PRESS RELEASE : April 5, 2005

Voltage Security, Inc. Named "Cool Vendor" by the World’s Leading Analyst Firm

Palo Alto, CA, April  5, 2005 – Voltage Security, Inc., a global leader in enterprise privacy management, today announced that it is included in the “Cool Vendors in Privacy and Security, 2005” report by Gartner, Inc., published on March 28, 2005, authored by R. Wagner et al.

 According to the report, “The vendors in this report have earned the ‘cool vendor’ distinction from Gartner for their ability to develop technologies that add value in real world environments.”

"Voltage, with IBE, proves that the management of secure communication can be simplified while providing powerful message security. Our customers continue to expand Voltage usage both within their corporations and beyond the firewall to communicate securely with customers, partners, investors and others. HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and other federal regulations continue to be a strong driver for Voltage adoption," said Wasim Ahmad, vice president of marketing at Voltage.

Voltage Security products and services feature breakthrough technology called Identity-Based Encryption or IBE. IBE greatly simplifies the process of protecting private digital communications by using a common identity, such as an email address, as a public key. Unlike traditional PKI encryption systems, with IBE no certificates need to be managed and no pre-enrollment in the system is required. Voltage solutions typically require virtually no end-user training, can be easily managed by central administration and can provide policy-based encryption from the “edge of the network” for a totally automated solution.

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process

Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

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.

           

Voltage SecureMail™, Voltage IBE Gateway™, Voltage SecureFile™, Voltage SecurePolicy Suite™ and Voltage IBE Toolkit™ are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Voltage Security, Inc. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their owner.