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News Release-- September 28, 2005

CSC AND CONVERSANT DATA’S ‘ADVANCES’ SERVICE SAVES INSURERS MORE THAN £1 MILLION


Aldershot, 28 September 2005 – Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC), a leading global information technology (IT) services firm, and Conversant Data Limited, a leading UK anti-fraud services provider, announced today that the Advances anti-fraud claims analysis service has saved insurance clients more than £1million. These savings come from monies that would otherwise have been paid out to claims that Advances identified as fraudulent.

Launched 12 months ago, Advances is the UK’s first automated fraud detection service for UK insurers. It combines Conversant Data’s claims fraud detection and prevention expertise, gained from more than 20 years of fraud-fighting experience, with CSC’s Fraud Evaluator, a comprehensive software tool for early detection of potential claims fraud, to deliver in-depth analysis and scoring of claims data.

“These results speak for themselves,” said Mark Jones, managing director, Conversant Data. “With industry figures suggesting that around 10 percent of all claims have some fraudulent aspect, insurers are under pressure to reduce the amount they unwittingly pay out to fraudulent claimants. As less money is paid out for fraudulent claims, the information provided by Advances actively contributes towards our clients' bottom line. Consumers will not be penalised by hikes in premiums, which can be kept at an acceptable level.”

“We’re delighted that Advances has so rapidly delivered results to insurers,” said John Maitz, vice president of claims solutions for CSC’s Financial Services Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa. “The powerful combination of Conversant Data’s investigative expertise and CSC’s experience in developing innovative anti-fraud software has allowed insurers to benefit from a low cost of entry and immediate savings.”

About Conversant Data Ltd (CDL)

Conversant Data Ltd was formed in 2003 by leading industry experts who had been tackling institutional fraud for a number of years.
Mark Jones, managing director, and Jason Peto, technical and operations director, formerly worked with Direct Line Group on fraud detection, investigation and prevention. Paul Stanley is a director of Infront Solutions Ltd, an organisation providing claims management and risk information solutions to general insurers. The fourth member of the team is Professor David Canter, who is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool.

Since its inception CDL has formulated a number of tools and techniques for financial service providers to combat fraud. It believes that its particular combination of data matching and mining expertise coupled with the application of investigative psychology and forensic techniques enables it to achieve a very high rate of success on behalf of its clients. Conversant is already advising a number of well-known insurers on the most effective ways to tackle fraud.

Conversant is a member of CIFAS, the UK Fraud Prevention Service. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.conversantdata.com.

About CSC in Financial Services

CSC distinguishes itself through its time-tested ability to plan, build and operate highly reliable, efficient and secure business and IT solutions for leading financial services firms around the world. To complement its capabilities in consulting, systems integration and outsourcing, CSC brings financial services industry knowledge and experience, a comprehensive portfolio of financial services application software and an extensive network of industry and technology partners. CSC’s financial clients include more than 1,200 major banks, insurers and investment management and securities firms.

About CSC

Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global IT services company. CSC’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.

With approximately 78,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC’s own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.3 billion for the 12 months ended July 1, 2005. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.csc.com.
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