ACS and PGP Corporation Now Offering "Next Generation" Data Protection Solutions.Comprehensive Encryption Solutions Protect Sensitive Information from Global Security Threats DALLAS -- Affiliated Computer Services Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) (NYSE: ACS) is a Fortune 500 company that provides information technology outsourcing as well as business process outsourcing solutions to businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ) is now providing the "next generation" of secure data protection services for its clients through its partnership with PGP Corporation  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , a global leader in email and data encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign software for enterprise data protection. As part of the agreement, ACS offers the PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) A data encryption program from PGP Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (www.pgp.com). Published as freeware in 1991 and widely used around the world for encrypting e-mail messages and securing files, PGP is available for commercial use and as freeware for ([R]) encryption solutions and value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. ACS Encryption Services to its range of government and commercial clients. As a leading provider of business process and information technology solutions, ACS already stores, accesses and transmits large amounts of sensitive data for its clients daily. "We take seriously our responsibility to protect our clients' information. Our solutions based on the PGP([R]) Encryption Platform allow us to assure our clients that their sensitive data is always secure and in good hands," said Christopher Leach Christopher Leach is a transvestite English artist whose erotic work is, at times, reminiscent in style of that of Aubrey Beardsley’s art nouveau sketches and in theme to that of H. R. Giger. , Chief Information Security Officer for ACS. To provide enterprise data protection services to clients, ACS Encryption Services recently teamed up with PGP to develop several encryption services, including: * ACS Whole Disk Encryption Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage media is a sector-addressable device (e.g., a hard disk or a flash card). Disk encryption has many facets: * ACS Gateway Email Encryption Service to encrypt emails that transmit across the Internet using PGP Universal(TM )and PGP([R]) Gateway Email encryption products. * ACS Secure Large File Transfer (SLFT) Service, which allows senders to securely upload and transmit files up to 2 gigabytes in size without using any additional client software. SLFT uses PGP([R]) Command Line for its encryption engine. In addition to providing a full range of encryption services for its clients, ACS provides enhanced enterprise management capabilities through ACS' Data Protection Agent (DPA DPA - Data Protection Act ) software, a small-footprint service that runs on client computers and seamlessly integrates with PGP([R]) Whole Disk Encryption. DPA provides global management of systems that are encrypted with PGP([R]) software, reporting disk encryption status and other key metrics back to a central database server. DPA also provides administrators with the ability to remotely terminate all access to DPA-enabled systems in the event of a lost or stolen computer. "The positive feedback we receive from our clients confirms the value of these new encryption solutions," said Leach. "We've deployed PGP Universal Gateway Email with over 170,000 secured email boxes; encrypted over 70,000 systems across the globe with PGP([R]) Whole Disk Encryption; and transferred more than 17,000 files using the ACS Secure Large File Transfer Service." [Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Rhonda Johnson, Director of Information Security and Encryption Services for ACS, will speak during the 2009 RSA Conference The RSA Conference is a Cryptography-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RSA Conference started in 1991 as a forum for cryptographers to gather and share the latest knowledge and advancements in the area of Internet security. in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on April 20-24. The RSA Conference is the largest securities conference in the world.] About ACS ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 74,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at www.acs-inc.com. About PGP Encryption Platform The PGP Encryption Platform reduces the complexities of protecting business data by enabling organizations to deploy and manage multiple encryption applications cost-effectively from a single management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. . Deployed with the first encryption application, the PGP Encryption Platform makes installing a separate or additional infrastructure unnecessary when the organization needs other encryption applications. The PGP Encryption Platform supports the broadest range of integrated applications to secure email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (IM), PDAs, network storage, file transfer, automated processes and backups. About PGP Corporation PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software for enterprise data protection. Based on a unified key management and policy infrastructure, the PGP([R])Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP([R]) platform-enabled applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and backups. PGP([R]) solutions are used by more than 100,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 95 percent of the Fortune([R])100, 75 percent of the Fortune([R]) Global 100, 87 percent of the German DAX index, and 51 percent of the U.K. FTSE 100 Index FTSE 100 Index A market-weighted index of the 100 leading companies traded in Great Britain on the London Stock Exchange. The Financial Times . As a result, PGP Corporation has earned a global reputation for innovative, standards-based, and trusted solutions. PGP solutions help protect confidential information, secure customer data, achieve regulatory and audit compliance, and safeguard companies' brands and reputations. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com. Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including statements regarding the availability, plans, delivery, goals, development, expected features, expected benefits and competitive position of PGP products implementing or leveraging the PGP technologies. All references made to product feature enhancements, improvements in Platform support or additional functionality are subject to change at PGP Corporation's sole discretion. All future descriptions of PGP technology and products are subject to availability only if PGP Corporation decides to build them and when PGP Corporation decides to make them commercially available. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that PGP Corporation faces that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with any unforeseen technical difficulties or software errors related to the final development and launch of any of PGP Corporation's products; any technological, regulatory, or standards changes in the security, encryption and authentications market which could make PGP Corporation's products less competitive or require feature changes in these products; any slowdown in the adoption by businesses of encryption suites, secure email, Internet technologies or related standard. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and PGP Corporation does not assume any obligation to update such statements nor the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in such statements. 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