Trust Digital to Announce Release of First Enterprise Capability PDA Security Product At TechXNY in New York At the Palm Pavilion; New Virginia Software Firm Fills Gap in Market.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2001

Trust Digital LLC, a recently formed subsidiary of Applied Technologies, Inc. announced that it would formally release the first enterprise capable data security product for PDA handheld devices at the TechXNY trade show in New York.

The show runs June 26-28, 2001 at the Jacob Javits Center at booth number 3404 at the Palm, Inc. Pavilion.

The new product, PDASecure(TM), secures handheld devices that use the Palm Operating System (OS). The product uses the newly established Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) based on the Rijndael or "Rain Doll" algorithm selected in a competition by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

"PDASecure(TM) offers the first capability of enterprise-based access control and encryption technology for PDA devices." Said Kevin Shahbazi, Assistant VP of Marketing for Trust Digital. "We elected to develop a suite of security products that protected not only the handheld itself, but the computer or network to which it may be linked. Many consider wireless PDA's in particular to be unsecured gateways into entire enterprises. Our approach solves that problem."

PDASecure(TM) allows individuals as well as network administrators tools to insure that data encrypted on such devices cannot be copied or "beamed" to another system that could read it. Only the password protected device itself or the network it is connected to have the key to unscramble it. Concerns about lost or stolen PDA's that compromise data or provide access to other systems can be overcome. Trust Digital's suite of security products include PDASecure for single and large enterprise users, Policy Editor to manage large enterprises, push security and pull data, and ForeverSecure to provide security for individual computers and networks over an enterprise.

PDASecure Policy Editor allows central administration of security settings and policies that are "pushed" down to each PDA when they are synced.

"NIST selected the Rijndael algorithm for AES precisely because it was efficient and non-intrusive when used on the new generation of devices like handhelds and smart phones." Kevin Shahbazi went on to say. "Many people avoid installing encryption security software to protect their data because of the concern it slows down their system. Our suite of security products operates in the background with no noticeable affect on performance."

These new products are complementary to other security software for virus protection and firewalls, providing an additional layer of protection to any system by protecting the most valuable asset, the data.

The products are available through Value Added Resellers, distributors, retailers and government contract holders.

About Trust Digital LLC and Applied Technologies, Inc. (ATI)

Trust Digital LLC was formed as a subsidiary in January to market and support PDASecure(TM) and other data security products developed over a two year period by its parent, Applied Technologies, Inc. (ATI) of Fairfax, Virginia. ATI is a privately held Value-Added Reseller of GoldMine Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and also develops third party products as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) for CRM vendors.

ATI recently won an award from GoldMine as "Marketer of the Year" and "ISV of the Year" in 2000. Trust Digital is currently co-located with ATI, which is based in Fairfax, Virginia. It was founded in 1993 with the goal of providing information technology and network consulting. Information on PDASecure(TM) is available at www.TrustDigital.com or by calling Kevin Shahbazi at 703/246-9198, FAX [phone].