Courion Announces Availability of Identity Management Suite 5.0.

Business/Technology Editors

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2001

Self-Service Model for Market-Leading Password Management Solution

Extends to Account and Certificate Provisioning

Courion Corporation, the leading provider of self-service identity management solutions, today announced the availability of its Identity Management Suite 5.0. The industry's first and only complete identity management solution, the new suite provides secure, self-service management and provisioning of passwords, accounts, profiles, and digital certificates. By providing a complete self-service infrastructure for managing user authentication, access, and administration, Courion's Identity Management Suite eliminates the need to trade off security for scalable, cost-effective service and support. Companies will benefit from lower user support costs, more efficient administration and tighter security, while their employees, business partners and customers will benefit from increased productivity and enhanced privacy.

"Courion's more than 80 customers realize tremendous ROI from our self-service password and profile management solutions and see the clear benefit of a solution that will address all of their identity management needs," said Chris Zannetos, Courion's president and CEO. "Global 2000 companies are choosing Courion to provide scalable, secure self-service identity management solutions and we look forward to building on our market leadership position by delivering expanded value to our customers."

Featuring new versions of PasswordCourier(R), Courion's flagship application for self-service password reset and synchronization, and ProfileCourier(TM), the company's self-service directory registration solution, Courion's Identity Management Suite introduces two new applications - AccountCourier(TM) for self-service account provisioning and CertificateCourier(TM) for self-service digital certificate provisioning.

Without requiring information security staff to relinquish control, the suite enables companies' employees, business partners and customers to:

-- Reset forgotten or expired passwords and synchronize passwords

-- Create and disable user accounts

-- Update and maintain personal profiles

-- Acquire digital certificates for corporate PKI (public key

infrastructure)

Courion's extensible self-service platform allows security and support staff to automate and enforce identity management policies and audit requests without the usual administrative burden or user support costs. Each application can be implemented together or separately, and all share a common platform that provides integration points required for secure self-service.

In addition to seamless integration with the most common pieces of infrastructure such as LDAP directories and employee databases, the products integrate with the market-leading service management solutions from Peregrine Systems and PeopleSoft to allow for more efficient service level reporting and security auditing.

Pricing and Availability

PasswordCourier, AccountCourier, ProfileCourier, and CertificateCourier are now available independently or together as part of Courion's Identity Management Suite. Pricing for the individual applications and the full suite is based on the number of supported users for enterprise implementations. B2B and B2C pricing, volume pricing, and term (subscription) licenses are also available.

About Courion

Courion Corporation provides self-service identity management solutions to more Fortune 500 enterprises than any other company. IT organizations choose Courion's password, account, profile and certificate management and provisioning solutions to reduce support costs, increase security, and improve user productivity. Courion's solutions fully integrate with existing IT infrastructures and corporate security policies, enabling companies to scale e-business operations and achieve fast return on investment. Companies that rely on Courion solutions include customers such as The Boeing Company, Cummins, Inc., Dell Computer Corp., ExxonMobil Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., SunTrust Bank, Target Corporation, Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc. and U.S. Census Bureau and partners such as Compaq Computer Corp., Unisys Corp. and Peregrine Systems. Courion operates from its U.S. headquarters in Framingham, MA. For more information visit www.courion.com.