Critical Path to Demo New Password Management Software at Burton Group's Catalyst Conference; Software to be Shown in Hospitality Suite Sponsored by Critical Path.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2003

Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a leading supplier of identity management and messaging solutions, announced that it will be demonstrating new packaged software for Password Management at the Burton Group's Catalyst Conference in the Hilton San Francisco & Towers on Wednesday, July 9, 2003. The software will be shown in an exposition hospitality suite sponsored by Critical Path from 6-10 p.m. on the first night of the conference's general sessions. This solution helps enterprises, government agencies, and telecommunications service providers cut helpdesk costs, improve security, and boost user productivity.

Critical Path's Password Management software brings together technology and expertise the company has developed through years of delivering turnkey enterprise identity management solutions. The demonstrations feature such capabilities as self-service resets of forgotten passwords, centralized definition and enforcement of password policies, dynamic password synchronization across systems for reduced sign-on, and auditing of all password change activities. The Critical Path solution leverages the extensibility and connectivity of the company's market-leading Meta-Directory infrastructure software, enabling organizations -- from small businesses to large, multinational enterprises -- to address a wide range of security initiatives.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about Critical Path's identity management solutions in a fun and relaxing atmosphere.

About Critical Path, Inc.

Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a global leader in digital communications software and services. The company provides messaging solutions -- from wireless, secure and unified messaging to basic email and personal information management -- as well as identity management solutions that simplify user profile management and strengthen information security. The standards-based Critical Path Communications Platform, built to perform reliably at the scale of public networks, delivers the industry's lowest total cost of ownership for messaging solutions and lays a solid foundation for next-generation communications services. Solutions are available on a hosted or licensed basis. Critical Path's customers include more than 700 enterprises, 200 carriers and service providers, eight national postal authorities and 35 government agencies. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco. More information can be found at www.criticalpath.net.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements by the Company and its executives regarding the performance, security, scalability and interoperability of our product and service offerings, the ability of our customers to achieve cost savings in the provision of services, industry trends, market and customer requirements, the ability of our products and services to meet the business needs of our customers, the market for products and services like ours and the performance of our senior management in achieving strategic goals. The words and expressions "look forward to," "will," "expect," "plan," "believe," "seek," "strive for," "anticipate," hope," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify the Company's forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, our evolving business strategy and the emerging and changing nature of the market for our products and services, our ability to deliver on our sales objectives, the ability of our technology and our competitors' technologies to address customer demands, changes in economic and market conditions, unplanned system interruptions and capacity constraints, software and service design defects. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in more detail in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) made from time to time, including Critical Path's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002,and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003, as may be amended from time to time, and all subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov).

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