Edentify Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Securac
13 Juin 2006 - 6:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
Acquisition will create a cutting-edge enterprise solution to
address identity fraud and identity risk management BETHLEHEM, Pa.
and CALGARY, Alberta, June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Edentify
Inc. (OTC:EDFY) (BULLETIN BOARD: EDFY) , a leading provider of
identity management solutions, today announced it has signed a
letter of intent to acquire Securac Corp. (OTC:SECU) (BULLETIN
BOARD: SECU) , a leading global provider of enterprise governance,
risk, and compliance management software and services. The deal is
subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
The anticipated closing date of the transaction is July 31, 2006.
Securac will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Edentify, allowing
both companies to provide broader risk management solutions to
organizations. "The acquisition of Securac builds on our strategic
vision and is truly leading edge, by bringing identity fraud
detection and prevention and identity management to the operational
risk management level of an organization," says Terrence DeFranco,
Chief Executive Officer of Edentify Inc. "The combination of these
technologies and competencies will create new market opportunities
for each of our solutions, and will establish Edentify as a first
mover in this area of risk management. We have seen recently how
not just financial institutions, but organizations of all types are
saddled with the burden of managing the risk of who their
employees, customers, and vendors are, and our total solution will
assist in confronting their identity and risk management
challenges, and assure compliance with government regulations,
including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act." Securac provides enterprise
governance, risk, and compliance management software for the public
sector, financial institutions, and Global 2000 companies.
Securac's software platform, Acertus(TM), which is integrated into
the SAP NetWeaver core application platform, lets organizations
identify, measure, and manage information and physical risks, and
assess compliance with government regulations. Of 150 financial
compliance process management (FCPM) software vendors operating
worldwide, leading analyst firm Gartner Research ranked only 18
vendors, including Securac and its Acertus platform, in Gartner's
October 2005 'Financial Compliance Process Management' report. In
that report, Gartner projects new FCPM license spending will hit
$9.2 billion by 2008. Securac's customers include industry giants
Coca-Cola HBC, Cisco Systems, Research in Motion, and British
Airways, in addition to Fortune 500 channel partners SAP, IBM and
Deloitte and Touche. Securac recently reported record first quarter
revenues of over $600,000, up over 230 percent from the same period
last year. With this acquisition, Edentify will be able to offer
banks and financial institutions Securac's Acertus risk management
and compliance software, allowing risk managers to accurately
assess how their identity management complies with government
standards. Likewise, Securac will be able to offer Edentify's
identity theft prevention and fraud detection technology as a
module within the Acertus risk management platform, enabling
Fortune 1000 organizations to assess their exposure to identity
fraud and rapidly screen and validate the authenticity of employee,
customer, and vendor identities. "As an organization focused on
offering continual product improvements, R&D and enhanced
market and sales support to the risk assessment and compliance
management market, Securac is delighted to join forces with
Edentify to grow our professional service capabilities in
governance, risk management and compliance software," says Terry
Allen, Chief Executive Officer of Securac Corp. "Our award-winning
technology will now be made more robust by Edentify's identity
fraud management software, making Edentify a crucial piece to our
vision of defining the standard for operational compliance and
transparency." About Edentify Edentify, Inc. ('Edentify') was
formed in August 2004 with the objective of becoming the leading
organization in the field of developing and deploying data analysis
technology solutions for preventing identity theft and fraud. It is
currently a later development-stage company and expects shortly to
begin a period of growth. Edentify will seek to fulfill its goals
by analyzing the means by which identity crimes are perpetrated and
through the development of new technologies and procedures to
assist corporations, the government, and consumers in the fight
against identity fraud and related crime. Edentify owns the
intellectual property rights to two strategic approaches towards
the detection and prevention of identity fraud. One is a patented
information- based approach that analyzes identity data information
for individuals in large databases, and is capable of detecting and
scoring incidences of identity manipulation and potential theft
(Identity Quotient Index(TM)). Edentify will continue to market
this technology to the financial services industry, as well as to
large healthcare organizations and local, state, and federal
government agencies. The second approach, which is still under
development, is a biometric technology that will be marketed
through and is named after our wholly owned subsidiary, InMotion
Biometrics, Inc. ('IMB'). This novel set of algorithms combines
face and voice recognition techniques for authenticating the
identity of an individual. Additionally, the system is designed as
a multi-modal platform capable of combining the reading of two or
more biometric technologies simultaneously. Edentify is based in
Bethlehem, Pa. About Securac Securac is a leading global provider
of enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management
software and services for financial institutions, government
sector, and Global 2000 companies. The Company has developed risk
management and compliance solutions designed to enable
organizations to identify, measure, and manage information and
physical risks; and to assess their compliance with expanding
regulatory requirements and against 'best practices' standards.
Acertus(TM), Securac's integrated software platform, addresses
immediate, ongoing, and strategic GRC needs with a process-driven
approach that offers a clear roadmap to business performance and
operational risk management. In addition, Acertus(TM) also allows
its corporate users to determine compliance against national and
international business practice standards, including ISO17799,
BS7799, HIPAA, Privacy Acts, CT-PAT, Sarbanes- Oxley, and the Basel
Accord. Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer This press release may
contain forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the
safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Statements of future goals and similar statements
reflecting other than historical facts constitute forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of
risks and uncertainties, which are described in Edentify's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results may
differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such
risks and uncertainties. Edentify undertakes no obligation to
revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect
events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this
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