Safelayer Announces New Advances in its Solutions for National and Cross-Border eID/e-Passport and e-Signature Recognition

BARCELONA, December 22 - Safelayer Secure Communications (www.safelayer.com)
- leader in developing technology for electronic identification, electronic
signatures and data encryption- announces new advances in its solutions for
the next generation of e-signatures, e-passports and citizen ID systems. The
company also highlights the expansion of its global partner network.

Safelayer is enhancing its solutions for national IDs and
first and second generation electronic passports (ICAO BAC and EAC
e-Passports), underlining its capacity to provide a complete set of the PKI
components required to deploy this type of critical infrastructure.
Governments in Europe and around the world regard citizen ID and electronic
identification as strategic. The new generation of standards, such as EAC 2.0
with which Safelayer is working, will provide the eIDs with the capability
for secure identification over the Internet, protection of personal data
using cryptographic privacy systems and effective Internet child protection,
as well as advanced electronic signatures.

Furthermore, Safelayer offers some of the most complete
solutions for identification and electronic signatures that stand out for
their superior effective interconnection and trust management capabilities in
the European and global arenas. According to Francisco Jordan, Safelayer's
CEO, "as well as being pioneers in research and innovation in security
technology and in compliance with the standards, our participation in
international forums, such as the BIG (Brussels Interoperability Group),
IDABC interoperability studies and ETSI Plugtests for e-Signatures, is
strategic for the continued advancement of our products. "In the same way,
BIG is used as a reference for cross-border e-identification with ICAO/EAC,"
Jordan adds, "we believe that IDABC and ETSI works will pave the way for
cross-border e-signature recognition, which is of key importance for the
successful building of the new global Information Society."

Safelayer, which received international recognition from the
Frost & Sullivan business research and consulting firm for its marketing
strategy leadership in public key infrastructure (PKI) systems, is focusing
on digital identification and certification projects and trust services for
public administration and CSPs (certification service providers) located in
different global markets. From its position of leadership, Safelayer also
foresees an increase in demand from the banking and insurance sectors and
from large corporations for both electronic authentication and data
protection. In line with this, Safelayer has established new commercial
agreements in the Italian and Polish markets, which consolidates its
distribution channel that comprises 21 VARs in countries including Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Portugal, France and Morocco.

About Safelayer

Safelayer, a company founded in 1999 in Barcelona (Spain), is
a leading developer of security and trust products for digital
identification, electronic signatures and data protection. Safelayer
solutions are to be found in large corporations and in the administration,
defense, banking and insurance, and health sectors. The highest security
certifications and quality that guarantee Safelayer solutions are the result
of strong investment in R & D and innovation, the exclusive adoption of
standards and strict interoperability control. Safelayer technology is based
on open standards and is characterized by its performance, simplicity and
flexibility, and by being endorsed by the Common Criteria EAL4+ security and
quality certification.

The KeyOne product family implements advanced public key
infrastructures (PKI) for managing digital certificates, certificate
validation and electronic time-stamping. The TrustedX trusted services
platform provides applications with information security mechanisms-for
electronic transactions and documents and web messaging-using a SOA
(services-oriented architecture) and XML approach.

References:

BIG - Brussels Interoperability Group - Technical working group working
under the authority of the Article 6 Committee of the European Commission

ETSI Plugtests for electronic signatures - XAdES & CAdES Interoperability
Tests - www.etsi.org/plugtests/XAdes2/html/XAdES2.htm

IDABC - European Federated Validation Service -
ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7764

Contact

Anna Castro - acastro@itcomunicacion.com - IT COMUNICACION -
Tel. +34-93-362-10-34

Contact: Anna Castro - acastro at itcomunicacion.com - IT COMUNICACION - Tel. +34-93-362-10-34