SDKK Secure Design

Secure Design KK
05 December 2006


  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  05 December 2006


                                SECURE DESIGN KK

                       ("Secure Design" or "the Company")

(A leading biometrics company based in Tokyo, Japan specialising in fingerprint
                                authentication)

  Agreement signed with SoftBank to market Secure Design's Mobile Fingerprint
                      Authentication Devices across Japan

Secure Design, the Japanese developer of biometrics fingerprint authentication
technology, and SoftBank BB Corporation ("SoftBank"), the largest software
distributor in Japan, have signed a marketing and distribution agreement for
SoftBank to sell Secure Design's ITube products, the USB mobile fingerprint
authentication device with built-in flash memory. This agreement will enable
Secure Design to sell its ITube range of products to general consumers
throughout Japan opening a potentially large new sales channel for the Company.

The products will include latest version of Winny Lock, the file sharing
detection software stored in the flash memory area of ITube. Once Winny Lock is
connected it will verify that the person using the computer is authorised to do
so. It will automatically detect and disable file sharing software such as Winny
(also known as WinNY), the peer-to-peer file-sharing program. Winny Lock will
also detect and disable other programs such as WinMX and Utatane and and warns
if the Antinny worm is present on the computer.

The sales will start in the week beginning 4 December 2006 at computer
retailers, electronics stores and major department stores throughout Japan.

Satoshi Takahashi, Chief Executive Officer of Secure Design, commented:

"The ability to carry data securely is increasingly important not only to
businesses but to everyone who uses a computer. The ITube, which allows people
to carry up to one gigabyte of data, is at the forefront of this technology
providing a totally secure means of transporting large amounts of data that will
be automatically encrypted prior to storage.

The ITube hand held device has been competitively priced and we are confident
that it will become an essential tool for all computer users.

We are actively looking for partners throughout the world to market, what we
believe, are leading edge products."



For further information, please contact:

Secure Design KK

Satoshi Takahashi (Chief Executive Officer)     Japan            +81-3-3516-9303

Shinil Cho (Chief Information Officer) United Kingdom        +44(0) 7738 842 662

                                                Japan            +81-3-3516-9303

                                        United States            +1-412-367-7063

Masahiro Nishikawa (Senior Manager of Business Planning)         +81-3-3516-9303


Cubitt Consulting

Brian Coleman-Smith / Allison Reid / Leanne Denman           +44(0) 20 7367 5100

                                                  Mobile     +44(0) 7802 724 400


Background Notes on SoftBank (IT Logistic Business in SoftBank)


The IT product logistics business of SoftBank BB has existed for over two
decades, succeeding to the first business of the parent company Softbank
Corporation. SoftBank BB dealt with about 260 thousand IT products domestically,
recoding revenue of JPY 270B as of 1 October 2006. SoftBank procures IT products
from major Japanese manufactures and sells them through mass merchandising
stores for general consumers and retailers for corporate customers. SoftBank BB
has established itself as a major distributor in the domestic market of IT
products. In particular, it is the largest software distributor in Japan.

About ITube

ITube is a USB fingerprint authentication device with flash memory. It is a true
mobile device and can be used with virtually any PC whose operating system is
Windows ME or later versions. As a countermeasure against sensitive data
leaking, many companies prohibit their employees from using a USB flash memory
sticks. ITube offers an ideal solution to control data transaction from
corporate PC environment to a personal PC. Because data stored in ITube are
automatically encrypted, no one can read it without user's fingerprint
authentication, providing another security feature. For more information, please
visit www.sd-institute.com

About Winny Lock ver 1.1

In addition to the above feature of ITube, Winny Lock has the following
functions:

-     Detects and disables file sharing software including Winny

-     Has a warning function against accidentally running a faked.exe content
      type program such as Antinny.

-     Link with McAfee Virus Scan

Background Note on Secure Design

On 14 July 2006, Secure Design was the first Japanese company to be admitted to
trading on AIM. It offers fingerprint authentication products to companies and
individuals that wish to establish high levels of security using biometrics.
Biometrics uses a physical attribute of the body, such as a fingerprint to
identify and verify the individual with the aim of making individual
authentication efficient and secure.

The Company offers a range of fingerprint authentication products and systems,
from an integrated system to a mobile device. The Company designs and outsources
the production of these products and can tailor them to individual client
specific needs and applications.

Biometric applications provide convenient and reliable security which reduces
the cost associated with the failure of conventional authentication methods. The
principal factor which distinguishes biometrics from conventional password based
authentication is the enhanced security level it provides while maintaining the
privacy of individual users.

The worldwide demand for biometrics is estimated to be increasing by
approximately 30 per cent per year with the market estimated to grow to almost
$6 billion by 2010 from $2 billion in 2006. Biometric applications and systems
are already being used for security in personal, commercial, government and
military organisations. Many governments, including the UK, have adopted or are
currently reviewing the need for biometric applications in passport and national
ID card systems. The Directors believe that as biometric applications in
national identification become commonplace the commercial applications will
proliferate. The commercial market for biometrics is expanding to financial, IT,
telecommunication and medical segments.




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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