Pointsec Mobile Technologies Signs Agreement with American Customer; Total Order Value USD 1,480,000


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 26, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Pointsec Mobile Technologies, a subsidiary of IT security company Protect Data and a global leader in enterprise security software for laptops, desktops, and PDAs, today announced it has signed a major software license agreement with an American customer. In total the order is worth USD 1,480,000, which includes license fees and one year support. The licenses that will be delivered during the second quarter 2003, represent a value of USD 1,200,000 of the total order.

Pointsec Mobile Technologies has been developing advanced IT security solutions for 15 years. The company has earned important security certifications, such as FIPS 140-1, considered the de facto IT security standard. In December 2002, for the second year in a row, Pointsec was placed in the "Leader" quadrant in a major mobile data protection product study released by the industry research firm Gartner, Inc.

For further information please contact: Thomas Bill, CEO, Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB, tel. +46 (0)8-459 54 95 or +46 (0)70-542 62 71

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Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Protect Data AB. The company develops and markets access-controlling and encrypting systems for stationary and portable computers, palmtop computers, WAP telephones, etc. Pointsec Mobile Technologies has 47 employees and offices in San Francisco, New York and Chicago in the USA, Cambridge in the United Kingdom, in Dusseldorf in Germany and Stockholm, Falun and Sundsvall in Sweden. Visit our website at: www.pointsec.com Protect Data AB is a Group offering tailor-made IT security solutions to large companies and organizations. The company is focusing on four business areas: digital identities and resource security, network security, anti-virus and content security, and consultancy services for information security. Within these areas, the company offers comprehensive IT security solutions based on aspects such as access control and encryption systems, anti-virus systems, digital sentry services, firewalls, user identification and content control, secure VPN and PKI solutions, digital signatures and systems for secure transactions. Protect Data is the market leader in its business area in the Nordic region and has subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the USA. Protect Data has approximately 100 employees and is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Visit our web site at: www.protectdata.com.

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