L@Wtrust Begins Reselling Entrust® SSL Certificates in South Africa
New relationship to help catapult Entrust SSL Certificate business in the region
27 Apr 2006
DALLAS – When it comes to securing the little yellow lock on a website, there may be several vendor choices out there, but Lawyer Access Web (pty) Ltd. (L@Wtrust) chose to begin reselling Entrust® SSL certificates from Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU] to its regional market of South Africa. L@Wtrust cited the strong value, verification process and trusted security as their reasons for the selection.
“Our customers cannot compromise on two things. First, they need secure communications with their site that gives their customers the confidence to do business online with them,” said Christi Peens, Managing Director L@Wtrust. “Secondly, they don’t want to spend more money than they need to. With the Entrust SSL certificate portfolio, we’re able to address both needs for our customers and give them the added assurance of working with a locally trusted security company.”
"We’re seeing more and more companies realize they can demand more from their SSL certificate services,” said Entrust Senior Vice President Kevin Simzer. “Companies need to understand that SSL certificates should give them a strong verification process along with a flexible management tool - the kind of flexibility that addresses your company's SSL requirements, not the other way around. Our customer service and account focus has resulted in 97 percent of our SSL customers renewing annually. Not only do they continue to renew with us, they grow with us. If SSL customers are not getting this level of service, then they could be doing better.”
Entrust was the first certificate authority (CA) in the world to earn the WebTrust for Certificate Authorities (CAs) Seal of Assurance from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). A WebTrust Seal symbolizes to potential relying parties that a qualified practitioner has evaluated the CA’s business practices and controls to determine whether they are in conformity with the AICPA/CICA WebTrust for Certification Authorities’ principles and criteria.
“Entrust is delighted to be working in close association with an organization of the caliber of L@Wtrust of South Africa, where this high level of customer service will be delivered locally into the South African marketplace,” added Simzer.
About L@Wtrust
Lawyers Access Web (L@W) is a specialist application service provider supplying a simple, cost efficient means of managing a process workflow over the internet along with the delivery of data and documents, via a stable and secure platform. Lawyers Access Web was founded 10 years ago and initially focused purely on the legal profession, but this has extended to other professional groups and business.
L@Wtrust – a subsidiary of L@W – is an independent company specialising in Trusted Third Party Services and application security. It was established to meet the growing demand for digital identity, strong authentication and reliable, confidential email messaging. L@Wtrust ensures that sensitive information, such as that relied on in litigation, mergers and acquisitions or financial matters, can be quickly and safely sent or worked upon via the Internet. L@Wtrust satisfies the business needs of positive identity in transactions, privacy, non-repudiation and proof of delivery. For more information please visit http://www.lawtrust.co.za
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to a new reseller of Entrust certificate services and the expected benefits of the relationship with that new reseller, and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays or failure to integrate the purchase processes of the reseller with the Entrust Certificate Service fulfillment capabilities, difficulties in training the sales and marketing personnel of the new reseller, competitive pressures, market acceptance of the services, changes in customer requirements, governmental regulations, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Entrust’s periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation Entrust's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Entrust cautions investors that it might not update any or all of the foregoing forward-looking statements.