CRYPTAS to Distribute Wave's Embassy(R) Security Software for Trusted Computing to Businesses in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.VIENNA, Austria & LEE,Mass. -- Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : WAVX) and CRYPTAS IT-Security & Media GmbH today announced that CRYPTAS will distribute Wave's Embassy Trust Suite client and server software to businesses interested in trusted computing Trusted Computing (also abbreviated TC) is a technology developed and promoted by the Trusted Computing Group. The term is taken from the field of trusted systems and has a specialized meaning. solutions for personal computer security. CRYTPAS will distribute Wave's Embassy technology in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Wave's Embassy platform is designed to deliver solutions compliant with the Trusted Computing Group See TCG. (TCG (Trusted Computing Group, Beaverton, OR, www.trustedcomputinggroup.org) The successor to the Trusted Computer Platform Alliance (TCPA), announced in 2003 by founding members AMD, HP, IBM, Intel and Microsoft. ) building block specifications for trusted computing. Tens of millions of PCs have been shipped by the computer industry embedded with a TCG-standard chip, called the Trusted Platform Module In computing, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is both the name of a published specification detailing a microcontroller that can store secured information, as well as the general name of implementations of that specification, often called "TPM chip" or "TPM Security Device" (Dell). (TPM (1) See TP monitor. (2) (Transactions Per Minute) The number of transactions processed within one minute. See TPS. (3) (Trusted Platform M ). TPMs serve as a platform for secure services and applications - offered by companies such as Wave. Wave has designed its Embassy software to work with all commercially available TCG-compliant TPMs. The hallmark of the EMBASSY platform is usability - designed to be easy to enable, easy to use and easy to manage by IT administrators. "Trusted Computing can deliver immediate value to enterprises seeking to more effectively authenticate (1) To verify (guarantee) the identity of a person or company. To ensure that the individual or organization is really who it says it is. See authentication and digital certificate. (2) To verify (guarantee) that data has not been altered. users of a network and to improve data protection," said Stefan Bumerl, general manager, CRYPTAS. "We believe Wave's Embassy client and server software offers the best available solutions for enterprise data protection, identity protection, access control and policy management." "CRYTPAS is a leading distributor of security products in central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. and focuses on secure user authentication See authentication. , data protection and digital signatures, all areas addressed by our advanced Embassy platform. CRYPTAS can be a powerful channel for Wave to reach end customers, resellers and solution partners," said Bruno Leconte, Wave vice president, sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Wave's Embassy platform is designed to be compatible with the Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. (R) environment, and to deliver a variety of PC-related security and productivity tasks, in an intuitive, easy-to-understand format. Embassy solutions include Document Manager for securing files and folders, SmartSignature for digital signature capability for secure electronic contracts, and Private Information Manager for secure storage and management of user names, passwords and personal information. Private Information Manager is designed to intelligently retrieve data for use in web pages, logging into web sites, or for filling forms. Also available is Wave's Key Transfer Manager, an enterprise software solution for client or server that is designed to help backup and protect the hardware encryption keys used for critical personal computer data. More information about Wave's Embassy solutions is available through CRYTPAS at http://www.cryptoshop.com or Wave Systems at www.wave.com/products/ets.html. About CRYPTAS CRYPTAS and CRYPTOSHOP.COM is the first address for smart card based IT-security products and solutions in central Europe. The main focus is on secure user authentication, 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 , single-sign-on and digital signatures. Based in Vienna, Austria, CRYPTAS delivers products around Europe to end customers, resellers and solution partners. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.cryptoshop.com. About Wave Systems Consumers and businesses are demanding a computing environment that is more trusted, private, safe and secure. Wave is the leader in delivering trusted computing applications and services with advanced products, infrastructure and solutions across multiple trusted platforms from a variety of vendors. Wave holds a portfolio of significant fundamental patents in security and e-commerce applications and employs some of the world's leading security systems architects and engineers. For more information about Wave, visit http://www.wave.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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