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GuardTime to Provide Partner Integration with Authentify with Tamper-evident Fil e SigningTechnology to add High Assurance to Audit and

Log Files Extending e-signatures to strengthen the validity of audit trail data and log fi les contributes to thwarting insider threat and cybercrimes. Singapore Chicago, IL, Tuesday - August 09, 2011 -- GuardTime ( http://www.gua rdtime.com ), creator of the patented Keyless Signature technologyprovidingindis putable proof of time, origin, and dataintegrity for electronic information, tod ay announced that its Keyless Signatures will be adopted by Authentify, the lead er in telephone-based, multi-factor authentication services. Authentify will use GuardTimes Keyless Signaturesto electronically sign the data logs thereby develo ping a provable audit trail derived from their customers authentication transacti ons. Using GuardTimes Keyless Signatures ( http://www.guardtime.com ) to sign all of t he archived log files generated by Authentifys authentication process provides Au thentify customers with undeniable proof of authenticity and integrity of the pr ocess and its data. Having audit-ready, independently-verifiable log files solve s a variety of compliance issues and a host of potentially business-damaging dis putes. To-date, affixing digital signatures to log files had not been a widely-adopted practice, but GuardTimes Keyless Signature technology ( http://www.guardtime.com ) proves three things that make it attractive:1) the exact time that the data wa s signed; 2) proof that the data has not been changed or tampered with since the time it was signed; and 3) who or what entity originally signed the data. "Now a businesscan provide a mathematically-provable audit trail for all of its electronic files, documents or data," said Mike Gault, GuardTime CEO. "Fraud by manipulating data or a persons signature becomes harder to conduct and insider at tacks become nearly impossible to hide. An organizations most valuable digital as sets are assured with provable integrity and compliance with Sarbannes Oxley and other regulations becomes automatic." The announcement follows a string of similar partner integration deals that incl ude such companies as Japans Brother Industries, web-hosting provider Joyent, who se customers include Twitter and LinkedIn, and cloud-based data collaboration an d storage service Ftopia. About Authentify: Authentify, Inc. is the leading provider of global telephone-based, out-of-band authentication services. These multi-factor authentication (MFA) services enable organizations that need strong security to quickly and cost-effectively add 2-f actor (2FA) or 3-factor authentication layers to user logon, transaction verific ations or critical changes such as adding a payee to an e-pay or wire account. T he company s patented technology employs a service oriented message architecture and XML API to seamlessly integrate into existing security processes. Many of the most familiar names on the Internet, including five of the world s t op 10 banks, the Internet s largest e-commerce site, the largest online auction and commerce site, the leading p2P e-payment firm and many others use Authentify . For more information, visit Authentify at: http://www.authentify.com About GuardTime: A Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Wi nner, GuardTime was founded with the goal of solving one of the biggest problems in computing: trust. GuardTimes Keyless Signatures provide proof of data integri ty, signing authority, and time. The verification of the signature can be done o ffline without the reliance on keys, secrets, or the existence of a trusted thir d party. GuardTimes mission is to change the world to one where keyless signature

s are ubiquitous and a natural part of the everyday data lifecycle, whether on d isk, in transit, or in the cloud.Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more informa tion about using Keyless Signatures for signing your data. GuardTime PR Contact Victor Cruz, MediaPR +1 978.594.4134 vcruz@mediapr.net Authentify PR Contact: John Zurawski, Vice President +1 773.243.0328 john.zurawski@authentify.com Press & Media Contact: Victor Cruz MediaPR.net Inc Singapore +1 978-594-4134 vcruz@mediapr.net http://www.guardtime.com

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