Pointsec Earns BITS Compliance

Pointsec Mobile Technologies, the global
leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security
software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, today announced
that its endpoint encryption solution earned the BITS Tested Mark. Pointsec
now offers the only solution certified to meet the security needs of the
financial services industry.
"Security and compliance continue to be important issues to the financial
services industry and we are seeing a growing interest from this market in
data encryption to protect against information leakage caused by lost, stolen,
or discarded endpoint equipment," said Peter Larsson, CEO of Pointsec Mobile
Technologies. "Pointsec is committed to serving the needs of our financial
services customers here and abroad and the BITS Product Certification Program
provided the perfect opportunity for us to work with leaders in the financial
services industry to ensure that our solutions are meeting their unique
needs."
BITS, the business strategy and technology group for The Financial
Services Roundtable, was formed by the CEOs of the largest financial
institutions in the U.S. The BITS Product Certification Program was
established to improve the safety and soundness of the products used by
leading financial institutions and to help them make informed technology
decisions. To earn the BITS Tested Mark, products undergo a rigorous
evaluation process by independent, third-party testing facilities to assure
conformance to the program's security criteria.
"The BITS Product Certification Program was designed to help financial
services companies mitigate technology risk and help protect our nation's
critical infrastructure," said Catherine A. Allen, CEO of BITS. "Products
with the BITS Tested Mark get the industry's attention because they have
undergone rigorous, unbiased testing to ensure they meet the security needs of
our industry. We congratulate Pointsec on becoming the first in the endpoint
data encryption market to achieve this certification."
"We are committed to protecting customers' personal information and
financial transactions as part of the mission to deliver high-quality
services," said Eric Guerrino, Chairman of the BITS Lab Governance Committee,
and Managing Director for Information Security at The Bank of New York. "The
'BITS Tested Mark' is an invaluable tool that helps institutions to identify
the solutions that meet their high standards for security and privacy."
Pointsec's mobile device encryption software ensures that all or selected
parts of a hard drive's data can be encrypted in real time and can only be
accessed by an authenticated user. Pointsec has become the most widely
deployed data protection solution because it offers more and higher industry
certifications than any competitive solution, innovative centralized
management and the widest coverage of mobile platforms available.
In addition, Pointsec has been instrumental in helping businesses better
understand the threats to their mobile data. It has published numerous
reports demonstrating the importance of protecting information stored on
mobile devices including a widely cited international survey of equipment lost
in taxis and a forensic analysis of residual data on hard drives purchased on
eBay.

About Pointsec
Pointsec is the worldwide de facto standard for mobile device security --
with the most customers deployed, highest level of certification and more
complete device coverage than any other company. Pointsec delivers a trusted
solution for automatic data encryption that guarantees proven protection at
the most vulnerable point where sensitive enterprise data is stored -- on
mobile devices. By securing sensitive information stored on laptops, PDAs,
smartphones, and removable media, enterprises and government organizations can
protect and enhance their image, minimize risk, shield confidential data,
guard information assets, and strengthen public and shareholder confidence.
Pointsec's customers include blue chip companies and government organisations
around the world. Founded in 1988, Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Protect Data AB, publicly traded (PROT) on the Stockholm
stock exchange. The company has two U.S. offices, nine EMEA offices, two APAC
offices and one branch office in Dubai, Middle East. Pointsec can be found on
the web at: http://www.pointsec.com.

About BITS
BITS was created in 1996 to foster the growth and development of
electronic financial services and e-commerce for the benefit of financial
institutions and their customers. A nonprofit industry consortium that shares
membership with The Financial Services Roundtable, BITS seeks to sustain
consumer confidence and trust by ensuring the security, privacy and integrity
of financial transactions. BITS works as a strategic brain trust to provide
intellectual capital and address emerging issues where financial services,
technology and commerce intersect, acting quickly to address problems and
galvanize the industry. BITS' activities are driven by the CEOs and their
appointees -- CIOs, CTOs, Vice Chairmen and Executive Vice Presidents -- who
make up the BITS Advisory Board and BITS Advisory Council. For more
information, go to http://www.bitsinfo.org.

About The Financial Services Roundtable
The Financial Services Roundtable represents 100 of the largest integrated
financial services companies providing banking, insurance, and investment
products and services to the American consumer. Member companies participate
through the Chief Executive Officer and other senior executives nominated by
the CEO. Roundtable member companies provide fuel for America's economic
engine, accounting directly for $40.7 trillion in managed assets, $960 billion
in revenue, and 2.3 million jobs.

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