ClearTrust SecureControl Named Product of the Year by Network Magazine.

Business/Technology Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000

Leading Industry Publication Calls ClearTrust SecureControl a Standout

for Centralized Management of End-to-End Security Services 

Securant Technologies - the access management company that secures e-business - today announced that ClearTrust SecureControl has been named Product of the Year in the Authentication category by Network Magazine as part of its 13th annual Product of the Year awards. ClearTrust SecureControl will be profiled in the May issue of the publication and at www.networkmagazine.com. It will also be honored at a special awards ceremony during Networld + Interop at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday May 10th. Network Magazine's Product of the Year Awards are one of the longest running independent product awards in the networking/IT field. Each year they are given to those products that stand out from the surrounding landscape and make a difference to the publication's readers -- the enterprise networking and IT individuals who manage, administer, and support enterprise networks.

"The ClearTrust SecureControl directory-based system is a standout when it comes to manageability, scalability, and flexibility, and it integrates well with an existing infrastructure," said Network Magazine's editors. "Part of this functionality stems from ClearTrust SecureControl's roots as a custom security application for financial industry firms, where the ability to expand and flex, while remaining easily controllable and reliable, is imperative."

"As companies and service providers provide Web access to critical applications, content and transactions, they require an end-to-end security solution that protects e-business resources at the application level," said Eric Olden, Chief Technology Officer, Securant Technologies. "The Network Magazine Product of the Year award provides further validation that ClearTrust SecureControl is the best solution for centrally controlling every facet of user access and protecting Web-based resources and transactions."

About ClearTrust SecureControl

ClearTrust SecureControl is an integrated, rules-based and directory-enabled suite of security products that provides a secure infrastructure for controlling user access to Web-based resources including applications, content and transactions. ClearTrust SecureControl uses natural language business rules (called Smart Rules(TM)) to centralize, unify and automate every component of access management including access control, single-sign on, authentication, authorization, delegated administration, policy assessment, intrusion detection and auditing. ClearTrust SecureControl also allows, via its Virtual Business Units, time consuming user administration workloads to be distributed on three levels: within a company (across departments, divisions, etc.); externally to Extranet partners and customers; and to individual users/subscribers via a self-service function. Finally, ClearTrust SecureControl provides integrated application level threat detection and counter measures to proactively secure e-business transactions and prevent fraud.

Company Background

Securant Technologies, the access management company that secures e-business, is a leading developer of Internet security software that provides a secure infrastructure for controlling user access to Web-based resources including applications, content and transactions. The company's flagship product, ClearTrust SecureControl, uses business rules to centralize, unify and automate every component of access management including access control, single-sign on, authentication, authorization, delegated administration and auditing. Securant customers include Chase Hambrecht & Quist, First Union/The Money Store, Lehman Brothers, Thomson Financial and Wells Fargo Bank. The company's partners include BEA / WebLogic (NASDAQ: BEAS), Check Point (NASDAQ: CHKP), Entrust Technologies (NASDAQ: ENTU), Fujitsu, Netscape Communications, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Sybase (NASDAQ: SYBS) and Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN). Securant is privately held and headquartered in San Francisco. To contact Securant call 415.315.1500, visit us on the Web at http://www.securant.com, or write to [e-mail].

Unified Access Management, 24/7 Security, ClearTrust, ClearTrust SecureControl, ClearTrust Virtual Business Units and SpeedSecure are trademarks of Securant Technologies Inc. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.