SSH Receives RSA Security Certification for Secure Shell Software; Security Certification for SSH Joins ``RSA Secured RSA Keon Ready'' Partner Program.

Business/Technology Editors

RSA Conference 2002

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2002

SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a world-leading developer of Internet security solutions, today announced that its SSH Secure Shell software has received "RSA Secured(TM) RSA Keon(R) Ready" certification, helping ensure interoperability with the RSA Keon family of software products. Additionally, SSH has joined the RSA Secured Partner Program, an alliance of software and hardware vendors that work together to help provide integrated, standards-based solutions for enterprise customers, developers and OEMs.

"SSH has long been recognized as a security innovator with its SSH Secure Shell application for protecting and authenticating user information and data over the Internet and insecure networks," said Robert Pritchard, vice president of worldwide developer sales, corporate and partner development at RSA Security. "We are pleased to welcome SSH to our RSA Secured family. This alliance ensures that our products work together to help customers deploy secure, mission-critical applications and data in order to safely conduct electronic commerce."

SSH Secure Shell is a client-server encryption software solution designed to protect businesses from the most common break-in method used by hackers -- eavesdropping passwords from the Internet. SSH Secure Shell creates a secure environment by encrypting user identities and passwords as well as data content before sending it across the Internet. RSA Keon digital certificate management products are designed to address many of today's security needs -- from a certificate server that developers can build into their applications, to an enterprise PKI that supplies digital certificates for Web commerce applications, to a complete turnkey network and application security system that offers PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)-based authentication for existing client-server applications. The interoperability between SSH and RSA Security products helps offer companies advanced, comprehensive security solutions with the performance and flexibility they demand for secure network communications.

According to George Adams, president and CEO of SSH Communications Security, Inc., "As companies continue to enhance their security infrastructure, they increasingly need best-of-breed vendor solutions that are tested for interoperability and provide the high performance and quality that businesses demand. We look forward to teaming with RSA Security to promote interoperability between our respective security technologies and products."

Today's announcement extends the relationship between SSH and RSA Security. In September 2000, the companies announced a strategic relationship under which RSA Security licensed SSH's IPSEC Express(TM) Toolkit for IPSec (Internet Protocol Security), IKE (Internet Key Exchange), and X.509 certificates to expand and enhance its Internet security products.

About SSH Communications Security

SSH Communications Security, a world-leading supplier of Internet security solutions, offers a broad range of award-winning products designed to address the most critical security issues for businesses, service providers, financial institutions and governments worldwide. The first member of SSH's VPN (Virtual Private Network) solutions, the SSH Complete VPN represents the newest generation of centrally managed, cost-effective, easy-to-deploy VPN solutions; SSH Sentinel(TM), a feature-rich remote access VPN "smart" client, and SSH Secure Shell, the award-winning product family, ensure secure remote access and data transfer. SSH Certifier(TM) product family provides a robust certification authority for flexible and strong authentication through digital certificates and tokens. The market-leading, award-winning SSH IPSEC Express(TM) (Internet ProtocolSecurity) family of toolkits for OEMs and software developers enables fast time-to-market and reduced in-house development costs. SSH is traded publicly on the Helsinki Exchange under HEX:SSH1V. For more information, please visit www.ssh.com.

About RSA Security Inc.

RSA Security Inc., the most trusted name in e-security(R), helps organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA SecurID(R) two-factor authentication, RSA ClearTrust(R) Web access management, RSA BSAFE(R) encryption and RSA Keon digital certificate management product families. With approximately one billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than ten million RSA SecurID authentication users and almost 20 years of industry experience, RSA Security has the proven leadership and innovative technology to address the changing security needs of e-business and bring trust to the online economy. RSA Security can be reached at www.rsasecurity.com.

Note to Editors: RSA, BSAFE, ClearTrust, Keon, SecurID and The Most Trusted Name in e-Security are registered trademarks, and RSA Secured is a trademark of RSA Security Inc.