STOCKHOLM, Sweden and DALLAS, Sept. 07, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTU), a world-leading provider of Identity and Access Management solutions, and Pointsec(R) Mobile Technologies, the worldwide de facto standard for mobile device security, today announced a new strategic technology, sales and marketing relationship to address the growing need for protecting data on mobile devices. Bringing together their award-winning security capabilities, the two companies will develop and market data security products designed to protect information in laptop, desktop, PDA and server environments.
Under the agreement, Entrust has added three new products based on Pointsec's award-winning technology to its Entrust Entelligence(TM) product portfolio. The new products provide organizations with the ability to automatically protect data at rest on laptops, desktops, and removable media and mobile devices such as PDAs without the need to rely on users to take additional actions that might impact their productivity. This allows organizations to more easily comply with government and industry regulations while securely enabling their mobile workforce by encrypting data both at rest as well as in transit.
According to John Girard, vice president and research director at Gartner: "The typical workstation or mobile device contains a wealth of sensitive information. If a laptop, PDA or smartphone is lost or stolen, the enterprise and user must deal with the loss and liability of timely and strategic information in addition to the cost of the device itself."
Combined with Entrust's existing products that deliver strong user authentication, secure network access and secure messaging, the three new Entrust Entelligence products provide a comprehensive suite for mitigating the risk of corporate data loss, disclosure and data corruption. These capabilities are a strategic fit for Entrust by more tightly integrating key compliance features, such as centralized policy management and enforcement, into Entrust solution portfolios. This helps to provide customers with a more holistic security approach that incorporates both automated compliance technology in addition to strong authentication and encryption capabilities.
"Together with Entrust, known for leadership in the security industry, Pointsec will be empowered to take our products to broader markets and drive the evolution of our technology. This is why we have great expectations for this partnership to have a significant effect on our company's growth," said Peter Larsson, CEO of Pointsec Mobile Technologies. "Our complementary technologies are a great fit, and both companies are committed to combining our security technologies in innovative ways for the benefit of our customers."
"The addition of the market-leading capabilities of Pointsec's products to the Entrust portfolio allows us to address a greater range of security issues for our customers," said Eric Skinner, Vice President, Secure Data Solutions at Entrust. "We look forward to a continued close relationship with Pointsec, leveraging our combined strengths to bring effective new products to market in order to help organizations reduce the risk to their sensitive data."
Entrust Entelligence Disk Security, Entrust Entelligence Media Security and Entrust Entelligence Mobile Security are available now. These new products are licensed, serviced, and supported worldwide by Entrust and authorized channels.
For further information please contact:
Peter Larsson, CEO, Pointsec Mobile Technologies tel. +1 708-479-3488 / +1 708-954-6986 e-Mail: peter.larsson@pointsec.com Thomas Bill, CEO, Protect Data AB tel. +46 8-459 5495 / +46 70-542 62 71 e-Mail: thomas.bill@protectdata.com
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 organizations 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 four U.S. offices and 11 EMEA offices. Pointsec can be found on the web at www.pointsec.com.
About Entrust Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTU) is a world-leading provider of Identity and Access Management solutions. Entrust software helps enable enterprises and governments to extend their business reach to customers, partners and employees. Entrust's solutions for secure identity management, secure messaging and secure data can help increase productivity and improve extended relationships by helping to transform the way transactions are done online. Over 1,250 organizations in more than 50 countries use Entrust's proven software and services to turn business and security challenges into secure business opportunities. For more information, please visit: http://www.entrust.com.
Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Entrust, Inc. or Entrust Limited. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net
The following files are available for download:
http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/09/07/20040907BIT20920/wkr0001.pdf