PC Guardians Encryption Plus Hard Disk 7.0 Now Government-Certified for Australia and New Zealand

The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), Australias national authority for information security certification, has certified California-based PC Guardian's Encryption Plus Hard Disk 7.0, enabling local government agencies to use EP Hard Disk to protect government data.

SAN RAFAEL, CA, USA (PRWEB) June 23, 2003 -- Today PC Guardian (www.pcguardian.com), developer of encryption software that protects data on enterprise PCs, announced that the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), Australias national authority for information security certification, has certified Encryption Plus Hard Disk 7.0, enabling local government agencies to use EP Hard Disk to protect government data.

The certification allows federal, state and local governments in Australia and New Zealand to use EP Hard Disk to protect data and prevent unauthorized access to government PCs," says Mr. Chris Joscelyne, Managing Director of Australian Projects Pty Limited, master distributor of PC Guardians data protection software products in Australia and New Zealand.

The DSD certification follows two months after the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), the U.S. government agency authorized to certify software, announced EP Hard Disk 7.0 was certified against the International Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation (known as the Common Criteria").

EP Hard Disk prevents any unauthorized person from gaining access to a PCs operating system, applications, and data. EP Hard Disk operates at the boot-sector level, which means the program will not allow the Windows operating system to start until the user properly authenticates him/herself. In addition, EP Hard Disk protects all data on the hard drive using the Advanced Encryption Algorithm (AES) and a 256-bit encryption key. Similar to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and several other countries, the Defence Signals Directorate has endorsed AES as the recommended algorithm for Australian government use.

PC Guardian Technologies, Inc. http://www.pcguardian.com), develops, markets, and sells data security products to businesses and governments around the globe. Headquartered in San Rafael, California, USA, PC Guardian also maintains a branch office in the United Kingdom. Worldwide, PC Guardians products are being used in more than 20 countries. Approximately 1 million licenses of Encryption Plus® software have been issued. For more information, visit http://www.pcguardian.com or call 800-288-8126 (415-459-0190).

Australian Projects Pty Limited (http://www.austprojects.com.au) has been appointed to promote and distribute PC Guardian products in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and other markets in the Asia Pacific region. Australian Projects has been a leading IT security provider in the Asia Pacific region since 1994, delivering solutions to end users via a network of professional resellers. For more information, contact Australian Projects Pty Limited at info@austprojects.com.au, or call 61 2 9652 2600.

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