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Business of the Company	12 Months Ended
Business of the Company	Dec. 31, 2012
Business of the Company
Business of the Company	(1) Business of the Company Wave Systems Corp. ("Wave" or "the Company") develops, produces and markets products for hardware-based digital security including security applications and services that are complementary to and compliant with the specifications of the Trusted Computing Group, www.trustedcomputinggroup.org ("TCG"). Specifications developed by the TCG are designed to address a broad range of current and evolving digital security issues facing the industry. These issues include the following: identity protection, data security, digital signatures, electronic transaction integrity, platform trustworthiness, network security, data leak prevention and protection, and regulatory compliance. Wave's products are designed to solve many of these digital security issues. Safend, Ltd. ("Safend"), an Israeli company acquired by Wave on September 22, 2011, is engaged in research, development and consulting for endpoint data loss protection products and services.