OTTAWA, January 24, 2007 -- Validian Corporation (OTC BB: VLDI)

Validian to Present at the Hollywood Post Alliance Technology Retreat

OTTAWA, January 24, 2007—Validian Corporation (OTC BB: VLDI), a leader in the development of application security software and solutions, today announced that the Company has been invited to demonstrate its latest technology and anti-piracy solutions at the Hollywood Post Alliance 2007 Technology Retreat being held from January 31 to February 2, 2007.

"We are excited about the opportunity to show key players in the post production industry Validian's latest cutting edge biometric authentication and encryption solutions specifically designed to prevent the disclosure, theft or hacking of digital media content during the production process," commented Bruce Benn, President and CEO of Validian Corporation.

The post production industry is a lead adopter of new solutions designed to reduce the piracy and theft of film, television and music content during production. Attendees of the annual Hollywood Post Alliance Technology Retreat visit to obtain an advanced look at prerelease products, including software that can secure their workflows and protect their industry's intellectual property during post production.

About the Hollywood Post Alliance
The Hollywood Post Alliance is the trade association representing the Southern California-based professional community of businesses and individuals who provide expertise, support, tools and the infrastructure for the creation and finishing of motion pictures, television, commercials, digital media and other dynamic media content. For more information on the Hollywood Post Alliance 2007 Technology Retreat, please visit http://www.hpaonline.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=21462.

About Validian
Validian Corporation is a leader in the research and development of innovative application-security and secure data-exchange software and solutions for public and private enterprises. Validian ASI™ is a software-only development and deployment environment that enables secure data exchange to be integrated directly into applications rapidly and easily, lowering development costs. ASI protects against attacks by authenticating applications, and encrypting and decrypting data within applications to ensure data exchanged between trusted applications is always encrypted and never travels in the clear. Cost-effective, simple-to-deploy and easy to manage, Validian solutions also facilitate security audit compliance. A U.S. corporation, Validian has offices in the United States, Canada and Switzerland.

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Validian Contact:
Bruce Benn
President & CEO
Validian Corporation
(613)230-7211 Ext.226
bruce.benn (at) validian (dot) com