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Press Release: PGP Corporation Board Member Rhonda MacLean Awarded First-Ever “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Executive Women’s Forum

San Francisco, CA / 30 September 2009 – PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced that Rhonda MacLean, a member of the company’s Board of Directors, was awarded the first “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Executive Women’s Forum. The Award was presented to Ms. MacLean at the Forum’s 7th Annual meeting in Scottsdale, AZ on September 24, 2009.

“Rhonda’s passion, dedication and leadership over the years has been a driving force in the evolution and innovation of the security and financial services industries,” said Denise Hayman, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Marketing, at PGP Corporation. Phillip Dunkelberger, president and CEO, also praised Rhonda’s contributions. “We offer our congratulations to Rhonda on this prestigious award and look forward to her partnership in helping PGP Corporation continue its market leadership.”

Made up of the nation’s most influential female executives in information security, privacy and risk management industries, the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF) offers women opportunities to increase their contacts, access new resources, inspire peers and advance careers. Additionally, in 2003, the Executive Women's Forum named Ms. MacLean one of five “Women of Vision” shaping the information security industry.

As well as her position on PGP Corporation’s Board of Directors, Ms. MacLean is the CEO of MacLean Risk Partners where she advises global enterprises on security policies and procedures, information risk management, security technology implementations, cyber investigations and general information security awareness. Prior to establishing MacLean Risk Partners, she was the Global Chief Information Security Officer for the Barclays, PLC, Global Retail and Commercial Bank. At Barclays, she was responsible for the company’s global security technology and risk management services and initiatives. Previously, Ms. MacLean was the global leader of Bank of America’s Corporate Information Protection Group for over a decade. MacLean was appointed the first chairperson of the U.S. Treasury Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security.

About the Executive Women’s Forum
Founded in 2002, the Executive Women’s Forum is a global network of intelligent and influential women who are encouraged to build strong networks and lasting relationships, who have access to empowering resources and who are inspired by each other to achieve their professional goals and personal dreams. Our members represent Fortune 100 to 1000 companies and include chief information security officers, chief privacy officers, chief information officers and heads of compliance, governance, IT risk and IT audit.

About PGP Corporation
PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software for enterprise data protection. Based on a unified key management and policy infrastructure, the PGP® Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP® platform-enabled applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and backups.

PGP® solutions are used by more than 80,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 95 percent of the Fortune® 100, 75 percent of the Fortune® Global 100, 87 percent of the German DAX Index, and 51 percent of the U.K. FTSE 100 Index. As a result, PGP Corporation has earned a global reputation for innovative, standards-based, and trusted solutions. PGP solutions help protect confidential information, secure customer data, achieve regulatory and audit compliance, and safeguard companies’ brands and reputations. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com

Media & Analyst Contacts for PGP Corporation:
North America:
Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com

United Kingdom:
Jacqui Depares / Richard Scarlett
Johnson King
+44 (0) 20 7401 7968
pgpteam@johnsonking.co.uk

Germany:
Ingrid Daschner
Johnson King
+49 (0) 89 8940 8511
ingridd@johnsonking.de

Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including statements regarding the availability, plans, delivery, goals, development, expected features, expected benefits and competitive position of PGP products implementing or leveraging the PGP technologies. All references made to product feature enhancements, improvements in Platform support or additional functionality are subject to change at PGP Corporation’s sole discretion. All future descriptions of PGP technology and products are subject to availability only if PGP Corporation decides to build them and when PGP Corporation decides to make them commercially available. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that PGP Corporation faces that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with any unforeseen technical difficulties or software errors related to the final development and launch of any of PGP Corporation’s products; any technological, regulatory, or standards changes in the security, encryption and authentications market which could make PGP Corporation’s products less competitive or require feature changes in these products; any slowdown in the adoption by businesses of encryption suites, secure email, Internet technologies or related standard. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and PGP Corporation does not assume any obligation to update such statements nor the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in such statements.

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Media Contacts

North America
Lauren Ames
PGP Corporation
+1 650 543 3678
pr@pgp.com

Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com

Germany
Ingrid Daschner
Johnson King
+49 (0) 89 8940 8511
ingridd@johnsonking.de

Japan
Miho Mochizuki
gram3 Inc.
+81 3 6402 0303
pgp@gram3.co.jp

United Kingdom
Jacqui Depares
Johnson King
+44 (0)20 7401 7968
jacquid@johnsonking.co.uk