Huntingdon Valley PA, August 17, 2007 - AlphaLit, a division of Alpha Systems and a leading
provider of litigation support services, has announced that E-Direct, its flagship native review
software, has been certified under the VeriSign® Security Certification Program.
"This certification was a big deal for AlphaLit and involved an extensive examination into our
infrastructure and business practices. We are proud to be the only service provider in this
industry to achieve this level of assurance for our clients," said Dale Drury, AlphaLit Vice
President. "AlphaLit customers can be confident that when their documents and information are
processed and loaded into E-Direct for litigation review; they are safe, secure and hosted in a
consistent, reliable ASP."
The scope of this certification included an in-depth assessment of E-Direct's core application, its
infrastructure and the governing policies, procedures and processes used to operate and
manage AlphaLit's security program. For the assessment, VeriSign focused on security
components of ISO 17799:2005 and the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top
Ten - an international consensus of the most critical web application security flaws.
"AlphaLit has attained the VeriSign Security Certification for its enterprise which represents the
highest level of assurance provided by any third-party," said Todd Crick, vice president of
enterprise consulting services at VeriSign, Inc. "By completing the VeriSign Security
Certification program and achieving certification, AlphaLit has demonstrated a commitment to
security and data protection as well as compliance with information security standards and
regulations."
About AlphaLit: AlphaLit, a division of Alpha Systems, is a recognized leader of litigation support services for
America's largest corporations and most prestigious law firms. Having set the gold standard for
discovery document management for the past 22 years, AlphaLit continues to lead this industry
with massive processing capacity and cutting edge technology. Today, the Discovery
Management Teams (DMT) of AlphaLit bring to each project the expertise and experience to
manage the largest and most complex projects to a successful conclusion, while at the same
time reducing the risks associated with electronic and paper discovery. Located in a secure,
150,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, AlphaLit
leverages its advanced technology and the experience of its production managers and case law
professionals to ensure that clients have the highest levels of quality, security, reliability and
personal service in every aspect of their discovery needs.
About E-Direct: E-Direct is the flagship native review product of AlphaLit, and is a popular component of the
time-tested workflows and processes offered by AlphaLit. With E-Direct, legal teams can
quickly gain secure, 24-hour access to their electronic evidence before the time-consuming and
expensive process of converting the documents to image. Designed to look and act like popular
e-mail systems, attorneys and legal staff find its uncomplicated user interface uniquely easy to
use. As a hosted, Internet-based application, it may be accessed by any computer with an
internet connection and Internet Explorer (version 5 and later).
About VeriSign: VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSN), operates the digital infrastructure that enables and protects
billions of interactions every day across the world's voice, video and data networks. Additional
news and information about the company is available at
www.verisign.com.
