ChosenSecurity Cross-Certifies with SAFE-BioPharma™ Bridge Certificate Authority

ChosenSecurity along with TransSped, selected by SAIC to offer EU Qualified Certificates as an Integrated Security Solution for the Biopharmaceutical Industry

NEWTON, MA – May 5, 2008 – ChosenSecurity, Inc., the leading provider of On-Demand Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) security services, today announced that it has cross-certified with the SAFE-BioPharma Bridge Certificate Authority and will offer digital certificates for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard provides a secure, enforceable, and regulatory-compliant way to sign business-to-business and business-to-regulator electronic pharmaceutical community. It is essential to have certificates for processes, such as signing lab tests, lab results or medical papers, to enable them to stand up in a court of law. As an international company, ChosenSecurity’s high standards in issuing digital certificates meet the strict requirements of the European Union (EU).

“The biopharmaceutical industry established SAFE-BioPharma as an interoperable digital identity and signature standard. SAFE-BioPharma is now being used in a variety of business functions and technology environments.” said Dean Coclin, ChosenSecurity’s Vice President of Business Development. “ChosenSecurity, with its expertise, is squarely positioned to successfully support SAFE-BioPharma implementations and extend security solutions to the biopharmaceutical industry.”

In addition to offering certificates directly to the biopharmaceutical industry, ChosenSecurity will be offering certificates with SAIC, as part of an integrated security solution. SAIC selected ChosenSecurity based on the company’s years of experience and presence in Europe and having already met the EU standards and approval of strong authentication and hardware requirements.

“We are delighted to work with ChosenSecurity and offer an integrated service offering,” said Guy Tallent, Vice President of Identity and Access Management, SAIC. “ChosenSecurity’s vast expertise and accreditations in the security industry made them the clear choice.”

The SAFE-BioPharma digital standard was established by the biopharmaceutical industry to help it transform to a fully electronic environment from inefficient paper-based business and regulatory processes. SAFE-BioPharma provides a high level of trust assurance for digital identities, which are uniquely bound to corresponding digital signatures.

“By cross-certifying with the SAFE-BioPharma Bridge, ChosenSecurity will be able to offer certificates to our member companies that can be used in support of global business and regulatory transactions,” said Mollie Shields-Uehling, President and CEO, SAFE-BioPharma. “We are pleased they were selected by SAIC to participate in offering this important integrated solution to the biopharmaceutical industry.”

About SAFE-BioPharma Association

SAFE-BioPharma Association is the non-profit association that created and manages the SAFE-BioPharma™ digital identity and signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The SAFE-BioPharma standard is used to mitigate legal, regulatory and other business risk associated with business-to-business and business-to-regulator electronic transactions. It facilitates interoperability by providing a secure, enforceable, and regulatory-compliant way to verify identities of parties involved in electronic transactions. SAFE-BioPharma’s vision is to be a catalyst in transforming the biopharmaceutical and healthcare communities to a fully electronic business environment by 2012. The Association’s members include Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genzyme, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis. For more information, visit www.safe-biopharma.org.

About SAIC

SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. With approximately 44,000 employees in more than 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers’ mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.3 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2007.

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