Info Security Products Guide Names eCert Winner of the 2011 Global Excellence in Security Innovation Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

eCert’s Email Security Service Continues To Earn Highest Trust of Partners
and Customers Worldwide

February 17, 2011 – San Francisco, Calif

eCert, Inc. (www.ecertsystems.com), announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named eCert’s email security service a winner of the 2011 Global Excellence Awards for Best Security Innovation of the Year. More than 50 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2011 Global Excellence Awards Finalists and Winners. Winners were announced during the awards dinner and presentation on February 16, 2011 in San Francisco attended by the finalists and judges.

Developed in 2006, eCert's email trust authority service was launched in 2010 with partners including Yahoo! and Google and is the only live service that detects, diagnoses and reduces phishing attacks and other forms of email fraud. In 2010, eCert was selected by BITS, a division of The Financial Services Technology Roundtable, and the Financial Services – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) as a partner in the effort to protect the email traffic of major U.S financial institutions.

"We've been collaborating with eCert for several years to develop the strongest possible protection to protect our member financial institutions and their customers from email fraud and online threats. We're pleased that eCert has been recognized for its innovative security and value in providing a critical protection within the email ecosystem," said Paul Smocer, EVP of BITS.

eCert's EPIC (Email Protection Identity Cert) service monitors email traffic, prevents fraudulent online communications from reaching an end user's inbox and enables trusted delivery to protect the brands of high value phishing targets - including leading financial institutions and government agencies. Currently, eCert protects more than 100 million consumers and $50 billion in brand value for ISPs, financial institutions and major brands.

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About eCert

eCert provides critical protection against email fraud ("phishing") to enterprises, government and other major organizations and their customers. eCert established the first "trusted intermediary" service to support email authentication and block malicious traffic, and is the only service of its kind in live operation. eCert's customers include several of the country's largest financial institutions, and its strategic partners include Yahoo! and Google. In 2010, eCert was selected by BITS, a division of the Financial Services Roundtable and the Financial Services - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) to extend its email protection capabilities to the entire U.S financial services sector. eCert was founded in 2008 by veterans with experience in email, security and financial services technology. www.ecertsystems.com

PRESS CONTACTS:

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Larry Baird
larry(at)ecertsystems.com