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EADS Cross-Certifies with CertiPath’s PKI Bridge

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September 16, 2008

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Proven Ability to Meet Highest Standards for Identity Assurance Delivers
Access and Efficiency

HERNDON, Va. and TOULOUSE, France, Sept. 16th /PRNewswire/ — EADS
today became the first European-based aerospace and defense (A&D) company
to become cross-certified with the CertiPath PKI Bridge, giving the global
giant new ability to directly link with partners and customers who are also
members of the trust community created by CertiPath.

The announcement comes after 12 months of extensive policy, procedure
and infrastructure development by EADS. By demonstrating its commitment to
meeting standards for the highest levels of identity assurance, EADS joins
the CertiPath community, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop Grumman and
Raytheon, who can now transact business with one another and government
agencies in the U.S. federal government.

“This is a major milestone for us, as we continue to expand the global
network in which we do business,” said Philippe Laflandre, Head of the
Secure Information Management program at EADS. “With the
cross-certification, we can now share information critical to getting our
work done — around the world, with partners and customers — with
significantly diminished risk of fraud and loss.”

As a member of the CertiPath community, employees of EADS, the parent
of Airbus, can now use their digital credentials outside of their internal
systems. The cross-certified credentials eliminate the need for EADS
employees to have multiple digital credentials, reducing costs and risks to
the company. As a result, EADS gains access to several cutting-edge U.S.
and U.K. government programs that accept company-issued credentials for
sending and receiving secured email as well as accessing government-owned
web-based applications and websites.

“EADS has massive interests across both defense and commercial aviation
and these are the exact industries where CertiPath enables secure identity
management,” said Jeff Nigriny, president and COO of CertiPath. “We are
exceptionally pleased to have this leading A&D organization join the
CertiPath security trust fabric.”

CertiPath is the A&D industry’s de facto standard for PKI policy and
verification of adherence to stringent requirements for medium- and
high-assurance certification for identity assurance. Using trusted digital
signatures, it secures document and e-mail exchanges and any transactions
requiring a high assurance of someone’s identity, enabling industry and
government-wide single sign-on and secure collaboration.

About CertiPath

CertiPath is a partnership of ARINC, Exostar and SITA, dedicated to
providing the A&D industry with a trusted mechanism to use digital (PKI)
credentials globally. CertiPath directly links commercial enterprises with
one another and more than 500,000 colleagues at key government agencies,
including the Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury and State.

CertiPath enables secure trusted identity assurance between
organizations, partners, and customers through the first commercially
managed Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-based bridging mechanism. Initially
designed for the international aerospace and defense community, the
CertiPath PKI Bridge enables the transfer of secured and authenticated data
globally between participating companies and domestic and foreign
government agencies. This shared trust network drives down the cost of
using PKI globally, as well as the cost associated with maintaining secured
customer and supplier relationships on a one-on-one basis. For more
information visit: http://www.certipath.com.

SOURCE CertiPath

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