2AB, Inc. Adds webLock to Their Enterprise Access Management Product Suite.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

RSA Conference 2003

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2003

2AB, provider of Trusted Solutions for Distributed Business, announces the general availability of webLock(TM) as the newest offering in the iLock(TM) Security Services product suite. webLock provides a security realm and highly configurable filters and valves for use with standard Web Servers and Servlet containers. It supports authentication of web users and controls access to Web resources (e.g. HTML pages, CGI scripts, Servlets, and/or JavaServer Pages). Access policy for Web-based resources may be based on URL components and/or the client host machine. Graphical remote administration tools support the development of multi-rule, time-based access policies based on accessids, groups and/or roles. webLock uses the iLock Security Center technology, enabling the customer to take advantage of the dynamic policy update capabilities, high performance caching and sophisticated policy support of this mature core technology.

iLock Security Services products provide the foundation for Enterprise Identity and Access Management in heterogeneous distributed computing environments. The full product suite includes webLock for Web / Web Services environments, jLock for Java / J2EE environments, and orbLock for CORBA(R) environments. "Customers have realized that authentication isn't enough and are currently using jLock's application programming interface to build custom access control filters that protect their fine-grain web resources. While this continues to be an option for them, we wanted to offer a configurable product for the web environment that supports both authentication and access control. webLock addresses this need and offers the full benefits of our mature core iLock technology," stated Mitchel Sanders, 2AB's Chief Technology Officer.

The iLock product suite is being demonstrated in the 2AB booth at the RSA Security Conference this week in San Francisco where Bob Burt, the iLock Product Architect, will be presenting on secure interoperability standards. iLock is designed to meet the sophisticated policy requirements for fine-grain access control in applications that have legislated privacy and confidentiality requirement. iLock is offered on a variety of operating system platforms including AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP, OpenVMS, and Solaris. z/OS is also planned for 3Q2003.

About 2AB:

2AB is a provider of Trusted Solutions for Distributed Business(SM). Providing standards-based infrastructure to integrate and protect business and personal information is the goal of their trusted infrastructure products. 2AB's products enable customers to meet the requirements of federal privacy and confidentiality legislation while maintaining consistent, auditable access control policy across an enterprise that includes diverse technology. 2AB professional services focus on providing application security consulting, model driven architecture and component software solutions utilizing distributed technologies such as XML, SOAP, J2EE and CORBA on diverse operating platforms. Founded in 1997, 2AB is privately held and headquartered in Shelby County, Alabama. For more information, please see http://www.2ab.com.

Note to Editors: 2AB, orbLock, iLock, jLock, webLock, are trademarks of 2AB, Inc. CORBA is a registered trademark of the Object Management Group. JAVA is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. All other trademarks are the property of their holders.