

Ra’anana, Israel, December 4, 2008 - NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, today announced that it won an 8-digit deal valued at over $10 million from an EMEA law enforcement agency that will utilize the NICE solutions for enhanced citizen safety and security. Project revenue is expected to contribute to 2009 financial results.

NICE offers a unified set of solutions for the collection and analysis of both telephony and Internet data for law enforcement, intelligence and internal security organizations. The solution provides a complete suite of operational tools and applications, which ensure that meaningful, mission-critical information is delivered to security decision makers and operational staff, enabling them to detect threats and achieve a fast and appropriate response.

“We are very happy to announce another 8-digit security deal for NICE as proof-point for the success of our strategy to focus on and win large-scale security projects,” said Israel Livnat, President of NICE’s Security Group. “NICE continues to offer the solutions of choice for helping security oriented organizations worldwide tackle the issues topmost on their security agenda – keeping the public safe by protecting them from threats of terror and crime.”

About NICE
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the leading provider of Insight from Interactions solutions and value-added services, powered by the convergence of advanced analytics of unstructured multimedia content and transactional data – from telephony, web, email, radio, video, and other data sources. NICE’s solutions address the needs of the enterprise and security markets, enabling organizations to operate in an insightful and proactive manner, and take immediate action to improve business and operational performance and ensure safety and security. NICE has over 24,000 customers in more than 135 countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies. More information is available at www.nice.com.

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