Arcot Systems Announces Availability of Complete Digital Identity Authentication Suite at DIA 41st Annual Meeting

Arcot Offering Most Comprehensive Solution Available Today in Support of SAFE Requirements for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Sunnyvale, CA -- June 27, 2005 — Arcot Systems, Inc. (Arcot) a leading provider of online authentication and identity management solutions, announced the availability of its Identity Management Suite in support of the SAFE (Secure Access for Everyone) requirements for the biopharmaceutical industry at the DIA 41st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. (June 26-30, 2005). Arcot is showcasing its solution along with other partners at the SAFE booth #1857 at the DIA event.

Arcot's software suite provides a complete solution for managing digital identities – the registration platform to issue digital identity credentials, the user client environment to support authentication and digital signature creation and the platform to validate credentials and verify digital signatures. The company's solutions are flexible with multi-application environments and highly compatible within the SAFE technical trust infrastructure. Arcot's SAFE-ready suite encompasses the following products:

RegFort: A registration system that supports the full credential life cycle including the self-service issuance of digital credentials and the loading of certificates on smartcards

Universal Client: Desktop software that provides the SAFE-compliant uniform interface for the loading and updating of certificates on smartcards. The product also enables digital signatures and validation and support for a variety of applications and credentials such as the ArcotID virtual software smart card (for software-based two factor authentication)

TrustFort: A credential verification system that verifies credentials and digital signatures in compliance with SAFE standards

Arcot has a long history of working with the pharmaceutical industry and SAFE, contributing to the SAFE Technical Proof of Concept (TPOC) solution in collaboration with other vendors.

“Arcot's involvement in helping to make SAFE a reality demonstrates our strong commitment to serving the rigorous Identity Management needs of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, said R. ‘Doc' Vaidhyanathan, Vice President of Product Marketing and Corporate Development for Arcot. “Our authentication and digital signing solutions have enabled leading companies in these highly regulated industries to streamline their internet operations while increasing their overall level of efficiency and security.”

Mr. Vaidhyanathan continued, “Arcot is already a major player in the online identity management and authentication space in the e-payments world. We are now leveraging that expertise and our patented technologies to enable pharmaceutical companies to deploy identity management solutions that meet regulatory requirements and improve operational efficiencies. We see this trend continuing in banking and other industries seeking to increase online functionality while mitigating security risks.”

About SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone)
SAFE-BioPharma Association is a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations (EFPIA). SAFE-BioPharma is funded and led by leading biopharmaceutical companies with input and collaboration from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMEA).

The mission of SAFE-BioPharma Association is to deliver the standard that enables electronic identity credentials for legally enforceable and regulatory compliant electronic signatures across the global biopharmaceutical environment.

SAFE-BioPharma member companies include Abbott Labs, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer Inc., Procter & Gamble, Sanofi-Aventis, INC Research and Tap Pharmaceuticals. For more information, visit www.safe-biopharma.org.