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Arxan to Protect Entertainment Industry's Leading Advanced Content Security Solution
Thomson to Integrate Arxan's Technology Into Its NexGuard Suite
| Source: Arxan Technologies, Inc.
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 16, 2007 --NAB2007 -- Arxan Technologies, Inc., a leading
provider of security solutions designed to protect software applications,
today announced a deal aimed at further strengthening the battle against
piracy of digital media including films, videos, and television programs
during the production and post-production process.
Thomson (Euronext: 18453) (NYSE : TMS ) has decided to integrate Arxan's
software anti-tamper, anti-piracy technology into Thomson's NexGuard, its
digital rights and media management suite of tools specially tailored for
the professional entertainment environment. Thomson is the first group to
integrate this technology into its content security solutions.
The addition of Arxan technology fortifies the security of the NexGuard
protection suite, which already offers encryption-based access control,
watermarking, and forensic data solutions to manage and secure storage,
transfer, and viewing of digital content across multiple post-production,
production or content distribution facilities within a company and among
producers, agencies and other adjunct personnel. Arxan safeguards software
applications from unauthorized changes, reverse engineering and
code-lifting. Arxan provides durable security through its patented
Guard™ technology, which enables software applications to actively
prevent, detect, and react to piracy and tampering attacks. By associating
tamper resistant hardware, such as smart cards, and tamper resistant
software, NexGuard offers best-of-breed content protection for
entertainment professionals.
According to the Motion Picture Association of America, piracy and hacking
of digital movies and videos cost the industry more than $6 billion in lost
revenues and damage last year in the U.S. alone.
"Securing digital content starts from production and continues
through distribution," said Jean-Luc Moullet, vice president in charge
of Software & Technology Solutions, the Thomson business unit overseeing
the Group's content security activities. "Thomson's NexGuard solution has
been adopted by leading media companies to prevent valuable content
from being pirated. Thanks to our partnership with Arxan, NexGuard relies
upon best-of-breed anti-tamper and anti-hacking technologies. These
technologies help our customers ward off new and emerging threats, in
a manner which is both extremely user friendly and without impact
on application performance."
"The entertainment industry continues to embrace digital formats, from
media processing to end-point distribution, to reduce costs and speed
time-to-market. As the statistics bear out, however, media piracy is a
large and growing problem," said Mike Dager, CEO and chairman for Arxan
Technologies, Inc. "We are excited to expand our footprint in the digital
media space and help address this critical issue by partnering with
Thomson, the leader in technology solutions for the media and entertainment
business."
About Arxan Technologies Inc.
Arxan Technologies Inc. (www.arxan.com) protects intellectual property from
software piracy, tampering, reverse engineering and any manner of theft. We
take software security beyond static obfuscation and encryption to
dynamically defend, detect and react against application attacks. Arxan
supports the full gamut of anti-tamper and robustness needs, from
commercial anti-piracy to military grade assurance. Commercial businesses
rely on Arxan to fortify software, license management and DRM applications
from the billions of dollars lost to unauthorized use. The US department
of defense and its contractors rely on Arxan Defense Systems, a subsidiary
of Arxan Technologies, to deliver best of breed anti-tamper solutions to
protect critical program information in military technology. Founded in
2001, Arxan Technologies has offices in Bethesda, Md., San Francisco,
Calif., and West Lafayette, Ind.