Lithuania's Public Sector chooses E-Lock ProSigner for e-document exchange

Lithuania's Information Society Development Committee (IVPK) was responsible for the project. E-Lock's partner in Lithuania - Santa Monica Networks - was instrumental and played a key role in liaising with IVPK, participating in a public tender and eventually delivering the E-Lock solution to public sector institutions via IVPK.

The first phase of the project commenced in 2003 with a pilot project using E-Lock ProSigner. Five public institutions began to exchange E-documents. They were the Government Chancellery, the Transport Ministry, the Economics Ministry, the Department of Archives and the Information Society Development Committee. In the second phase (end of 2004), approximately 20 Lithuanian public institutions will be using E-signature services.

"IVPK, as a project manager of e-signature and e-documents project in Lithuanian Public Sector was looking for an easy to use solution, implementing open standards (PKCS#7) and with a free verification utility for digitally signed documents, which could be easily integrated in to office systems" said Gytis Nemanis, from the Information Society Development Committee (IVPK).

"As our Lithuanian Public Sector shifts towards e-Government and starts digital signing of documents, it is important that the electronic signature solution addresses the key issues of authentication, data integrity and non-repudiation" said Tauras Talandis, Technical Center Manager of Santa Monica Networks, Lithuania. "E-Lock's solution is simple to use for end users and powerful behind the scenes, which provides an ideal mix of user friendliness combined with strong backend security."

"We are pleased that IVPK has chosen E-Lock ProSigner for its state wide signature requirements," said Dr. Nimish Shah, VP Business Development for E-Lock. "Over the past year, E-Lock Solutions - which are compliant with the EU digital signature law - have witnessed a rapid deployment across government, financial and other organizations in Europe. IVPK's selection of our product attests to the quality and reliability of our digital signature solution."

About E-Lock

Frontier Technologies is a privately owned corporation headquartered in McLean, VA (US). Frontier Technologies entered the PKI and Security market in 1997 by launching the E-Lock range of digital signature products. The digital signature solutions developed by E-Lock have been used by former US President Bill Clinton to digitally sign the US E-Sign Act that legalizes digital signatures, and by Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov to electronically sign the Bulgarian Electronic Document and Signature Act. E-Lock's customer base spans countries such as the UK, Australia, Greece, Spain, Hong Kong and others. E-Lock products are used across Government organizations in the US, UK, Peru, Australia, Portugal and Malaysia.

For more information, please visit http://www.elock.com

About Santa Monica Networks

Santa Monica Networks is a well positioned and technically strong IT company based in Lithuania; it belongs to the group of IT companies, under the same name - Santa Monica Networks - in all three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). It has been active in Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian markets for over 10 years and has accumulated valuable experience in the wide area of data communication and IT security solutions. The company's focus has been on Public / Government institutions, Financial Institutions and Service Providers. With strategic partnerships with world class vendors such as Cisco, Check Point, Nokia, RSA Security, Juniper Networks and Hewlett Packard among others, Santa Monica Networks is positioned to deliver reliable solutions and services to suit a variety of requirements and tailored to the clients exact requirements.

For more information, please visit http://www.smn.lt

MEDIA CONTACTS

Frontier Technologies Corporation (E-Lock)
Candice Shah
Marketing Manager
Email: Candice@elock.com

Santa Monica Networks, UAB
Tauras Talandis
Technical Center Manager
Email: Tauras.Talandis@smn.lt