Authoriszor Inc. Announces New Authoriszor 2000 Access Management Product; Version 3.0 Designed to Enhance Scalability, Performance and Ease-Of-Use.

Business/Technology Editors

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001

Authoriszor Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH), a leading-edge provider of integrated secure access management solutions, today announced availability of Version 3.0 of its access management product, Authoriszor 2000(TM). Version 3.0 of the Authoriszor 2000(TM) product substantially improves scalability, performance and ease-of-use for customers securing web-based applications and business processes.

"High-level security has always been at the core of the Authoriszor product offering. This version of Authoriszor 2000(TM) delivers significant improvements in ease of use, scalability and performance and enables us more vigorously to pursue our strategy of selling secure, end-to-end e-business solutions to the broad range of markets that require fully integrated secure access management solutions," said Paul Ayres, Authoriszor's Chief Executive Officer.

"This latest version also takes the product aggressively into a market segment that analysts have identified as particularly fertile," Mr. Ayres said, noting that Forrester Research, in an article entitled Sizing the Security Market for October 2000, projected a better than 39 percent growth rate in access management product and service sales over the next four years, or fully 25 percent of all security expenditures. Mr. Ayres further noted that the Forrester report concluded that total security expenditures in the United States alone were projected to be more than $19 billion by 2004.

"Authoriszor's advanced technology coupled with its total solution lifecycle service portfolio positions us to compete effectively in that growing market," Mr. Ayres said.

New features include:

--Virtual Client functionality - Authoriszor's new Virtual Client is designed to provide a level of trust in environments that demand greater flexibility, without the need for client side software.

--Personalized applications - User profile information can be fed into web-based applications to create a personalized experience based upon user characteristics.

--Enhanced Management - Delegated management feature is designed to prevent IT from becoming a bottleneck to efficient business process.

--Enhanced Scalability - Distributed architecture is designed to increase speed, thereby maintaining the efficiency of web-enabled business process.

--Browser Independence - Authoriszor's ePCI client software is now browser independent, distributable via download or email, and can incorporate additional plug-ins to enhance functionality.

--Broader product support - Version 3.0 will support Microsoft SQL Server v.7.0 and Oracle 8i, accessible via industry standard ODBC.

The version 3.0 product is currently installed in a number of key client sites for beta testing. Full release of the product is scheduled for early August 2001. It will be sold through the Authoriszor Solutions division.

About Authoriszor Inc.

Authoriszor Inc. is a leading-edge provider of integrated security solutions. Authoriszor provides audits, assessments, product integration, and managed services for a wide range of organizations. Leveraging a skilled team of security experts and high-quality security technologies, the Authoriszor solution is designed to ensure organizations confidentiality, availability and integrity of their information infrastructure. Founded in 1997 by IT engineers, Authoriszor continues to evolve its security practices through progressive, leading-edge competencies in security products and development. Authoriszor's patent-pending technology focuses on providing multiple levels of information security, while maintaining the openness of the Internet. For more information about Authoriszor, visit www.authoriszor.com.

About WRDC 

WRDC, a subsidiary of Authoriszor, Inc., is a European communication consultancy specializing in information security, directory services and messaging solutions. WRDC provides end-to-end secure architecture based on security, access based control and directory technologies. Its skill base includes familiarity with a range of security products including Authoriszor, and experience in installing them. Clients include banks and financial services companies, leading industrial corporations, and government organizations. WRDC maintains offices in London, Leeds, and Zurich. For more information about WRDC, visit www.WRDC.com.

About Logsys Solutions

Logsys Solutions, also a subsidiary of Authoriszor, Inc., is a European software house developing e-business and Business Process Automation Systems. Logsys has a great deal of experience in workflow applications development specializing in government IT applications. Clients include government organizations, the Royal Navy, Royal Airforce and police forces, plus a number of private sector financial and IT companies. For more information about Logsys, visit www.logsys.co.uk.

Authoriszor, Authoriszor 2000, SZ logo, A Logo and "Secures the Web" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Authoriszor Inc. or its wholly owned subsidiary, Authoriszor Ltd., in the United States, UK and other countries.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of Authoriszor and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those that may be implied by such forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Important factors that could result in such differences include: general economic conditions in Authoriszor's markets; those factors identified in Authoriszor's Form 10-QSB, for the quarter ending March 31, 2001 including without limitation, those factors identified as risk factors in Authoriszor's Prospectus, dated May 19, 2000, as supplemented, those factors identified in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other factors that may affect business generally.