COCC TO OFFER SIGABA’S SECURE EMAIL SOLUTION TO COMMUNITY BANKS

AVON, Conn. JUNE 29, 2004 — COCC, the leading provider of next generation technology services for community banks, has partnered with Secure Data in Motion Inc., dba Sigaba, to deliver secure email services to community banks in the Northeastern United States. The Sigaba solution further strengthens COCC’s suite of secure networking and communication products built especially for community banks.

“Sigaba is an important addition to our suite of network management products,” said Joseph D. Lockwood, COCC’s chief technology officer. “With Sigaba’s secure email solution, COCC becomes the only data processor in the country to offer a comprehensive solution for community banks’ internal and external communication needs.”

Lockwood explained that Sigaba Secure Email is based on open standards — a critical criterion for inclusion in COCC’s technology platform. COCC has made a name for itself by migrating all of its clients to an open core processing system last year and demonstrating tangible client benefits from the move. Lockwood added that Sigaba’s scalability, robust policy enablement, easy deployment, and simplicity for users were key to the partnership.

Sigaba is currently in use at Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, government, healthcare and corporate sectors, making it a well-known and well-respected security product. COCC will install Sigaba as a service bureau solution at an attractive price and with functionality designed to meet the unique needs of community banks.

Email security concerns have become a primary focus of bank regulatory agencies, particularly as SPAM and viruses have attacked an increasing number of home and business computers. Regulations such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act are pressing banks to protect the confidentiality of customer information, secure infrastructure elements, and support Homeland Security initiatives.

“The COCC-Sigaba solution will encrypt email messages so that only the intended recipients can read them,” said Brent Biernat, COCC’s managing officer for network services. “No additional software is required for either the sender or the receiver. The solution also compares the content of all outbound emails with bank rules to ensure that client information is always encrypted. COCC’s custom reporting package will identify which emails were encrypted, quarantined or blocked. This will assist banks during their regulatory examinations.”

Current user, Lorraine DeToro, senior systems administrator at $2.1 billion Liberty Bank of Middletown, Conn. said, “Sigaba enables us to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. The secure email package protects our customers without the inconvenience of additional software on their PCs.”

The Sigaba solution complements COCC’s secure Internet access and office productivity solutions, which the company actively markets to community banks throughout the Northeastern US. Combined with COCC’s network configuration, installation and support services, the company offers the only end-to-end network and communication service allied with a financial data processing center.

Robert Cook, CEO of Sigaba, said: “We are delighted to have been chosen by COCC to assist their clients in securing email messages to their customers. We are excited by COCC’s reputation for service excellence and look forward to delivering complete and integrated solutions that solve customer issues.”