PRESS RELEASE : January 31, 2005

 

Voltage Security Identity-Based Encryption Wins “Top Performer” in Government JWID 2004 Operation

Voltage IBE Security Platform deployed at USNORTHCOM, SPAWAR
and Hanscom AFB

PALO ALTO, CA — January 31, 2005 —Voltage Security, Inc., a global leader in enterprise privacy management, today announced that the Voltage Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) Security Platform was awarded “top performer” status in the recently concluded Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) 2004. In addition, the Voltage IBE Security Platform was one of only nine solutions nominated to the Transformation Change Package (TCP) process which is managed by the U.S. Joint Forces Command.

JWID has changed its name to Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID).

The report issued by JWID 2004 states, “Voltage IBE is uniquely positioned to support Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organizations requiring data encryption, secure email communications, and external interfaces to BlackBerry or personal digital (PDA) devices.”

The report goes on to say, “The Voltage IBE Security Platform provided a means to securing communication without PKI certificate management implementations. Voltage IBE used a public key that did not need to be known or established prior to encrypting a message. This technology stands to significantly reduce requirements for management infrastructure, greatly lowering end user requirements, and allowing the public key to specify policy. Additionally, the platform offered centralized administration and uncomplicated client software setup and utilization plug-ins.”

“Being awarded ‘Top Performer' status by customers as demanding as the U.S. military and Department of Homeland Security provides critical validation for both IBE and the enterprise-class applications and platform services we have built around IBE,” said Sathvik Krishnamurthy, president and CEO of Voltage Security, Inc.

"JWID 2004 set high objectives for Voltage IBE including information sharing, multi-level security and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance dissemination. Voltage met or exceeded all of those objectives and was truly a 'top performer' of JWID 2004," said CWID officals.

More About Voltage and JWID 2004

Voltage was sponsored by DARPA and USNORTHCOM to show “ad hoc” communications and secure messaging between dynamic coalitions of state, federal agency and military personnel at JWID 2004. Voltage solutions were deployed at USNORTHCOM, SPAWAR-San Diego and Hanscom AFB. Voltage partnered with the Regional Threat Analysis Cell (RTAC) at Hanscom AFB to provide encrypted email to FEMA , US Coast Guard, DOJ, Massachusetts State Police and other state and local civilian agencies. Voltage products and technologies demonstrated as part of JWID 2004 included: Voltage SecureMail™ and Voltage SecureMail with Zero Download Reader, Voltage SecureChat™ and Voltage SecureMail for Blackberry™.

More About JWID 2004

JWID is an annual event sponsored by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that enables U.S. combatant commands and the international community to investigate command and control, communications and computer solutions designed to meet key objectives. Specific to the 2004 JWID was the coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Defense partners. JWID took place from June 14-25, 2004 .

JWID 2004 involved 25 countries, military services and government agencies participating in a scripted scenario over a global network. JWID 2004 tested and evaluated technologies and capabilities to exchange information over a global network among agencies, services, U.S. combatant commands and coalition partners.

More information about JWID 2004 can be at http://www.cwid.js.mil/ .

About Voltage Security
Voltage Security, Inc. provides the market leading Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management Platform™, a breakthrough foundation for securing all forms of digital business communication flowing into and outside an organization. Based on a revolutionary breakthrough called IBE, or Identity-Based Encryption, the Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management Platform greatly simplifies the use and administration of traditional security systems. Voltage Security markets its own enterprise solutions including the Voltage SecureMail Gateway™, Voltage SecureMail™ and secure mobile messaging solutions for RIMs BlackBerry® and Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and Smartphones, and partners with other leading companies such as CipherTrust, FrontBridge Technologies (a Microsoft company) and Proofpoint to serve the expanded security needs of the enterprise. Third-party and corporate developers can secure customer applications with the Voltage IBE Toolkit™. Voltage Security customers include leading corporations and governmental agencies from around the globe including XL Global Services, Waterfield Mortgage, QVC Japan and Hitachi.

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