HyperSecur Corporation Signs Letter of Intent With Doctors Hospital Health System Limited; Card-Based Security and Data System Planned.MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1999-- HyperSecur Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :HYURA) announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Doctors Hospital Health System Limited ("DHHS DHHS Department of Health & Human Services (US government) DHHS Dana Hills High School (Dana Point, California) DHHS Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services DHHS Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services ", BISX BISX Bahamas International Securities Exchange trading symbol Trading symbol See: Ticker symbol : currently pending), Nassau, The Bahamas, to develop and implement a "state-of-the-art" medical information system. The system will incorporate the use of electronic files, secure card-based identification and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. functions to facilitate remote access by healthcare providers, insurance companies and other authorized healthcare professionals. Mr. Charles P. Villeneuve, President and Chairman said: "Doctors Hospital has granted HyperSecur full access to their facility to develop a state-of-the-art secure healthcare information system. The system to be developed for Doctors Hospital will become an important HyperSecur product incorporating our HyperProximity(tm) technology. This healthcare information and security product could be marketed to other hospitals and clinics worldwide. The HyperSecur concept originated in the Bahamas and I am delighted that the first developmental contract was signed in the Bahamas." HyperSecur will prepare a preliminary letter of recommendation to DHHS for the purpose of defining the scope of the project. A definitive binding contract will need to be executed. Both parties have agreed that any software developed by HyperSecur in connection with this information system will be the property of HyperSecur. HyperSecur will pay DHHS, a yet to be determined, royalty on the sale of that software. About Doctors Hospital Health System Limited ("DHHS"). DHHS operates a healthcare holding company and recently became a public company under the securities laws of The Bahamas. The primary purpose of DHHS is to provide healthcare services in The Bahamas and surrounding region. DHHS has 100 medical specialists and employs 326 Associates providing a full range of services which include acute care, emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' , and the latest in imaging technology. About HyperProximity(tm). HyperProximity(tm) is HyperSecur's proprietary breakthrough technology in the smart card world. HyperSecur, in partnership with semiconductor leader STMicroelectronics, is bringing to the market the world's first secure contactless smart card A smart card that uses radio frequencies to provide a wireless connection to the reader. The transmission range is only a couple of inches, but allows the card to be quickly passed by a reader in applications such as secured entrances. See smart card and UltraCard. with a security feature imbedded in the chip called HyperProximity(tm) to meet the general wireless and contactless trend of the electronic industry. The HyperProximity(tm) chip uses radio frequencies ("RF", standard 13.56 megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. ) to carry out secure transactions at speeds up to 10 times faster than contact cards. The technology will first be implemented in the ST16HF52 contactless chip from STMicroelectronics. This chip is a secure microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. contactless solution based on ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14443 Type B. The ST19 family of products that will include DES acceleration in the hardware will follow it. About HyperSecur Corporation. HyperSecur Corporation plans to exploit its technology with strategic partnerships to develop the hardware and software necessary to market the new technology to card manufacturers, system integrators and end users. HyperSecur is a smart card-based security solution provider for the Internet and e-commerce. The Class A common stock of the corporation is traded on the Over-The-Counter-Market Electronic Bulletin Board ("OTCBB") system with the symbol: HYURA. Forward Looking Statements. Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, events or performances are forward-looking statements. Any statements containing words, such as, "believes", "anticipates", "should", "plans", or "expects" is forward-looking, and these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations. Consequently, actual results could differ materially from the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements. |
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