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Vormetric And Vcura Data Security Partnership To Span US And Canadian Markets

September 20, 2011

Cross Border Technology Consulting Firm to Offer Leading Enterprise Encryption Solution across a Range of Industries

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Sept. 20, 2011 – Vormetric, Inc., the leader in enterprise systems encryption and key management, and Vcura, Inc., a leading provider of enabling IT solutions for business, today announced a partnership to address the data security needs of organizations in the US and Canada. The companies will develop data protection and regulatory compliance specific solutions based on the Vormetric Data Security platform. Vcura will deliver custom enterprise encryption implementations to the North American market.

A diversified IT consulting firm, Vcura provides security assessments and systems architecture, design, and deployment services to a variety of organizations. Working with Vormetric, Vcura will deliver made-to-order solutions to protect data from unauthorized access, meet regulatory requirements, and prevent breaches.

“Vormetric is the leading provider of enterprise encryption and has the proven ability to transparently protect both structured and unstructured data across very large IT environments,” said Brad Ball, executive vice president of Vcura. “We chose Vormetric as an encryption partner because they can support the requirements of our customer base and enable us to provide a turn-key solution that combines access control, encryption and auditing in one easy-to-manage and scalable system.”

Transparent Enterprise Encryption

Vormetric Data Security enables enterprises to implement strong encryption to protect structured and unstructured data where ever it resides. Vormetric is completely transparent to applications and databases, so no modifications to the IT infrastructure are required. It also enables organizations to enforce encryption and access control policies on data that moves between datacenter and cloud environments. Vormetric also provides centralized, secure key management and strong separation of duties which protects against unauthorized data access by administrators. Vormetric supports all leading databases, including IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, MySQL and others as well as unstructured data stores on a variety of Linux, Unix and Windows Platforms.

“The energy, utilities, and Canadian government markets have unique information security requirements and rely on trusted solution providers for implementation services and support,” said Mike Coffield, vice president of Worldwide Channel Operations for Vormetric. “We are pleased to be joining forces with Vcura. Their industry expertise, relationships, and experience in these markets will help us expand our footprint in both the US and Canada.”

About Vcura

Vcura delivers industry leading IT security, operations, technology, consulting and support with a responsibility focus. Vcura understands that delivering IT enabling solutions is as much about people and processes as it is technology. The Vcura team consists of industry recognized security and access professionals committed to preserving client brand and value. Many of North America’s largest organizations depend on Vcura solutions and expertise to address their critical security, compliance and access needs. Vcura has established itself as the premier IT enabling and security solutions provider in the industry. For more information visit, www.vcura.com.

About Vormetric

Vormetric is the leader in enterprise system encryption. The Vormetric Data Security product line provides a single, manageable and scalable solution to encrypt any file, any database, any application, anywhere it resides— without sacrificing application performance or creating key management complexity. Some of the largest and most security conscious organizations and government agencies in the world, including 7 of the Fortune 20, have standardized on Vormetric to provide strong, easily manageable data security. Vormetric technology has been selected by IBM as the only database encryption solution for DB2 and Informix on LinuxTM, Unix® and Windows; by Symantec to provide the Symantec Veritas NetBackupTM Media Server Encryption Option; and by Oracle to secure the execution environment for Oracle® Database Vault.

Editorial Contact:

Marc Gendron
Marc Gendron PR
781-237-0341
marc@mgpr.net

Vormetric is a trademark of Vormetric, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.