Released on: October 31, 2007, 9:56 am

Press Release Author: Sarah-Anne Bray

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: E-security specialist signs preferred partnership with
London-based PKI experts Trustis

Press Release Body: London, 30 October 2007 - OpenTrust, a leader in trust
infrastructures for strong authentication and secure electronic transactions, has
today announced its launch into the UK. Through a preferred partnership with
Trustis, the UK's leading independent authority on PKI (public key infrastructure),
OpenTrust will target large multi-national enterprises, offering them
cost-effective, easy to deploy and feature-rich authentication and data security
solutions. OpenTrust UK will be headed up by ex-Entrust Sales Director David Terry
and will be based in Reading.

OpenTrust specialises in helping organisations to protect the integrity and
confidentiality of all data and online transactions via digital certification, smart
card management, digital signature and online encryption. Uniquely, all products
are based on an open, modular platform, which makes the architecture simple and the
products easy to deploy. This will enable OpenTrust to offer a flexible solution
that can be run by the client or supplied as "software as a service".

"Authentication and encryption security such as PKI has been around for many years
but has not been embraced by UK organisations as it was seen as cost prohibitive and
complex to deploy," explained David Terry, Managing Director, OpenTrust UK. "But
the tide is changing. Successful government and corporate deployments, as well as
the increased awareness of security threats have lead to a growing acceptance of PKI
and smart card solutions. By working with Trustis and using their expertise and
industry knowledge, we can take advantage of this and at the same guard enterprises
against fraud, information mismanagement and identity theft."
Trustis is a vendor agnostic security consultancy that specialises in designing,
deploying and building PKI solutions. To become part of Trustis' portfolio of PKI
vendors, OpenTrust's products were rigorously tested and evaluated to ensure product
integrity and suitability. All OpenTrust products are available from Trustis
immediately.

"On average only one in ten products pass our evaluations successfully; OpenTrust's
products passed with flying colours as they offer rich functionality without the
large price tag, risk and difficult implementation associated with traditional PKI
deployments.," explained Chris Swinbank, Managing Director, Trustis. "The OpenTrust
products present a fantastic opportunity for Trustis as for the first time we can
offer customers a choice; they can have our managed solution or they can simply buy
the OpenTrust in the UK from us."

The move into the UK forms part of OpenTrust's international expansion strategy that
was announced in July this year. Since then, the company has changed its name from
IDEALX, opened up an office in Brussels and joined the European Software
Association.
David Terry will be integral to the success of OpenTrust in the UK. He has more
than 25 years of IT sales and support experience. Most recently, David was Sales
Director at security vendor Entrust, where he was responsible for UK sales and the
introduction of PKI technology into some of the UK's largest government initiatives.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

About OpenTrustT:
Publisher of the OpenTrust T trust and security infrastructure, the company designs
and develops high added value solutions and services for implementation of secure
infrastructures. The OpenTrust T software suite integrates solutions for strong
authentication, confidentiality, timestamping, digital signatures, proof management
and secure exchanges. A truly reliable and secure infrastructure, OpenTrust has
already been adopted by numerous large corporations and Public Administrations
including AGF, Areva, Mobistar, National Bank of Belgium, Nissan, Alstom, Total,
Renault, Bred, Sanofi, Michelin, French Post Office, Banksys, Swiss Ministry of
Defence, French Ministry of Agriculture, French Ministry of Finances.
For more information please go to www.opentrust.com

About Trustis:
Trustis has been providing Digital Certificates for clients since 1999. These
include the NHS, government organisations, banks, multi-national businesses, law
firms and SMEs. We probably run more PKIs on behalf of clients than any other
organization in the UK. Building high quality, standards compliant, flexible
infrastructures is our forte and we were the first certificate supplier to achieve
tScheme approval and BS7799 accreditation for our Certificate Factory. Trustis is
product neutral and vendor independent, enabling us to give the best unbiased advice
and guidance, recommend and deploy the most appropriate technology for each client's
needs and avoid being locked into any one vendor's technology. Trustis consultants
include security engineers, business specialists, cryptographers and lawyers to
ensure that every aspect of a client\'s e-commerce needs can be met.
For more information please go to www.trustis.com

Web Site: http://www.opentrust.com

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