Echoworx Announces Secure Data Center in Europe to Support Global Availability of Policy-Based Encryption Gateway

    For businesses that want to leverage Software As A Service (SaaS) for
data loss prevention.

    TORONTO, Dec. 4 /CNW/ -- Echoworx Corporation (www.echoworx.com) a
leading provider of security software products for digital communications,
today announced the addition of a secure data center in Europe. This data
center will be live in the United Kingdom January 2009, and will support the
global availability of the Echoworx Policy-based Encryption (PBE) Gateway. The
product has also been enhanced to support all major European languages,
Korean, Japanese and Chinese, and has been integrated with third party content
scanning and archiving solutions, where encryption is simply added on as a
security feature.

    The average business loss for a large organization that suffers a data
breach is $4.1 million(*). Echoworx PBE Gateway helps businesses prevent data
loss and leakage by enforcing encryption. The encryption is transparent to end
users, allowing businesses to comply with industry data regulations such as
the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act (GBLA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the UK Data Protection Act. In the United
States, Nevada and Massachusetts have put laws into effect to enforce
businesses to encrypt customer information that is either sent or stored
electronically.

    Data Loss Prevention (DLP) has made encryption a mission critical
business application. Companies need to implement a DLP strategy to protect
the privacy of data such as credit card information, intellectual property,
legal agreements, financials, patient records, and customer and employee
information.

    "Businesses are looking for encryption solutions that are simple to
implement with no impact to their existing infrastructure. The Echoworx
reseller channel allows businesses to easily add encryption as a layer of
protection to their existing content scanning products," said Michael
Ginsberg, President and CEO of Echoworx. "PBE Gateway can be deployed with no
impact to workflow. Once the policies are set, email is automatically
encrypted based on privacy rules set by the company. The low SaaS per user
fee, allows businesses to cost effectively prevent security risks associated
with regulatory violations and data loss."

    (*)Cost of a Data Breach, Ponemon Institute



    About Echoworx PBE Gateway

    The Echoworx PBE Gateway can reside on-site or within a hosted data
center, and interoperates with third party scanning or filtering solutions.
Every company should be monitoring outbound email and acting on email
containing content that violates their privacy and DLP policies. PBE Gateway
provides the ability to associate rules with the content of outbound email to
help protect businesses from liabilities associated with privacy and data
security regulations. The encryption is completely transparent to the end
user.  The complexity of digital certificates and encryption keys are all
managed in the background with zero impact to workflow.

    For more information about Echoworx PBE Gateway and its global reseller
channel contact sales@echoworx.com or 1.888.697.3246.

    About Echoworx

    Echoworx is a provider of security solutions for enhancing privacy and
trust in digital communications.  Echoworx privacy applications leverage the
power of Echoworx Encryption Services (EES) platform, which is hosted at
Secure Data Centers. All data is encrypted using industry trusted standard PKI
(Public Key Infrastructure) and S/MIME technologies for strong encryption and
digital signatures, relying on standard X.509 certificates. Echoworx data
privacy applications include: Secure Mail, Policy-based Encryption Gateway,
Secure DOX, Encrypted Document Presentment, and Encrypted Message eXchange.
Echoworx products are currently offered by leading communication providers
that include: AT&T, BT, LogicaCMG, Telus, Tiscali, and Verizon. Visit
www.echoworx.com

    FOR MORE INFORMATION:

    Stefanie Nastou
    Echoworx Corporation
    416-226-8610
    pr@echoworx.com

For further information: Stefanie Nastou, Echoworx Corporation,
+1-416-226-8610, pr@echoworx.com Web Site: http://www.echoworx.com/