Futurex Named One of the Best Places to Work by the San Antonio Business Journal

BULVERDE, Texas — April 21, 2009 — Futurex, an innovator in data encryption and security solutions, has recently been named as one of the Best Places to Work by the San Antonio Business Journal for 2009. This is the fifth annual “Best Places to Work Award” that awards companies in the San Antonio and surrounding area (Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson, Comal and Kendall counties)

Winners were selected by the results of an online, confidential survey that is completed by the employees of the company . The survey was created and conducted by the Business Journal’s research partner for the project, Quantum Workplace.

“For this award to be solely based on what the employees say about their work environment makes this award truly an honor,” said Brett Smith, CEO and President of Futurex. “It’s the employees of Futurex that really deserve this award. Their hard work and dedication make up this company and I am proud of this award and of my employees,” Smith added.

On June 4, all the winning companies selected will be recognized at an awards luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort. They also will be recognized in a special edition of the San Antonio Business Journal which will be published on June 5.

About Futurex (www.futurex.com)

Headquartered in Bulverde, TX, Futurex has provided hardware data encryption and security solutions to more than 15,000 financial institutions, retailers, merchant service providers and others on a global basis for more than 28 years. The company’s innovative Hardware Security Modules and Key Management Servers provide market leading technology for transaction based encryption, general purpose data encryption, as well as remote key management systems for both Point of Sale (POS) terminals and ATMs.