NEWSFLASH - 25 November 2009 -

CRYPTOCard appoints business development director to spearhead channel growth in EMEA

New senior role ‘reflects tremendous growth opportunity for CRYPTO-MAS
Password-as-a Service 2FA solution’

Bristol, UK, 25 November 2009: Leading global provider of advanced Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) solutions, CRYPTOCard, has announced the appointment of Lee Ealey-Newman as business development director as the company looks to expand its presence in the important EMEA market.

As part of this new role, Ealey-Newman will spearhead the development of a strong partner programme with systems integrators (SIs) across EMEA and beyond.  In addition, he will take on expanding sales management responsibility for CRYPTOCard’s CRYPTO-MAS managed service business in key regions including Germany and UAE.

Ealey-Newman, brings with him extensive security and managed service experience.  He joins CRYPTOCard from BT, where his most recent role was to design, construct and take to market a multi-million pound hosted email security solution.  Previously he spent nearly six years with EMC subsidiary, RSA where he set up and grew its SI business in EMEA.

“Cloud-based services are proving increasingly successful in delivering the benefits of advanced technology to businesses of all sizes,” says Ealey-Newman.  “In particular, with its CRYPTO-MAS Password-as-a-Service solution CRYPTOCard has shown dynamic innovation and leadership, as the first company to bring strong authentication within reach of SMEs.”

For CRYPTOCard CEO, Neil Hollister, the new appointment comes at an important time for the company. 

“As our recently-announced aggressive swap-out campaign shows, we are providing partners with powerful new weapons to encourage users to switch to our cloud-based alternative,” he says.

“Lee has the ideal level of channel and industry expertise to support our drive to take full advantage of this exciting managed service opportunity.”
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Notes to Editors:

CRYPTOCard: 20 years of technical achievements have won CRYPTOCard the trust of thousands of organisations in over 70 countries.  CRYPTOCard’s Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) solutions reduce the risks associated with remote access and web-based processes through strong password security and increase compliance, at a price all businesses can afford.    With the best token technology in the industry coupled with the lowest total cost of ownership, CRYPTOCard offers unsurpassed value in solutions for positively identifying individuals through password security, before giving them access to applications, data and networks.  The only company to offer authentication in server-based, managed service and build-it-yourself options, CRYPTOCard provides the most flexible solutions on the market for matching customers’ password security policies  CRYPTOCard technology meets the needs of a wide range of markets, from banking and insurance, though to central and local government.

For more information please visit www.cryptocard.com

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