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Pointsec Positioned in the “Leaders” Quadrant in Analyst Firm’s Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant

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Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 5, 2006 – Pointsec, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smart¬phones, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the 1H06 Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant’i report. According to Gartner, “leaders” are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. “Pointsec is proud to be positioned in the leaders quadrant by Gartner and we consider it to be further confirmation of our mission to offer our customers a strong security solution that is quick to deploy and economical to operate,” said Peter Larsson, CEO of Pointsec Mobile Technologies. “With increasing incidents of data leakage due to loss or theft filling today’s headlines, Pointsec encryption software safeguards the confidential information stored on mobile devices, ensuring it can only be accessed by authenticated users. Pointsec is dedicated to providing its customers with the assurance that their sensitive and confidential information will remain secure and protected and their valuable company image will stay out of the headlines.” Pointsec’s system-wide encryption software and access control for wireless devices ensure that data remains confidential even if a device is lost or stolen. Its exclusive “on-the-fly” encryption method ensures that encryption is performed according to an organization’s security policies without requir¬ing action on the part of end users and results in virtually no performance difference for the device. Pointsec offers the widest range of encryption coverage in the industry with support for Windows-based laptops and desktops, Linux-based systems, removable storage media such as USB sticks and CDs, and a popular wireless handhelds on the Microsoft, Symbian and Palm operating systems. The most widely and fastest deployed data protection solution, Pointsec offers more and higher industry certifications than any competitive solution, innovative centralized management and offers the lowest total cost of ownership. For more information, please visit: www.pointsec.com. For further information please contact: Robert Egner, Vice President of Global Marketing, Pointsec Tel: +1 708-479-3040/ +1 708-822-3045, e-Mail: robert.egner@pointsec.com

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