DES Announces Support For Vista

Published 15th February 2007

DESlock+ Version 3.2.5 now supports Windows Vista (32 bit)...

Taunton, UK—13th February 2007—Data Encryption Systems Limited (DES), the UK-based leader in software copyright protection, data encryption, secure messaging and data storage solutions, is pleased to announce the latest version of DESlock+, the organisation’s flagship product. DESlock+ Version 3.2.5 not only incorporates added support for Windows Vista but also has enhanced support functionality for Outlook 2007.

Windows Vista is the latest release of Microsoft Windows. It is a major re-working of Windows that makes changes, among other things, to the way the operating system looks and how it handles networking and sound. On 30th January 2007, it was released worldwide to the general public and DES has swiftly followed this announcement and declared its support for Vista.

David Tomlinson, managing director, DES comments: “Microsoft’s primary stated objective with Vista has been to improve the state of security in the Windows operating systems. One of the most common criticisms of Windows XP has been its security vulnerabilities and susceptibility to malware and viruses. Vista now provides drive encryption and this paired with DESlock+ data encryption capabilities creates an incredibly attractive and secure offering.”

Other changes incorporated into this latest version of DESlock+ include the addition of a version check and automatic updater as well as support for the new DESlock+ hardware token. Improvements have also been made to the DESLock+ Archiver and the speed of offline folder synching.

Since its introduction DESlock+ has appealed to a broad section of the market and as a result has taken DES into a much wider arena. DESlock+ helps organisations to protect against ‘insider threat’ by offering simple, yet extremely powerful, encryption of documents, folders, disks and removable storage media, and computer systems. Today, DES has a wide spread user base and the potential for the product is enormous.

DES has ambitious plans to extend its international reach and the company has just announced that it has entered into a new relationship with Shackleton Ventures Limited, a secondaries venture capital firm who specialise in direct secondary venture capital funding. The Shackleton Secondaries LP fund (SSLP) purchased DES shares from 3i Group plc on 9th February 2007.