Entrust selected from pool of more than 850 nominations from 600 organizations

DALLAS, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entrust, Inc. , and the proven risk-based authentication solution is a finalist in the "Best Security Solution" category in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 24th Annual CODiE Awards.

"The competition is particularly steep this year during the 24th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards, making selection as a CODiE finalist a real achievement," said SIIA President Ken Wasch. "All the companies on this year's list of CODiE finalists should feel justifiably proud of their accomplishment in making it to this stage, and have much excitement to look forward to regarding the upcoming CODiE Awards voting."

Recognizing that different transactions carry varying levels of risk, Entrust's risk-based authentication solution enables organizations to increase the strength of authentication based on the real-time risk of customer behavior, rather than forcing all users to authenticate based on a static policy.

"The third-party validation from SIIA, not to mention their coveted CODiE Award, is further evidence of the value and importance of risk-based authentication," said Entrust President and CEO Bill Conner. "Entrust is proud to have been selected as a finalist for the CODiE, which identifies organizations that strive for outstanding achievement in technology and understand the importance of digital information."

Entrust was selected as a CODiE finalist from more than 850 nominations submitted by some 600 companies. Through a unique combination of journalist and expert peer review, the CODiE Awards recognize 71 categories of outstanding products and services. The 2009 CODiE Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 5, 2009, at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Calif.

Entrust's risk-based authentication platform includes Entrust IdentityGuard and Entrust Authority PKI for authentication; Entrust TransactionGuard for real-time fraud monitoring; and the Open Fraud Intelligence Network for fraud data sharing. Entrust is also a trusted SSL certificate vendor and provides extended validation (EV) SSL certificates to enable users to clearly recognize fraudulent Web sites via obvious, easy-to-use trust indicators.

Based in Washington D.C., the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection for more than 500 leading software and information companies. As a leader in the government affairs arena, SIIA supports enactment of effective domestic and foreign intellectual property laws that protect the rights of intellectual property owners and allow for effective enforcement of those rights.

About Entrust

Entrust [NASDAQ: ENTU] secures digital identities and information for consumers, enterprises and governments in more than 2,000 organizations spanning 60 countries. Leveraging a layered security approach to address growing risks, Entrust solutions help secure the most common digital identity and information protection pain points in an organization. These include SSL, authentication, fraud detection, shared data protection and e-mail security. For information, call 888-690-2424, e-mail entrust@entrust.com or visit www.entrust.com.

Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Entrust, Inc. or Entrust Limited. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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