Protegrity Announces Data-Privacy Solution for Microsoft Commerce Server 2000

Business Wire, April 5, 2001

Business Editors

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001

Protegrity Provides Advanced Data Privacy and Security Capabilities

for E-Business Enterprises

Protegrity, Inc., the leading provider of solutions that protect Franchise Data(TM), announced today availability of the Protegrity Secure.Data(TM) database privacy solution for customers utilizing Microsoft(R) Commerce Server 2000, the e-business platform for quickly building scalable, personalized business-to-consumer and business-to-business solutions.

As part of the Commerce Server 2000 ISV Partner Program, Protegrity has released a Secure.Data solution for Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2000, the enterprise database foundation for Commerce Server 2000.

Secure.Data is the only data privacy system that automates encryption-based protection and role-based access controls for confidential data within databases. With Secure.Data, organizations can granularly protect the privacy and integrity of sensitive data such as customer or account information at the data-item level. Secure.Data's unique multi-functional security capabilities allow businesses to manage organization-wide privacy rules and to achieve compliance with privacy and security standards and legal requirements. Together, Protegrity's Secure.Data and Commerce Server 2000 enable organizations to cost-effectively manage the privacy and security measures for information at the core of their online retail sites and e-marketplace applications.

"E-businesses that can track users, understand behavior patterns and extend Web-based customer communications have obvious advantages," said Peter Nilsson, senior vice president and CIO of Protegrity. "But in these environments, ensuring customers' confidentiality and maintaining the security of valuable information are absolute imperatives."

"Protegrity's Secure.Data solution combined with Commerce Server 2000 provides the most secure environment to support today's agile e-businesses," said Mike Risse, general manager, .NET Developer Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp. "The extensibility model of Commerce Server supports seamless integration of best-of-breed solutions like Secure.Data."

Protegrity's Secure.Data database-privacy system actively protects information within databases through a unique process that secures data at the storage level. Secure.Data automates encryption for sensitive data in selected columns of corporate databases to protect valuable information from misuse, theft or destruction. Secure.Data also provides a unique form of access control that allows users to work with protected data according to the user's needs and roles within an organization. The Protegrity solution operates in distributed environments and across the leading platforms and relational databases, including Web- and Internet-enabled database applications.

Commerce Server 2000 customers interested in learning more about Protegrity's Secure.Data solution should contact Protegrity at 1.888.PROTEGRITY (888.776.8347). For more information about Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, visit http://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver. For more information about Microsoft SQL Server 2000, visit http://www.microsoft.com/sql/.> About Protegrity, Inc.

Protegrity provides unique information-privacy solutions that protect Franchise Data. The company's security products and services enable clients to selectively target sensitive information within databases and protect it from internal or external threats. Protegrity is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with sales, development and support centers throughout the U.S. and Europe. More information about the company is available at www.protegrity.com.

Franchise Data and Secure.Data are trademarks of Protegrity, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies.