Wkit Security signs contract with The Government Of Dubai

12/6/2000 8:40 AM EST

The Government of Dubai has, through an intensive business competition, chosen Wkit Security AB to be their data security provider for Dubai Internet City (DIC). DIC is the world's first free- trade zone specifically for IT companies, and it is owned by T

A task force team of some of Wkit Security's most capable security analysts has been working under strict secrecy and direct supervision of representatives from the DIC to prove their superior skills in the data security area. The task throughout this aut


"Wkit has proven themselves most competent in the field of data security, during this assignment. It is of great importance that we can provide supreme security to all IT companies within the free-trade zone of DIC", says Ahmad Bin Byat, CEO at Dubai Inte

The main purpose of this first agreement is for Dubai Internet City to evaluate Wkit's ability to work in the cultural and socially different environment that UAE provides. The information from this first assignment is going to serve as the basis for futu

Wkit security analysts are going to work both on location in Dubai and via the Internet from Wkit Headquarters in western Sweden. Wkit's Security Services' core competence is the performance of external security audits via the Internet, combined with inte

"Dubai Internet City (DIC), is the single most important investment in communication technology that The Government Of Dubai has done in this region, and we plan to be the Middle East answer to Silicon Valley in California", Says Ahmad Bin Byat, CEO of DI

"We have built a taskforce especially for this United Arab Emirate (UAE) and Middle East operation," said Lars Olov Guttke, CEO of Wkit Security. "Now we need to intensify our search for security analysts to meet the fast growing demand of our other growi

"This breakthrough in the relatively unexplored data security
market that the Middle East represents is now accomplished," continued
Guttke. "Strategically, this is a most important contract for our
Security Services department, and the forecast for our United Arab
Emirate operation is extremely favorable."

Wkit Security AB has seen rapidly increasing interest in network security
among company- and organization leaders during the past six moths. Wkit
Security is therefore in a hiring mode.

"This is the second major contract that Wkit has received within the
last three months, and it is right on schedule," summarized Guttke.
"After a major reconstruction of our services, our focus is now to reach
strategic customers such as governments and global enterprises. We expect
the market to see an increasing number of new Wkit Security contracts
over the next six months."

About Dubai Internet City (DIC)
Dubai Internet City is being created to serve as a business hub for
New Economy enterprises. The multi billion mission is "To create the
infrastructure, environment and attitude that will enable New Economy
enterprises to operate locally, regionally and globally out of Dubai with
significant competitive advantages." It is also the world's first free
trade zone for IT, e-business and media. The technical infrastructure
at Dubai Internet City is being designed to world-class standards of
capacity, reliability, costs and service levels. Businesses in Dubai
Internet City can look forward to a high bandwidth, low cost
state-of-the-art telecom infrastructure with redundant connections to
Internet primary backbone providers. The hub that DIC wants to be is
also obtained by the physical fact that its situated in one of the worlds
most populated area. A one-hour of flight from Dubai Airport gives you
access to more than 25 percent of the world population.
The Government of Dubai is investing a substantial amount of money in
the countries IT development and today the leaders are determined that
the Government Of Dubai is going to be the first 100 percent IT
compatible Government in the world.

Read more about DIC at www.dubaiinternetcity.com

About Wkit Security
Wkit provides top-of-the-line data security related services and
products to companies who demand high-level security for their work.
It is organized in two divisions. The Services Division carries out
security analyses of customers' internal and external data communications.
The division also offers training and consulting in the field of security.
The Product Division develops security-related software such as the Don't
Bother Burn (DBB) copy protection software for CD-ROMs and the WOCS
software application that can retrieve deleted files from crashed hard
drives. Wkit Security AB is situated in Håverud in Sweden. Wkit is a
wholly owned subsidiary to the listed Effnet Group AB. Wkit is responsible
for security within the group.

Read more about Wkit Security at www.wkit.com.

About Effnet
Effnet innovates and licenses award-winning key technologies that resolve
data speed, efficiency and security challenges in Internet Protocol (IP)
networking and IT security. Effnet's modular IP packet processing
technology -- the EffnetEdge Toolkit -- as well as its complete
firewall and router technology for hardware manufacturers, enable optimized
performance. With more than 75 employees, the company operates in
Stockholm, Luleå and Håverud, Sweden, and in Silicon Valley, California.
Effnet Group AB shares are traded on Sweden's Nya Marknaden (symbol: EFFN).

Read more about Effnet at www.effnet.com.

For more information, please contact:

Lars Olov Guttke Jonas Strömberg
Chief Executive Officer Information Manager
Wkit Security AB Wkit Security AB
Tel: 0530-44460 Tel. 070-26 10 564


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