Consul and Proginet Form Alliance to Ease Multi-Platform Password Management.

RALEIGH, N.C. and GARDEN CITY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 1998--Consul Risk Management and Proginet Corporation today announced an alliance to provide integrated security administration that extends the reach of mainframe security to client/server networks. The alliance includes: an OEM agreement; interoperability between the companies' key products: Consul/RACF, Consul/Audit, and Proginet's SecurPass(TM); a joint marketing and sales arrangement; and joint customer training and support initiatives.

Consul will sell the integrated products through its direct and indirect channels under the name Consul/OnePass(TM). Consul will also sell SecurPass(TM) through a distribution agreement with Proginet.

"Consul's advanced security administration and reporting tools, coupled with Proginet's proven Password Synchronization Technology, provides powerful benefits of enterprise security integration to users, administrators, and the helpdesk environment at large organizations," said Dr. Gilbert Houtekamer, President and CEO of Consul International.

"Proginet's alliance with Consul Risk Management enables large companies to acquire a comprehensive and integrated enterprise security solution from one vendor with a faster and smoother implementation," added Kevin M. Kelly, President and CEO of Proginet. "This relationship is consistent with Proginet's expanded indirect sales channel approach."

Existing enterprise-wide security administration products require customers to make substantial changes to the way they do business. Consul/OnePass, using Proginet technology developed in collaboration with Microsoft, extends RACF functionality throughout the enterprise, without requiring security staff to replace production administrative systems. This is a result of Proginet's password synchronization solution, which provides most of the important benefits of Single Sign On without requiring additional software to be installed on every desktop.

One key benefit is that users will now have to keep track of only one password for multiple systems. Password-related calls to the helpdesk, which can represent up to 80% of all helpdesk calls, will be greatly reduced, and will be handled much more efficiently and securely when they do occur.

About Consul/RACF and Consul/Audit

Consul/RACF is a security administration tool for RACF systems that provides simple security administration capabilities for helpdesk and decentralized security administrators, advanced functions for centralized RACF administrators, and RACF database management facilities for RACF system managers. Consul/RACF will fully support all password management operations of Consul/OnePass including automatic multi-platform password resets and revokes.

Consul/Audit is a companion product to Consul/RACF that provides comprehensive RACF and SMF reporting capabilities as well as OS/390 and RACF integrity analysis. Consul/Audit will fully support detailed reporting on all password operations of Consul/OnePass and on the multi-platform audit information that Consul/OnePass consolidates into SMF records on the host.

About SecurPass

SecurPass enables corporate security administrators, help desk staff, and end users to manage the complexities of multi-platform environments. SecurPass integrates the security of IBM System/390 with client/server security, including Windows NT networks, Novell NetWare networks, and Unix systems. SecurPass enables cross-platform Password Synchronization. SecurPass also consolidates the security audit information of multiple systems, providing a single reporting interface featuring the audit information of multiple environments. SecurPass is a server-based application and does not require code at every user desktop. SecurPass was jointly developed by Proginet and Microsoft, guaranteeing total support and compliance with Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft BackOffice, and all other Microsoft components used within the enterprise.

About Consul

Consul Risk Management is an international security administration and security monitoring software vendor in the mainframe and open systems areas. Consul's security solutions are reducing the costs of effective security administration and dramatically improving the effectiveness of security monitoring in large organizations in 17 countries. Headquartered in Holland, Consul Risk Management has direct sales operations in the United States, Germany, and Scandinavia. More information is available at http://www.consul.com/.

About Proginet

Proginet Corporation (VSE:PRF.U) provides more than 450 customers in 25 countries with software solutions that integrate the IBM Mainframe and Midrange computers with client/server networks. The company's products address the systems management software space, including security, managed data transfer, and middleware. Founded in 1986, Proginet is headquartered in Garden City, New York. Proginet is partly owned by Microsoft Corporation. For more information, please visit the Proginet web site at: http://www.proginet.com/.

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SecurPass and Proginet are trademarks of Proginet Corporation. Consul/RACF and Consul/Audit are trademarks of Consul Risk Management b.v. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. IBM, OS/390, System 390 and RACF are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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