Ottawa, Canada, Dec 13 2001 -- Validian Corporation, (OTC BB - "VLDI")

Validian announces its SIMDE product

Validian announces the development and implementation of its original and exclusive Secure Internet Messaging Development Environment, SIMDE.

SIMDE is a software development kit (SDK) for rapidly and simply constructing and operating secure data communication applications on the Internet, using either the client/server or the peer-to-peer communication architecture. It includes a completely integrated and built-in set of controls and security features which is automatically inherited by any application developed using SIMDE or which can be inserted by SIMDE into existing applications.

SIMDE is based on the exclusive Validian Application Security Infrastructure (ASI), a radically innovative infrastructure for secure data delivery over the Internet. ASI lays a virtual communication channel of the highest level of security available on public communication networks for the exchange of documents containing text, images, software or any type of data.

Application developers using SIMDE do not have to learn and master any of the various security products or mechanisms to implement security on interactive, distributed applications. They do not have to worry about the low-level IP addresses or ports nor concern themselves with implementing complex security features, as SIMDE takes care of these tasks automatically. SIMDE enables corporations, institutions and individuals to develop interactive, distributed applications (like electronic commerce and electronic banking) with a degree of security and ease not otherwise available in the market today.

SIMDE can save significant amounts in development costs by dramatically reducing the time for development and the requirements for training in multiple security features and approaches, by using as few as 10 function calls. This shortens substantially the time-to-market and accelerates revenues from distributed applications.

Applications developed using SIMDE are simple to install and operate, provide full security and can be implemented anywhere. They can use any major communication architecture, whether client to server, peer-to-peer, server to server, or server to client. Furthermore, SIMDE is very powerful, highly reliable, fast and cost effective. It remains at all times under the control of the ASI/SIMDE domain application administrator.

The Company will introduce several additional new products, during the next few months, which, like SIMDE, are based on Validian ASI Technology. These products solve difficulties currently experienced by many application developers and users, including those associated with security breaches.

The Company develops and markets technology and tools to developers, which allow them to rapidly develop and deploy secure, interactive, distributed applications using the Internet as a communication medium. The Company intends to become a privileged supplier to software development companies and to managers of interactive, distributed applications, for which the issues of security of communication, and speed and cost of development, are paramount.

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Contact:
André Maisonneuve
Validian Corporation
Telephone: 613-230-7211
Fax: 613-230-6055
e-mail: andre.maisonneuve@validian.com

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