CQG Partners with DS3 Hosted Service to Offer Strong End-to-End Encryption for Trading Accounts.

Online, August 1, 2012 (Newswire.com) - CQG, Inc., a leader in financial software solutions and trading, and Data Security Systems Solutions (DS3), a global leader in authentication and cryptographic solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to provide enhanced security to CQG customers when they access its vast network of exchanges and trading data.

Under the partnership, CQG customers can opt to utilize DS3 hosted services to secure trading accounts and transactions. DS3 will validate CQG customers using two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and provide end-to-end encryption (E2E) to ensure the security of customer data and passwords. This partnership will provide a complete authentication solution that will enable the CQG platform to meet Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Technology Risk Management guidelines, and achieve security and business goals.

"We are happy to partner with CQG to provide strong, scalable, and cost-effective authentication solutions that will reinforce customers' belief in a secure trading platform. By adopting DS3's hosted services, CQG customers can eliminate large upfront costs associated with the full-fledged deployment of an authentication solution, and still meet the security needs of the industry," said Tan Teik Guan, CEO of DS3.

"Security and trust are at the core of customer satisfaction today. CQG prides itself on a superior customer experience and that is why we partnered with DS3 to secure our trading platform. With proven expertise in secure, strong, and flexible authentication, DS3 hosted services will empower CQG to authenticate its users seamlessly, but rigorously and reliably," said Leighton Andrew, CQG's Head of Sales, Asia-Pacific.

About CQG:
CQG, Inc. provides the industry's highest-performing solution for integrated trade routing, global market data, and advanced technical analysis. CQG partners with more than fifty Futures Commission Merchants and provides Direct Market Access to more than forty exchanges through its worldwide network of collocated CQG Hosted Exchange Gateways. CQG's market data feed consolidates over a hundred sources, including exchanges worldwide for futures, options, fixed income, foreign exchange, and equities as well as data on debt securities, industry reports, and financial indices. CQG is headquartered in Denver, Colorado with sales and support offices worldwide. For more information about CQG, visit www.cqg.com.