Protect Data establishes joint Nordic PKI team

Protect Data establishes joint Nordic PKI team - Sees great potential in an increasingly integrated Nordic market Protect Data and its subsidiaries in the Nordic countries have established a joint Nordic skills centre for PKI solutions and Trusted Relations Management. Through its work on PKI solutions for the world leading Canadian IT security company Entrust, Protect Data's specialists have acquired a leading position in the Nordic region within PKI. By establishing the joint Nordic skills centre, the company is able to bring together the expertise of more than 30 specialists in order to produce limitless PKI solutions for an increasingly integrated Nordic commercial sector. Protect Data's subsidiaries on the various Nordic markets have each acquired significant experience of PKI solutions through assignments for companies such as Telenor, Tele Danmark, Migrationsverket, Vattenfall, etc., and in all Protect Data has sold more than 2.5 million digital certificates in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. By gathering together experience and expertise in the field of PKI solutions in a joint Nordic PKI team, it will be easier for the company to meet the growing need for increasingly limitless PKI solutions. The growth in the Nordic commercial sector in recent years has led to increasingly close contacts between companies in the various countries, and PKI technology is central when companies need to exchange information, trade or carry out financial transactions securely via the Internet. Thanks to the digital certificates used within PKI solutions, users can feel secure in the knowledge that their transactions and exchange of information cannot be monitored or corrupted by outside parties. Protect Data's joint Nordic PKI team is led by Rod Robles from Protect Data's subsidiary in Denmark, who is one of the company's foremost experts within PKI and Trusted Relations Management. As the name implies, this is all about creating secure and trusted electronic connections, for example between companies and their customers/partners, either via the Internet or other types of network. "The establishment of our joint Nordic PKI team comes as a result of the general growth in the market. Major Nordic companies now have interests in several countries and no longer need to worry about national boundaries. In our experience, they need solutions that are not restricted to Sweden or Denmark, but that work across the entire region. Knowledge about the individual country and the Nordic market as a whole is essential for those involved in the production of such solutions," says Rod Robles. For further information please contact: Carl Rosvall, CEO, Protect Data AB, tel. +46 (0)8-459 54 23 or +46 (0)70- 717 14 84 Rod Robles, Protect Data A/S, tel. +45 32 64 17 00 or +45 26 31 22 30 Protect Data AB is a Group offering tailor-made IT security solutions to large companies and organisations. The company offers access-controlling and encrypting systems for personal computers, anti-virus systems, firewalls, user identification systems, content control systems, Secure VPNs, digital signatures and PKI, and systems for secure transactions. Its subsidiary, Pointsec Mobile Technologies, develops access- controlling and encrypting systems for stationary and portable computers, palmtop computers and smart telephones. Subsidiary Protect Data Konsult, tailors security solutions to increase clients' competitiveness and improve business. Subsidiary, Protect Data is the market leader in its business area in the Nordic region and has subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the USA. Protect Data has approximately 160 employees and is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange Attract 40 list. Visit our website at: www.protectdata.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/25/20010925BIT00140/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/25/20010925BIT00140/bit0001.pdf