PRESS RELEASE : February 14, 2006

Voltage Security and Tablus to Deliver Industry’s First Classification-Based Encryption and
Content Protection Solution

New Solution to Identify, Classify and Encrypt Sensitive Data Anywhere in the Enterprise Based on Centrally Defined Policies

RSA Conference, San Jose, Calif., February 14, 2006 – Voltage Security, Inc., a global leader in enterprise privacy management, and Tablus, Inc., a leading provider of content protection solutions, today announced that they have teamed to deliver a comprehensive classification-based encryption and content protection solution. For the first time, enterprises will be able to automatically identify sensitive data and quarantine, delete or encrypt that data in real time based on content classification. This joint offering will integrate Voltage Identity-Based Encryption™ (IBE) with Tablus Content Sentinel™, Tablus Content Alarm NW™ and Tablus Content Alarm DT™. The first of these solutions, integrating Voltage IBE into Content Sentinel, is being demonstrated at this week’s RSA Conference 2006 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.

"We believe that classification-based encryption can only be realized through an Identity-Based Encryption approach, since existing encryption techniques result in significant key management problems,” said Ed Murrer, vice president of marketing at Tablus. “Identity-Based Encryption allows Voltage and Tablus to be the first to offer this 'three-step' approach; identify, classify and encrypt, enabling companies to seamlessly encrypt sensitive content, transparently to end users."

In the first of the joint offerings to be released by the two companies, Content Sentinel with Voltage IBE will identify sensitive data-at-rest, classifying it according to corporate privacy guidelines then encrypting, quarantining or deleting the data based on pre-set policies. Administrators can also control who can decrypt content by controlling the membership of a group of users. For example, if a file is encrypted to the “management” classification, then only those members of the “management” group will be able to read the file. Today, Tablus Content Sentinel accurately identifies, locates and controls sensitive information within large enterprise networks. It simultaneously scans networks, laptops, desktops and servers for data violations and quarantines or deletes the corresponding files for immediate remediation. By integrating Content Sentinel with Voltage IBE, enterprises will gain the ability to automatically encrypt data, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and credit card data to meet increasingly high compliance standards.

Voltage and Tablus plan to integrate Voltage IBE with all three Tablus offerings to simplify the process of encrypting sensitive data at rest, in motion and in use. Voltage IBE differs from other encryption products on the market due to its use of any well known identity such as a common email address as the public key, enabling data to be protected without the use of certificates. For data in motion, Content Alarm NW with Voltage IBE will block, quarantine or encrypt sensitive data leaving the organization according to pre-determined corporate policy. For data stored on desktops, Content Alarm DT will be integrated with Voltage IBE to restrict data usage and encrypt selected data according to corporate policy.

“Security solutions targeted at preventing insider threats have traditionally been single step offerings,” said Brian Burke, research manager for IDC’s Security Products service. “While the integration of encryption technology is recognized as a best practice in the protection of sensitive data, it has typically been difficult to implement and manage. Further, there simply has not been a way for enterprises to encrypt only the information of high value. The combined Tablus-Voltage solution offers a unique approach to automatically encrypting sensitive data, while making it easy to deploy and manage.”

Tablus’ solutions will utilize the recently announced Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management Integration Kit™ (see companion release from Voltage Security) for data privacy to plug into the Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management platform. The Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management platform provides consistent enforcement of privacy policies across the enterprise and simplified key management across encryption silos through the use of Voltage Identity-Based Encryption.

“The Tablus solution is perfect for anyone that has high value, sensitive information dispersed across the organization. Customers can easily discover, classify and encrypt sensitive information to reduce the risk of privacy breaches and compliance violations, By integrating into the Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management platform, Tablus solutions take advantage of Voltage IBE as well as simplified key management and centralized policy made possible by the platform,” said Wasim Ahmad, vice president of marketing, Voltage Security. “The combination of Tablus content protection technology with Voltage IBE ensures that sensitive information remains encrypted and only usable by those who ‘need to know.’“

Tablus Content Sentinel will be fully integrated with the Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management platform in the second quarter of 2006. Tablus and Voltage will work to extend Voltage IBE technology into Content Alarm NW and Content Alarm DT in the second half of 2006.

About Tablus

Tablus, Inc. is the leading provider of content protection solutions for detecting and preventing the disclosure of confidential and privacy-related information both across network boundaries and on the desktop. Tablus offers the only comprehensive and integrated solution for locating, monitoring and protecting data at rest, in motion, and in use. By preventing such disclosures, Tablus helps organizations reduce legal and financial risk, protect against identity theft, safeguard their brand reputation and prove regulatory compliance. For more information visit www.tablus.com.

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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Note to Editors: Please see companion release from Voltage Security, “Voltage Announces Enterprise Privacy Management Integration Kit.” Also, please note Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management Integration Kit, Voltage IBE Server, Voltage SecureDisk, Voltage SecureMail, Voltage SecureFile, Voltage SecureMail Gateway and Voltage IBE Toolkit are all either trademarks or registered trademarks of Voltage Security, Inc. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owner.