Randtronics adds nuBridges encryption solution to offer

<p>Sydney 13 August 2008 – Randtronics, a provider of encryption solutions in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, announced today a reseller agreement with nuBridges, Inc., the secure eBusiness authority. Randtronics will add nuBridges Protect™, an advanced encryption and key management software solution, to its data security offerings to help financial institutions, retail merchants, health care providers and others protect payment card and personally identifiable information (PII) from theft.</p>
<p>Retail merchants in Australia and other countries in the region are increasingly taking steps to protect their customers’ credit and debit card numbers from hackers, security breaches, employee theft and accidental loss. Many are following the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) to ensure consumer data is adequately protected. Other companies are actively seeking solutions to secure PII to protect customers, employees and patients from personal information breaches.</p>
<p>“Becoming compliant with the PCI standards is the number one driver of our customers at the moment. And while Australia’s privacy laws do not yet include the mandatory reporting of data breaches, many companies also want to be ready when such laws are passed which, following statements by the Federal Government this week, could be very soon,” said Bob Adhar, Randtronics’ CEO.</p>
<p>“Our approach to security is that it is easier to hack than to decipher. nuBridges Protect is the right complement to our other security solutions and we expect it will help thousands of enterprises in Australia and the surrounding region to comply with PCI DSS and any other industry or government security mandate that becomes effective in the future.”</p>
<p>“Organizations around the world are beginning to change the way they think about data protection, focusing not only on perimeter security but also on encrypting the data right where it lives in applications, databases and files. That is one of nuBridges’ specialties and we want to accelerate our geographic presence aggressively by partnering with the best security providers in each region,” said Roy Hogsed, Executive Vice President of Sales for nuBridges. “We’re pleased to be working closely with Randtronics to provide our data protection solutions to enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region. Randtronics is well respected and the company brings a wealth of data security best practice knowledge and technical expertise to its customers. Their excellent technical staff is proficient in cross platform environments and knows how to solve even the most challenging data security problems within any IT infrastructure.”</p>
<p>In addition to its headquarters in Australia, Randtronics maintains channel partners in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam and is rapidly expanding into other countries.</p>
<p>More about nuBridges Protect
nuBridges Protect is an integrated encryption, key management and logging solution to protect sensitive data at rest in database fields, files and applications, helping enterprises implement best practices security directives and comply with mandates, including PCI DSS, HIPAA and government privacy acts. AIG Insurance, Bally’s, Costco, Cracker Barrel, Discount Tire, Vonage and more rely on nuBridges Protect to secure millions of credit card numbers and volumes of personally identifiable information in business-critical operations.</p>
<p>About Randtronics.
Randtronics is a leader in providing data privacy solutions using cryptosystems. We offer cryptographic and data privacy consulting services in applications and database hardening, column or file encryption, disk-in-line encryption, e-mail encryption, identity theft protection and non-intrusive monitoring of databases. Randtronics' vision of developing personalized cryptographic technologies at affordable prices will enable users to feel secure with their sensitive data residing anywhere; PDAs, PCs, Servers and Data Centers. For further information, visit www.randtronics.com.</p>
<p>About nuBridges, Inc.
nuBridges is a leading provider of software and managed services to protect sensitive data at rest and in transit, and to transfer data internally or externally with end-to-end security, control and visibility. nuBridges encryption, key management, managed file transfer and B2B integration solutions are used to comply with security mandates and to digitally integrate business processes among enterprises, systems, applications and people. Over 3,000 customers depend on nuBridges secure eBusiness solutions to encrypt millions of credit cards, exchange billions of dollars in B2B transactions and enable countless business-critical file transfers, including Wal-Mart, Amazon.com, Timberland, American Eagle Outfitters, Costco, Belk, Bon Ton, John Deere, Wachovia, Sun Trust, AIG, CheckFree, Bank of America and Verizon. nuBridges is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. More information is available at www.nubridges.com.</p>
<p>Media Contacts:
Kevin Fitzsimons
(for Randtronics)
The De Wintern Group
+61 3 9428 7588
[email protected]</p>
<p>Kathy Cabrera
(for nuBridges)
Carabiner Communications
+1 678-644-4122
[email protected]</p>

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