Pointsec Positioned in Leader Quadrant of Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 2, 2005 – Pointsec, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the 1H05 Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant* 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 leader quadrant by Gartner and we consider it to be further confirmation of our mission to provide our customers with the strongest and most manageable security to protect the business and confidential information stored on their mobile devices,” said Peter Larsson, CEO of Pointsec Mobile Technologies. “Now more than ever, it is clear that data leakage resulting from mobile device loss and theft can have a very real impact on a company’s image and bottom line. Pointsec remains committed to helping our customers around the world protect their sensitive information whenever and however it leaves the doors of the enterprise – on removable storage, laptops, PDAs, smartphones or even desktops being serviced or discarded.” Pointsec’s mobile device encryption software ensures that all or selected parts of a mobile device’s data can be encrypted in real time and can only be accessed by an authenticated user. Pointsec has become the most widely deployed data protection solution because it offers: •Strong security with more and higher certifications than any competitive solution •Guaranteed deployment due to innovative central management •Widest coverage of mobile platforms including Windows and Linux desktop and notebook PCs, Symbian-, Microsoft-, and Palm- based smartphones and PDAs, as well as removable storage devices such as USB drives and CDs Pointsec has been instrumental in helping businesses better understand the threats to their mobile data. It has published numerous reports demonstrating the importance of protecting information stored on mobile derives including a widely cited international survey of equipment lost in taxis and a forensic analysis of residual data on hard drives purchased on eBay. For further information please contact: Robert Egner, Vice President of Global Marketing tel: +1 708-479-3040/ +1 708-822-3045 , e-mail: robert.egner@pointsec.com