TRUSTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC
SC 13G, 1998-02-17
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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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                                       13G

CUSIP NO.  897908-10-9

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

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2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX OF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                                            (a)    |_|
                                                            (b)    |_|

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3         SEC USE ONLY


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4        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE IF ORGANIZATION
         United States


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      NUMBER OF         5        SOLE VOTING POWER
                                 1,433,409
        SHARES

                       
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     BENEFICIALLY       
                         6       SHARED VOTING POWER
                                 0
       OWNED BY

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         EACH           7        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                 1,433,409
      REPORTING

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        PERSON          8        SHARED DISPOSTIVE POWER
                                 0
         WITH

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9        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
         1,433,409

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

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11       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
         10.4%

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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
                             3060 Washington Road
                             Glenwood, MD  21738

        (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, 1997,  the  Reporting  Person  beneficially  owns an
aggregate of 1,433,409  shares of Common Stock of Trusted  Information  Systems,
Inc.. The 1,433,409 shares includes (i)460,094 shares held in a trust over which
the  Reporting  Person is a trustee;  (ii)  460,094  shares held in a trust over
which the Reporting  Person's  husband is a trustee and over which the Reporting
Person  exercises  voting and  investment  power;  (iii)  20,241  shares held by
members  of the  Reporting  Person's  family  over  which the  Reporting  Person
exercises voting and investment  power; and (iv) options  exercisable  within 60
days for the acquisition of 393 shares.

     (b)  The  1,433,409  shares  of  Common  Stock  beneficially  owned  by the
Reporting Person  constitute 10.4% of the total number of shares  outstanding as
of the end of the fiscal year of 1997.

    (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:
            (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  1,433,409 shares 
            (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0  shares
            (iii)  sole  power  to  dispose  or  to  direct  the disposition
                   of:  1,433,409  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 14, 1998



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



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