San Diego, CALIF. – October 2, 2009 – Anakam has announced today that they have been named as a finalist in three separate award competitions. Anakam is a finalist for a TechAmerica High Tech Award, CONNECT MIP Award and GSN: Government Security News 1st Annual Homeland Security Award.

TechAmerica is a leading voice representing the U.S. technology industry. A panel of judges chose Anakam as a finalist in the Software category for the Sixteenth Annual TechAmerica High Tech Awards to be presented on October 30th at the Hyatt Aventine in La Jolla, California.

CONNECT is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining the growth of innovative technology and life science businesses in San Diego. Anakam. TFA® Two-Factor Authentication was selected as a finalist in the Software category for the 22nd Annual Most Innovative New Product Award (MIP). “The category of software was especially competitive this year, with twenty one new products nominated,” said Camille Sobrian, Chief Operating Officer of CONNECT. “Anakam’s technology stood out for the Selection Committee as one of the top innovations, and we’re proud to have them represented among the MIP finalists.” Winners will be announced on December 11th at the MIP Awards Luncheon taking place at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines.

Anakam was also selected as a finalist for GSN: Government Security News 1st Annual Homeland Security Awards Competition in the Best Authentication/Identification Product category. Winners will be announced on October 27th at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, New York. “Our judges have carefully reviewed every entry as objectively and thoroughly as possible, I think we have a terrific field of finalists from which we expect to pick one winner per category,” said Jacob Goodwin, Editor-in-Chief of GSN.

“I am both delighted and honored that Anakam has been chosen as finalists for these respected awards” said Allan Camaisa, Founder and CEO of Anakam. “It says a lot about the tremendous reception of our product in the marketplace and our company as a whole. I couldn’t be more proud of my team.”

For more information on attending any of the events, please contact Krislyn Smith at (619) 233-7778 for more details or email ksmith@anakam.com .

About TechAmerica:

TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry’s largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members’ top and bottom lines. It is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing). TechAmerica was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA). Learn more at www.aeanet.org or www.itaa.org.

About CONNECT:

CONNECT is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining the growth of innovative technology and life science businesses in San Diego. Since 1985, CONNECT has assisted in the formation and development of over 2,000 companies and is widely regarded as the world's most successful regional program linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the resources they need for success. CONNECT focuses on research institution support, business creation and development, entrepreneurial learning, access to capital, public policy advocacy, awards, recognition and networking. More than 25 countries and regions have adopted the CONNECT model, including the U.K, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Australia, and China.

About GSN: Government Security News:

GSN: Government Security News was founded in 2003 and is owned by World Business Media, LLC. GSN serves a large audience of professionals in physical, IT and homeland security including federal, state and local officials, as well as integrators, contractors and suppliers who are similarly involved in homeland security. In addition to the monthly print edition, GSN franchise includes a website, a weekly e-newsletter called GSN: Homeland Security Insider, an e-mail blasting service called GSN Homeland Security Product of the Day, and a second e-mail broadcasting service called GSN: White Paper of the Day. Read the latest at www.gsnmagazine.com.

About Anakam:

Anakam enables strong authentication and identity management at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions, without encumbering your customers, partners, and employees with cards, software downloads, tokens, or fobs. With tens of millions of end users, the Anakam Identity Suite® is unique in the industry, providing end-to-end multi-channel capabilities that allow you to enable secure, trusted eBusiness to very large user-communities in a single platform. The suite includes two-factor authentication, remote identity proofing and verification, professional credentialing, and secure collaboration.

For more information please contact:

Krislyn Smith, Account Executive
Email: ksmith@anakam.com
Phone: + 1 619.233.7778
Fax: + 1 866.619.2728