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File Sanitization Solution Sold by Asgent to Provide Support for "Ichitaro", Used by Government Offices, Local Governments and Educational Institutions
- Votiro SDS to support Japanese local word processing software -

August 29, 2017
Asgent, Inc.
(JASDAQ: 4288)

Asgent, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4288, President & CEO: Takahiro Sugimoto, located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo), a pioneer in network security and operations management solutions, announces that the file sanitization solution "Secure Data Sanitization" from Votiro (CEO and Co-Founder: Itay Glick, located in Israel), and sold by Asgent, will support the "Ichitaro" file format (Developed and provided by JustSystems Corporation; President and Representative Director: Kyotaro Sekinada, located in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo).

Votiro SDS, sold by Asgent, is a solution that sanitizes files coming in from external sources based on the premise that there is the possibility they might include malware. The solution has already been implemented in many organizations as a result of the "Local Government Information Security Cloud" and "Local Government Information System Strengthening Model" which the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications applied additional budgeting for in order to strengthen information security in public bodies nationwide. In local governments in particular, the product has already been implemented in 43 prefectures or municipalities within prefectures and is essentially the de-facto standard (as of March 31, 2017).

On the other hand, "Ichitaro" is a Japanese native language word processing software used by many organizations nationwide. It is the de-facto standard in government offices and educational institutions in particular, and there is even a specialized Government edition. Therefore, there had been calls from many organizations requesting sanitization support for Ichitaro files, and so Asgent worked with JustSystems and Votiro to realize sanitization functionality for "Ichitaro". This will enable government offices, local governments and educational institutions etc. to further transfer and receive files safely.

Votiro SDS Ichitaro support is planned to be provided from September 8.

[Secure Data Sanitization]
Sales Price (tax excl., first year maintenance included) :
Secure Data Sanitization Automatic Engine (File Server integration)
Secure Data Sanitization Web Service (Web System Integration) 3,220,000 yen〜
Secure Data Sanitization for E-mail (Email integration) 6,270,000yen〜

Main Features:
- Automatic file sanitization
- Sanitizes the majority of files types used in daily operations (Ichitaro files, Microsoft Office files, PDF, Image files, Compressed files etc.)
- Blocks executables files such .exe
- Flow Server enables original file to be saved for audit trail
- Converts HTML E-mails to plain text E-mails

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