TRUSTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC
SC 13G, 1997-03-07
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                     U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
                              Washington, DC 20549

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                                  Schedule 13G

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                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                        TRUSTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
                                (name of issuer)


                                  Common Stock
                         (title of class of securities)


                                   897908-10-9
                                 (CUSIP number)


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CUSIP NO.  897908-10-9

1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

        Martha A. Branstad

2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX OF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                  (a)    [  ]
                                                                  (b)    [  ]

3       SEC USE ONLY



4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE IF ORGANIZATION
        United States

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5        SOLE VOTING POWER
                        1,434,016

6        SHARED VOTING POWER
                        0

7        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        1,434,016

8        SHARED DISPOSTIVE POWER
                        0

9       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                         1,434,016

10      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN  SHARES*
          [   ]

11      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
                      13.1%

12      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                      IN


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Item 1. (a)    Name of Issuer
                             Trusted Information Systems, Inc.

               (b)    Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices
                             3060 Washington Road
                             Glewood, MD  21738

Item 2. (a)    Name of Person Filing
                             Martha A. Branstad

               (b)   Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence
                             9600 Watkins Road
                             Gaithersburg, MD  20882

               (c)   Citizenship
                             United States

               (d)   Title of Class of Securities
                             Common Stock

               (e)   CUSIP Number
                             897908-10-9

Item 3. The Reporting Person is not filing this information  statement  pursuant
to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b).

Item 4. Ownership

               (a) As of December 31, 1996,  the Reporting  Person  beneficially
owns an  aggregate of  1,434,016  shares of Common Stock of Trusted  Information
Systems,  Inc.. The 1,434,016  shares include (i) 460,094 shares held in a trust
over which the Reporting  Person is the trustee,  (ii) 460,094  shares held in a
trust over which the  Reporting  Person's  husband is the trustee and over which
the Reporting  Person  exercises  voting and investment  power, and (iii) 20,241
shares held by members of the Reporting Person's family over which the Reporting
Person exercises voting and investment power.

               (b) The 1,434,016  shares of Common Stock  beneficially  owned by
the Reporting Person constitute 13.1% of the total number of shares  outstanding
as of the end of the fiscal year of 1996.

               (c)    Number of shares as to which such person has:
                       (i) sole power to vote or to direct  the vote:  1,434,016
                           shares
                       (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 shares
                       (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the  disposition
                           of: 1,434,016 shares
                       (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition
                           of: 0 shares


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Item 5.        Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

               N/A

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

               N/A

Item 7.        Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
               Acquired the Securities Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
               Company

               N/A

Item 8.        Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

               N/A

Item 9.        Notice of Dissolution of Group

               N/A

Item 10.       Certification

               N/A

                                    Signature

        After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
hereby  certify  that  the  information  set  forth in this  statement  is true,
complete and correct.


Dated:  February 12, 1997



                                                  By:    /s/ Martha A. Branstad
                                                         Martha A. Branstad




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