Authentica Ships WebVault and Changes the Way Businesses Use Web Pages to Communicate.

Business/Technology Editors

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000

Product Part of Family that Protects All Major Forms of Digital

Content Used by Businesses Today: Web Pages, Emails and Electronic

Documents

Authentica(TM) Inc. today shipped WebVault(TM), the newest product in its family of digital content protection solutions that changes the way businesses communicate over the Net. WebVault enables content providers to have permanent active control over who can see their Web pages and whether they can print, save or forward them to someone else. WebVault allows businesses to ensure the protection of their intellectual property posted on their intranet and Internet Web sites. It also will make it possible to use the Web to rent digital content and generate profit from free content.

WebVault, along with PageVault and MailVault(TM), comprise Authentica's integrated strategy for protecting business information communication over the Net. This includes Web pages, electronic documents and Emails (see separate announcements made today).

"Companies are reluctant to put some forms of high-value information on the Web because they cannot control what is done with it after access is allowed -- until WebVault," said Lance Urbas, President and CEO of Authentica. "With WebVault, control remains forever with the content owner. WebVault solves the business-to-business information sharing problem -- for the very first time companies can share their information over the Web without losing control of it."

Authentica's WebVault product offers all three types of control required to safely make information available on Web sites: access, use and auditing.

--Dynamic Access Control - Only Authorized Persons Access Web Pages

Web content protected by WebVault is accessible only to authenticated users. Each Web page is uniquely encrypted using RSA's RC4 algorithm with a 128-bit key length. With policies governed by the WebVault server, content owners can designate when and which pages can be accessed, for how long and from where (IP address).

--Use Control - Prevents Unauthorized Printing or Forwarding

Retaining control of the information on a Web site requires controlling use after delivery as well as access. WebVault can prevent the page from being printed, block copy/paste and prevent the information from being forwarded to an unauthorized individual. All access and use parameters can be changed dynamically in seconds -- even after delivery. Privileges can be changed, revoked or created whenever and wherever the content owner desires.

--Auditing - Enables Content Providers to Monitor Activity

The final element of any control system is feedback -- the ability to verify that activity occurring is authorized by the content owner. WebVault's detailed audit trail logs all activities and uses, including those it prohibits. Logging prohibited activities provides the data to detect problems, even before they occur.

Integrated Protection Strategy

With Authentica's integrated approach for protecting digital content, businesses can now change the way they use the Internet to communicate. Eliminating unauthorized distribution of company-confidential information; ensuring permanent protection of intellectual property; and speeding time to market by sending information over the Web are just a few of the ways Authentica's approach is changing the way companies use the Internet for business advantage. By adopting a modular product approach, customers can implement a single management infrastructure, a single database and a single set of policies more efficiently and reliably than separate solutions for Email, Web pages and electronic documents. In addition, a modular approach offers flexibility, enabling organizations to add more components and concurrent sessions as the needs of the business grow.

About Authentica

Authentica, Inc., headquartered in Waltham, Mass., is the first Internet software company to provide content owners with persistent control over all their valuable digital information. It was founded in 1997 by several of the same security experts who pioneered the first commercial firewalls and access control systems that are the mainstay of today's electronic information security infrastructure. The company's products inherently and dynamically protect digital information within Emails, electronic documents and Web pages before, during and after delivery. They are the ideal solution to protect intellectual property, copyrighted materials and sensitive information from unauthorized use, distribution and theft. More information on Authentica and its products is available at www.authentica.com.

Authentica and WebVault are trademarks and PageVault is a registered trademark of Authentica, Inc. All other company and product names are the property of their respective owners.