Cipheroptics Partners with COMSEC to Bring Leading-Edge Encryption Solutions to Middle East Customers

Partnership Will Deliver Compliance-Grade™ Safe Passage Solutions to Financial Institutions, Energy Companies and Large Enterprises Throughout the Middle East and North Africa

Dubai, UAE and Raleigh, NC, USA, November 18, 2006 CipherOptics Inc., the leading innovator of Compliance-Grade network security solutions, today announces that it has entered into a Value-Added Distribution partnership with Communications Security International (Comsec), a provider of information security solutions and services to various market segments serving the Middle East region. Under the terms of the partnership, customers will benefit from CipherOptics' high-performance encryption appliances that remove the performance bottlenecks created by standard encryption solutions. In addition, customers will also benefit from CipherOptics recently announced CipherEngine, providing an industry-leading policy and key management solution which eliminates the management complexities of traditional router-based encryption solutions.

"Our customers, in financial services but also in the petrochemical and other industries, have to comply with an increasing amount of regulations," said Assad Haddad, Managing Director of Comsec. "CipherOptics provides the encryption appliances and data protection solutions which will assist customers with compliance. In addition, their Data Protection Partner Program provides us with the technical training and support, as well as the sales and marketing resources to ensure joint success."

With a focus on customers in the finance and energy markets, this partnership will provide customers with leading-edge data protection solutions which, together with their existing investments in perimeter security and identity management, will secure their high-value corporate data while traveling on todays high-performance IP and Ethernet networks.

"With a strong reputation and a large customer installed based as a testament to its focus on providing best of breed solutions and quality services, Comsec is a natural partner for CipherOptics," said Ron Willis, president and CEO of CipherOptics. "We look forward to working together to deliver comprehensive security solutions that solve the fundamental problems of scalable data protection for our customers in the Middle East market."

Comsec joins a growing list of innovative security solution providers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa who choose CipherOptics to address their customers requirements to secure their vital data when traveling on insecure Third Party networks. The rapid success of CipherOptics' partner program is a reflection of CipherOptics' dedication to both customer as well as partner satisfaction and acknowledgement that building partnerships with key distributors, resellers and system integrators is the best way to ensure customers have access to solutions that provide a safe passage for data in motion within their budgetary and manageability requirements.

For further information on how to become a CipherOptics Partner please visit www.cipheroptics.com.

About CipherOptics
CipherOptics is the leading innovator of Compliance-Grade network security solutions, providing transparent security overlays that solve the fundamental problems of scalable data protection. Trusted by the most security conscious enterprises, financial institutions and government agencies in the world, CipherOptics provides a Safe Passage for data in motion with the lowest installation, management and operational costs.
For more information: http://www.cipheroptics.com

About Comsec
Communication Security International (COMSEC) is an IT security company established in UAE since 1997. COMSEC main focus is to provide IT security solutions and services. COMSEC cooperates with a large number of partners throughout the Middle East region to design, implement and support integrated security solutions for large enterprise customers in various industries. This includes several market segments among which the financial sector is a very significant one. Today COMSEC enjoys a very strong reputation and a very significant customer reference list.
For more information: http://www.comsecintl.com