**EXHIBIT31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER ANDPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

 

I, Kelly E. Simmons,certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of GlobalSCAPE, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on myknowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.             Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.             As registrant’scertifying officer, I am responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)            designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this quarterly  report isbeing prepared;

 

b)            evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisquarterly  report based on suchevaluation; and

 

c)             disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             I have disclosed,based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)            all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrols over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)            any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  May 15, 2008 |                             |
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|                          | /s/Kelly E.  Simmons             |
|                          | Kelly E.  Simmons, President and |
|                          | Chief Financial  Officer         |

 

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