PRESS RELEASE : May 8, 2006

 

Voltage Security Announces Voltage SecureMail 2.5 with Enhanced Self-Service Capability to
Minimize Help Desk Costs

New Voltage SecureMail™ 2.5 Features Self-Service Optimizations and Improvements in Network Configuration and Management

Palo Alto, CA – May 8, 2006– Voltage Security, Inc., a global leader in enterprise privacy management, today announced general availability of Voltage SecureMail 2.5, an award-winning policy-based secure messaging solution. Voltage SecureMail 2.5 further improves overall appliance management including the introduction of comprehensive appliance back-up and optimized network configuration. These improvements ensure that Voltage SecureMail can be broadly deployed across an existing Fortune 500 enterprise IT infrastructure with a minimum of both setup and operations costs.

In addition, Voltage SecureMail 2.5 is optimized for self-service, further reducing TCO by minimizing costly help-desk calls. In large and diverse enterprise deployments, users will inevitably forget passwords or attempt to access secure messages from mis-configured environments. Now Voltage SecureMail automatically detects common error conditions and provides specific end-user instructions to resolve the problem in real-time. In addition, multiple password reset mechanisms are provided so that end-users are virtually assured of being able to reset accounts and passwords without requiring help-desk support.

“These enhancements reflect direct feedback from our largest Fortune 500 enterprise customers who have an aggregate of several hundred thousand seats of Voltage SecureMail”, said Wasim Ahmad, vice president of marketing for Voltage Security. “Organizations can broadly deploy Voltage SecureMail to a large and diverse audience including internal users, customers and partners, with full confidence that operations and support costs will be minimal. These enhanced capabilities ensure that Voltage continues to deliver the lowest TCO in the industry.”

New In Voltage SecureMail Version 2.5

• Performance Improvements
  • 50% improvement on SecureMail Gateway message throughput
  • 10x improvement on Zero Download Messenger large attachment handling
• Self Service Optimizations
  • End user password creation and reset – self service
  • Specific instructions for end users in the case of errors – self service
• Appliance Management
  • Appliance Backup, Restore, Clone
  • Appliance Network Configuration optimizations
• Gateway-Gateway S/MIME Support
  • Interoperability confirmed with Proofpoint and Clearswift/SSS
• Outlook Web Access Support
  • Full support for encrypting/decrypting messages in OWA
• Ad-Hoc Windows Mobile 5 support
  • ZDM read/reply/write supported (no software required) on Windows Mobile devices
• Simplified ZDM Overlay Template Customization
  • Easy to manage template updates without the need for HTML code

About Voltage IBE
Voltage IBE is a public key cryptography system that uses common identities (such as an email address or screen name) as public keys, eliminating the need for certificates, Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) and other costly infrastructure. Voltage IBE results in a solution that is easy to implement and easy to manage, without the overhead and cost inherent in traditional security solutions. Voltage IBE is ideal for use with financial services customers and medical patients who expect communication to be kept private and secure and also want ease-of-use and low-cost. Voltage IBE solutions are:

• Easy to implement and easy to manage – eliminates the overhead and costs inherent in traditional security solutions such as PKI
• Highly scalable – no storage of keys or messages, and no need to contact online servers; allows the solution to scale dramatically without the need for additional infrastructure
• Easy to use – no need for end users to worry about keys, certificates or multiple inboxes.

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: Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management, Voltage IBE Server, Voltage SecureDisk, Voltage SecureMail, Voltage SecureFile, Voltage SecureMail Gateway and Voltage IBE Toolkit, Voltage ZDM are all either trademarks or registered trademarks of Voltage Security, Inc. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owner.