news_VASCO Extends its Successful Competitive Migration Campaign

Special terms and conditions for companies that migrate from a third-party authentication vendor to VASCO; VASCO’s strong focus on the authentication sector is an important asset in comparison with competition

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois and ZURICH, Switzerland – July 1 2011 – VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI; www.vasco.com), a leading software security company specializing in strong authentication products and services, today announced that it has extended its very effective Competitive Migration Campaign. With the initiative, VASCO encourages companies and institutions which have a third-party authentication solution in place, to shift to VASCO’s renowned DIGIPASS authentication technologies.

Cyber fraud is rampant. VASCO believes that its offering is a perfect remedy against the vast majority of current online fraud schemes. VASCO’s experience, know-how, track record and focus on the authentication sector are major assets. In addition, VASCO offers user authentication, electronic and digital signatures on one back-end platform.

Companies that migrate from a third-party authentication vendor to VASCO can benefit from a special discount program. Price quotes can be requested at http://news.vasco.com/?elqPURLPage=363 .
Originally introduced over a year ago, the campaign was very successful in the first stage of its existence, with triple digits of competitive migrations from third-party authentication vendors to VASCO.

“With this campaign, we want to offer companies our complete array of authentication products and technologies,” states Jan Valcke, VASCO’s President and COO. “VASCO offers a complete product range, from basic OTP authentication for remote access, over electronic signatures for secure transactions, to highly secure digital signature/PKI technology. We believe that many companies need that winning combination in order to create a secured digital environment.”

VASCO is a leading supplier of strong authentication and e-signature solutions and services specializing in Internet Security applications and transactions. VASCO has positioned itself as global software company for Internet Security serving a customer base of approximately 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries, including over 1,700 international financial institutions. VASCO’s prime markets are the financial sector, enterprise security, e-commerce and e-government.

Forward Looking Statements:
Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, events or performances are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements (1) are identified by use of terms and phrases such as “expect”, “believe”, “will”, “anticipate”, “emerging”, “intend”, “plan”, “could”, “may”, “estimate”, “should”, “objective” and “goal”, “possible”, “potential”, and similar words and expressions, but such words and phrases are not the exclusive means of identifying them, and (2) are subject to risks and uncertainties and represent our present expectations or beliefs concerning future events. VASCO cautions that the forward-looking statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors have been described in greater detail in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include, but are not limited to, (a) risks of general market conditions, including currency fluctuations and the uncertainties in world economic and financial markets, (b) risks inherent to the computer and network security industry, including rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, increasing numbers of patent infringement claims, changes in customer requirements, price competitive bidding, and changing government regulations, and (c) risks specific to VASCO, including, demand for our products and services, competition from more established firms and others, pressures on price levels and our historical dependence on relatively few products, certain suppliers and certain key customers. Reference is made to VASCO's public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for further information regarding VASCO and its operations.

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For more information contact:
Jochem Binst, +32 2 609 97 00, [email protected]
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