Wave to Present at TechAmerica “AeA Classic” Financial Conference November 3rd in San Diego

Lee, MA & San Diego, CA — October 28, 2009 — Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX; www.wave.com) today announced that Steven K. Sprague, President and CEO, and Gerard T. Feeney, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the TechAmerica “AeA” Financial Conference in San Diego.  The presentations will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at the Marriott San Diego Hotel & Marina (adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center) beginning at 8:30 a.m.

TechAmerica was formed by the merger of 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).  For almost 40 years, the TechAmerica “AeA Classic” has been a premier venue for public technology companies to meet face-to-face with the investment community as well as network with high-technology peers.  For more information: http://www.techamerica.org/classic

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About Wave Systems Corp.

Wave provides software to help solve critical enterprise PC security challenges such as strong authentication, data protection, network access control and the management of these enterprise functions.  Wave is a pioneer in hardware-based PC security and a founding member of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), a consortium of more than 100 companies that forged open standards for hardware security.  Wave’s EMBASSY® line of client- and server-side software leverages and manages the security functions of the TCG’s industry standard hardware security chip, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and supports the TCG’s “Opal” self-encrypting drive standard.  Self-encrypting drives are a growing segment of the data protection market, offering increased security and better performance than many existing software-based encryption solutions.  TPMs are included on an estimated 300 million PCs and are standard equipment on many enterprise-class PCs shipping today.  Using TPMs and Wave software, enterprises can substantially and cost-effectively strengthen their current security solutions.  For more information about Wave and its solutions, visit http://www.wave.com.

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Gerard T. Feeney
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Wave Systems Corp.
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