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BDC Crosses Security Tipping Point with Trellia Mobile Policy Enforcement

Business Development Bank of Canada leverages mobile policy management solution from Trellia to securely enable Wi-Fi for mobile workers

Montreal, Canada: March 18, 2009 – Trellia Networks (www.trellia.com), a provider of Mobile Policy Management software, today announced that the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) deployed Trellia's solution to enable the secure use of Wi-Fi by its mobile workforce. Prior to deploying Trellia, bank policy required that Wi-Fi be disabled on end-user notebooks in order to avoid risks from eavesdropping, man-in-the-middle attacks or network bridging.

BDC is Canada's business development bank. From 100 offices across the country, BDC promotes entrepreneurship by providing highly tailored financing, venture capital and consulting services to entrepreneurs. BDC was named among Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

“Increased demand from our mobile workers forced us to consider how to allow Wi-Fi use. We needed a way to achieve two competing objectives: maintaining data security and giving end-users the flexibility to be more productive,” says BDC's Vice President, IT, Chantal Belzile. “Trellia's mobile policy enforcement solution enabled BDC to efficiently implement the policies required to achieve both objectives.”

“BDC's selection of Trellia to enable the secure use of Wi-Fi validates why many organizations require effective policy enforcement capability to cross a security tipping point,” said Giovanni Forte, President and CEO of Trellia. “Although wireless access is widespread, serious risks persist for organizations that handle sensitive customer data and need to comply with regulatory standards such as GLBA, PCI or HIPAA”.

BDC used Trellia's Mobile Policy Manager (MPM) to efficiently implement, automate and enforce policies to prioritize network selection, prevent network bridging, enforce the corporate VPN, manage proxy settings and disable administrator rights on all laptops.

To read the full case study visit www.trellia.com/BDC.

About Trellia
Trellia is a leading provider of Mobile Policy Management (MPM) solutions. The software enables organizations to achieve flexible, secure and cost-effective workforce mobility. Through Trellia's Mobile Policy Manager, IT can centrally manage, automate and enforce mobile policies. To learn how you can cut costs and eliminate security risks visit www.trellia.com.

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