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Yokogawa's Stardom FCJ Achieves Achilles™ Level 1 Cyber Security Certification

VANCOUVER, BC October 4, 2007 – Wurldtech™ Security Technologies, a leading provider of cyber-security solutions to SCADA, process-control and mission-critical industries worldwide, today announced that the Yokogawa Stardom FCJ has been awarded the Achilles™ Level 1 Security Certification.

The Stardom FCJ is the fifth device from Yokogawa to receive the industry-leading Achilles™ Certification and further demonstrates the organization's commitment to security and reliability throughout the development lifecycle. By continuing to choose Wurldtech to provide their customers with the highest standard of quality assurance in industrial control systems, Yokogawa is effectively aligning their brand with one that places security as a corporate priority; while taking a proactive step towards emerging regulations and standards that are being set in today's industrial automation industry.

"Secure and robust industrial controllers are a critical element to the safe and reliable operation of systems that manage and control some of the world's most critical operations, and Yokogawa continues to demonstrate their leadership by validating their products to comply with the most rigorous security performance benchmarks available today," said Tyler Williams, CEO Wurldtech™ Security Technologies. "When asset-owners and operators select an Achilles Level 1 Certified device such as the Stardom FCJ, they can be confident the product will improve the safety and reliability of their operations."

The Achilles™ Certification Program presents device manufactures such as Yokogawa with an independently verified result from which to demonstrate the quality, reliability, and security of their products to customers, while providing the operators of control systems with the most complete, accurate, and trustworthy information possible on the security of their deployed products.

The Achilles™ Certification Program was developed to provide a benchmark for the development and deployment of secure industrial devices. The program is designed to assess the network security of industrial devices and certify that they meet a comprehensive set of requirements. Achilles™ Certification requires industrial control devices to maintain control functionality while being systematically attacked with network tests designed to verify protocol stack robustness, analyze rogue and invalid protocol packets, and provide information on the severity of vulnerabilities.

The Achilles™ Certification testing methodology employed by Wurldtech Labs is the result of more than a year of research, industry cooperation and end-user feedback. The testing includes attacks targeting hundreds of medium-to-high severity vulnerabilities, numerous complex evasion techniques, denial-of-service attacks and latency measurements.

Yokogawa's global network of 18 manufacturing facilities, 80 companies, and over 650 sales and engineering offices spans 30 countries. Since its founding in 1915, the US$4 billion company has been engaged in cutting-edge research and innovation, securing more than 7,000 patents and registrations, including the world's first digital sensors for flow and pressure measurement. Industrial automation and control, test and measurement, information systems and industry support are the core businesses of Yokogawa.

Wurldtech™ Security Technologies, headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is a leading provider of security solutions to SCADA, process control and mission-critical industries. Wurldtech™ is committed to delivering breakthrough products and services that help protect global critical infrastructure and address the security needs of major industrial organizations and government agencies worldwide.

Wurldtech™ Security Technologies, headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is a leading provider of SCADA security solutions, cyber security certification, and critical infrastructure protection. Wurldtech™ is committed to delivering breakthrough products and services that help protect global critical infrastructure and address the cyber security needs of major industrial organizations and government agencies worldwide.