BITARMOR JOINS PCI SECURITY VENDOR ALLIANCE

Security Expertise Will Enhance Industry Group’s Depth of Knowledge

PITTSBURGH, PA, December 11, 2006 — BitArmor Systems™ (www.bitarmor.com) today announced it has joined the Payment Card Industry Security Vendor Alliance. The company’s expertise in data security and encryption technology will add depth to the alliance’s knowledge base. This expertise will help companies that operate in the payment card industry better understand how technology can protect their data assets.

The PCI Security Vendor Alliance was formed by a group of leading security vendors to help companies in the payment card industry achieve compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard. The PCI DSS is a global benchmark that guides organizations in protecting sensitive data and reducing risks associated with security breaches. Companies that must comply with the PCI DSS include retailers, e-commerce companies, financial institutions, payment processors, and other organizations that handle cardholder data.

“We’ve spent the last three years developing cutting-edge software that encrypts and tracks sensitive data, protecting it from abuse by unauthorized users,” said Patrick McGregor, Ph.D., president and CEO of BitArmor Systems. “In the process, we learned a tremendous amount about what companies need to do to keep their data safe, particularly in regard to personal information such as credit card data.”

“Enterprise encryption is playing an increasingly powerful role in the payment card industry by helping companies protect and encrypt cardholder data across its entire lifecycle, from POS card swipe through processing and deletion,” said Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. “Enterprise encryption is a strong tool for companies seeking compliance with the PCI DSS.”

Introduced last year, BitArmor Security Suite™, BitArmor’s flagship product, is an enterprise encryption software solution that helps both large and small enterprises protect their sensitive data assets. Its advanced encryption technology secures and encrypts data in flight over both wired and wireless networks and stored on personal computers, removable USB media, servers, POS systems and applications, and storage devices throughout the enterprise. In addition, BitArmor Security Suite offers advanced data lifecycle management to further address PCI DSS requirements for retailers, financial institutions, and other organizations. This functionality includes automatic data classification, retention policy support, and programmatic data destruction.

About BitArmor Systems
Recently named as one of Network World magazine’s “Top Ten Security Companies to Watch,” BitArmor Systems offers a next-generation data security and data lifecycle management solution. BitArmor software encrypts, defends, and tracks data throughout an entire organization to efficiently protect data while it’s in flight over any network and stored on any media. With BitArmor technologies, enterprises of all sizes can comprehensively protect sensitive data, manage the entire data lifecycle, and greatly reduce security management costs.

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