Press Release: St. Helens Council Selects PGP Solution to Secure Email Communications

Gateway Email Encryption Helps Comply with New Government Infrastructure Initiative to Protect the Privacy of Social Care Clients

Palo Alto, CA / 24 January, 2008 – PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced that St. Helens Council has selected PGP Universal™ Gateway Email to safeguard sensitive information in electronic communications and protect the privacy of social care clients. The PGP® solution allows the Council's Adult Social Care and Health department staff to automatically encrypt all emails carrying confidential information on client social care to external organizations and providers, reducing the risk of data leaks and complying with new UK standards regarding the transfer of electronic social care records. The ability to securely send referrals and care plans via email rather than fax or letter also means that arrangements for care can begin as quickly as possible, thus increasing the effectiveness of the service provided to clients.

St. Helens Council is the government services provider for one of the largest towns in the northwest of England, supplying a broad range of social care and health services to about 179,000 residents. It consists of the Adult Social Care & Health, People Services, Urban Regeneration, Environmental Protection, and the Chief Executive Departments. The Council was concerned about the internal management of sensitive client data and the safety of personal and social data being sent electronically to external health organizations and service providers. It required a solution that would fit into its existing network infrastructure, require minimal IT training and support, and ensure compliance with the Government Connect program, a new security initiative designed to create a common infrastructure for local authorities to share electronic client information across government departments and with each other.

"We've always taken the responsibility to protect client information very seriously, and the introduction of government data sharing regulations was a catalyst to further improve the way electronic data was transmitted," said Steve Sharples, information communications technology business manager for St. Helens Council. "It was also important that the new solution be deployed with minimal disruption and without requiring email recipients to install any additional software or change their computing environment."

St. Helens Council worked with Intellect Security, a PGP® Gold Partner, to set up a low-risk proof of concept with a limited number of users. After Intellect demonstrated interoperability with the Council's existing Lotus Notes Domino infrastructure, it rolled out PGP Universal Gateway Email to the entire Adult Social Care and Health department.

"Intellect Security took only a few days to deploy the full solution, and demonstrated a great deal of expertise in PGP solutions plus a very responsive attitude," adds Sharples. "We are particularly pleased that the technology is easy to use and virtually transparent to those involved. With the PGP solution deployed, we can now offer clients continually protected, fully secure communications, no matter where the data goes. In this way, we see this new capability as complementing the government's electronic agenda."

St. Helens Council anticipates that the use of secure email will grow and is now considering providing secure delivery of billing information using PGP® NetShare and extending email encryption to its Children and Young People's Services department. Because the Council has already invested in the PGP® Encryption Platform, the architecture automatically deployed with PGP Universal Gateway Email, the Council can easily add other PGP® encryption applications as new needs arise.

About PGP Universal Gateway Email
PGP Universal Gateway Email provides centrally managed, standards-based email encryption to secure email communication with customers and partners. Based on highly configurable encryption rules, emails are secured as they enter and leave the enterprise network. PGP Universal Gateway Email extends enterprise email polices to recipients without the need for special training or software

About Intellect Security Ltd.
Intellect Security is a specialist provider of solutions focused around the PGP Encryption Platform. Intellect Security has an unequalled pedigree in the provisioning of PGP®-based technologies to both large and small corporations in the U.K. and across Europe. The company has been closely involved with the evolution of PGP technology during the last 10 years and has developed several OpenPGP-based solutions for the automation of batch data encryption.

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, PDAs, 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 or +1 650 319 9000.

Media & analyst contact for PGP Corporation:
Christina Grenier
PGP Corporation
+1 650 543 3697
cgrenier@pgp.com

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

PGP and the PGP logo are registered trademarks of PGP Corporation. Product and brand names used in the document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any such trademarks or registered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.