SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - March 8, 2011) - SPYRUS, a leading provider of trusted mobility solutions, today announced the appointment of William H. White to its board of directors. William White has 23 years of banking experience in senior positions at Morgan Stanley, CSFB, and Bank of America, including Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets.
"We are delighted to have Bill join the SPYRUS board," said Sue Pontius, SPYRUS's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Bill's experience and deep expertise in the financial industry will make him a valuable addition to our board as we look to explore numerous strategic opportunities available to the company."
"SPYRUS is the premier provider of secure mobile authentication and encryption devices," said Mr. White. "It is obvious that the increasing sophistication of cyber criminals means that protection of financial transactions and information is becoming more important every day. I can see that SPYRUS technologies can be put to good use here and want to help them extend their products into this market."
Mr. White holds an A.B. from Bowdoin College, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. White will commence service immediately.
About SPYRUS, Inc.
SPYRUS holds patents in the U.S. and abroad that enable solutions for secure authentication, secure communication, and full disk encryption, as well as patents relating to data protection and rights management for digital content. To prevent the insertion of untrusted components, Secured by SPYRUS™ security technology is proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA to meet FIPS 140-2 Level 3 standards. SPYRUS is headquartered in San Jose, California. See www.spyrus.com for more information.
SPYRUS, the SPYRUS logo, Secured by SPYRUS, Hydra Privacy Card, Hydra PC, Hydra PC Digital Attaché, Secure Pocket Drive, PocketVault P-384, and Rosetta are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SPYRUS, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. All other company, organization, and product names are trademarks of their respective organizations.