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HERBERT SMITH STRIKES BALANCE BETWEEN IT SECURITY AND BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY WITH WORKSHARE

International law firm deploys Protect to reduce risk of information leakage

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON - August 27, 2008 - Workshare, a global leader in content protection and control, today announces that Herbert Smith, a leading international law firm, has selected Workshare Protect to reduce the risk of data leakage. Since Workshare integrates seamlessly with the firm's existing Microsoft Office environment without using strict IT policies, employees can carry out work as normally and maintain high levels of business productivity and client service.

Workshare Protect enables Herbert Smith to manage the risk of data loss associated with an increasing number of documents and emails being sent by monitoring the flow of sensitive information contained in over 240 file formats across the organization. The technology will apply user and usage policies set by the firm to information to ensure that no documents sent outside of the organization by email contain sensitive metadata. Workshare Protect's intelligent word-based fingerprint technology will alert users to potentially risky actions, blocks where appropriate and remove confidential information before it is sent outside of the network.

The firm selected Protect because it could integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Office, so that employees could quickly check documents for risks without the need for extensive training. The firm was impressed with Workshare's heritage in document control and the deployment was a natural extension of its relationship as a long-standing customer of Workshare's document comparison product, Professional.

George Kalorkoti, Group Chief Information Officer at Herbert Smith LLP explains, "Protecting sensitive information is a top priority for all legal firms, but striking the balance between security and business productivity is a key challenge. Workshare Protect was particularly attractive to us because it means that our employees will be able to make informed decisions at the point at which they are doing their work without disrupting the day-to-day productivity of our workforce."

Herbert Smith is widely regarded within the legal sector for its outstanding work and it therefore imperative that it keeps sensitive information confidential to maintain its reputation. With over 80 million documents in its document management system and its workforce sending over one million external emails each moth, an intelligent data loss prevention solution will be essential to meet this objective."

About Workshare
Workshare, an information security company, delivers Secure Content Compliance solutions to over 6,000 organisations worldwide. Workshare solutions uniquely combine policy enforcement, management control and user education to ensure safe information exchange without business disruption. Its products include Workshare Protect, Workshare Network Protect, Workshare Professional, DeltaView and TRACE! Workshare's customer base spans small to large organisations in every industry segment with more than 58 percent of the Fortune 1000 and 85 percent of the ProServices 250. Over one million professionals in 65 countries use Workshare software. The company has offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Washington DC, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paris and Sydney. Workshare is the sponsor of www.metadatarisk.org, the definitive source for content security. For more information, visit www.workshare.com.