POINTSEC PARTNERS WITH SBL TO EXPAND GOVERNMENT PRESENCE IN THE UK

Pointsec Mobile Technologies, a global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, today announces a significant new partnership agreement with SBL - specialists in the independent and value added provision of Information Assurance solutions, services and products. The partnership will allow SBL to include Pointsec's mobile data encryption products within its portfolio of best-of-breed mobile security solutions and gives Pointsec the opportunity to develop its presence amongst central and local government customers, an area they have most prominence with across the globe especially in the US.

Martin Allen, MD of Pointsec Mobile Technologies in the UK said: "SBL has an unrivalled reputation in the reseller market for implementing more security projects amongst central and local government than any other security systems integrator. They also have an outstanding number of utility customers all who we know are now ready to embrace strong mobile encryption for their workforce. Their highly skilled and experienced team of security aware consultants brings us enormous confidence and fits with our strategy to expand our work within this sector."

Pointsec protects more desktop and portable computing platforms than any other mobile data protection vendor, and will continue this trend by offering Pointsec's full product range through SBL who is seen to be the UK's undisputed market leader of independent and value added provision of Information Assurance, products and services for large corporations, SME's and central and local government departments. SBL also supplies to organisations within the criminal justice sector and has worked with the MoD for over 10 years.

"Corporate customers are increasingly recognising the importance of securing mobile devices and we are delighted to be able to integrate Pointsec's robust enterprise encryption products within our own portfolio and enhance our mobile security service offering," says Colin Williams Director of SBL.

Pointsec is renowned for providing enterprises with comprehensive access control and encryption solutions for laptops, desktops, PDAs and smartphones, solutions that work on all common operating systems. Pointsec have designed their security to be robust, non-intrusive, quick and seamless, ensuring that intellectual property stored on any kind of portable computing device remains private and secure.