The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted ERUCES U.S. patent #7,362,868 for its cryptographic "Hidden link method for storage and retrieval of encrypted data", as announced today by the innovative cryptographic key management provider for the enterprise, ERUCES. Including file encryption, database encryption, executable encryption, and anonymization, the patent covers ERUCES' Tricryption system for the protection of data in multiple forms.

President and CEO of ERUCES, Dr. Bassam Khulusi, commented: "This patent validates our innovation in cryptographic key management and, more importantly, the protections our system provides". "Our unique approach allows our customers more capabilities than any cryptographic point solutions, with better protections and fewer impacts. Being awarded this patent strengthens our business momentum and technical advantage in what is rapidly becoming the next security frontier."

"The speed and performance of ERUCES' system, as well as the wide variety of platforms supported, all stems from the idea of the hidden link. It's elegant in its simplicity and careful resource utilizations. The hidden link provides system separation which allows auditing and logging capabilities previously unheard of", declares Sr. Vice President of Software Development and primary software architect, Mr. Oggy Vasic.

Many of the major innovations that define ERUCES' Tricryption model, are encompassed by U.S. patent #7,362,868, including:

    * Logging and auditing associated with the hidden link key accesses
    * Database encryption including element level granularity and table-to-table relationship
    * Security Access Control Lists applied against encrypted keys
    * Decoupled authentication, authorization and encryption
    * Automated high-volume key management (3DES, AES)
    * The Hidden Link protections for end customer data without key disclosure

Vice President of Global Security Solutions & Sales, Jon-Michael C. Brook, explained: "ERUCES is changing data protection, focusing on the information's security versus the infrastructure defense prevalent in the rest of the industry".