UniSecurity and Samsung SDS Enter Into a Partnership Agreement to Provide an Enhanced BIO-PKI Security Solution for e-Business Customers.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001

Samsung SDS Will Globally Distribute and

Deploy SecuForce(TM) Security Suite

UniSecurity(TM), Inc., the pioneer of the world's only biometric PKI security solution for SAP(R)R/3(R), announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Samsung SDS Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading system integrators. This partnership will allow UniSecurity's product, SecuForce Security Suite, to be distributed throughout the global network of Samsung SDS. The details of the contract were not disclosed.

"PKI integration to enterprise applications has been difficult and extremely costly for enterprises to justify a clear return on investment," said Gwan Lae Cho, general manager of Samsung SDS' Solution Business Unit. "However, with UniSecurity's product, Samsung will be able to provide a cost effective solution that facilitates quick PKI deployment and enables our customers to complete e-business transformation."

Through its SecuForce Value Net (SVN) partnership program, UniSecurity plans to continue partnering with leading system integrators to expand its product distribution channel. The roles of the system integrator consist of providing product installations, maintenance, security consulting, and implementation service for customers that require interface work to other non-ERP applications, such as custom developed client/server and/or web-based applications.

"This partnership (with Samsung SDS) positions UniSecurity's products on a global level and we will launch a global sales and marketing campaign to penetrate the market from strategic points around the world," said James Han, CEO and president of UniSecurity, Inc. "We will collaborate and work closely with Samsung to educate the market about protecting the enterprise's e-business investment and create awareness for the BIO-PKI(TM) revolution, which bridges the security chasm between man and machine in the digital world."

SVN is comprised of application providers, biometrics and PKI providers, and system integrators around the globe. The main purpose of SVN is to provide a value framework to enterprise customers to obtain a unified security solution that is vendor neutral and flexible. SecuForce Security Suite supports multiple PKIs and biometric devices. An enterprise customer can simply select the biometric device and PKI solution of choice to tailor a security system that meets its strategic e-business plan. However, the greatest value offered is not the ability to choose, but rather it is the ability to take advantage of the integrations already completed by UniSecurity. UniSecurity empowers enterprises to eliminate the purchase of any toolkits for custom integration through their security enabler. And as a result, enterprises do not need to undergo long integration projects, which requires extensive consulting and capital. They can quickly and conveniently deploy a cost-effective security solution and re-focus the valuable resources and capital to where it is most needed, which is on completing e-business transformation to increase profits and decrease costs in a slowing economy.

SecuForce(TM) Security Suite is a "Technology Adoption Accelerator" that expedites the deployment time of PKI, while reducing the total cost of ownership by eliminating custom integration and extensive consulting. Comprised of three components, SecuForce -- BAE (Business Application Enabler), SecuForce -- BPA (BIO-PKI(TM) Authenticator) and SecuForce -- PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), SecuForce is biometric and PKI neutral. Based on patent-pending BIO-PKI(TM) technology, it enhances PKI with multi-factor authentication (passwords, biometrics, or combination) and facilitates PKI where it is needed most within an enterprise's e-business strategy. SecuForce -- BAE, developed based on IETF's GSSAPI standard, has been interface-certified for use with SAP(R)R/3(R) software for both SNC and SSF, and effortlessly plugs-in to SAP R/3 software with minimal configuration. In addition, SecuForce-BAE can also be easily interfaced to various enterprise applications to support Single Sign On (SSO) to a full spectrum of applications that are being used within the enterprise's e-business environment. SecuForce -- BPA has enabled several Certificate Authorities (RSA, Baltimore, Microsoft, Secui, and Initech) and five fingerprint scanning devices (Siemens, Identix, SecuGen, Hunno and Veridicom) to provide complete vendor independence for enterprise customers. SecuForce -- PKI ships with RSA's Keon or Sentry as the default CA in a bundled package. Furthermore, SecuForce handles digital certificates from any industry standard certificate authority. Additional information about the product can be obtained by emailing [e-mail]. Visit the company's web site at www.unisecurity.com.

Samsung SDS, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, is the leading and the largest IT company in Korea with over $1 billion in revenue and over 6,000 employees worldwide, respectively. SDS, established in 1985, is globally positioned throughout the world and provides system management, system integration, and IT education services to all affiliates within the Samsung Group, as well as, to the public and private sectors. Visit the company's web site at www.sds.samsung.com for additional information.

UniSecurity, Inc., founded in April 2000, is a rapidly emerging company in the application security industry, providing a unified security solution that accelerates Biometrics and PKI technology adoption to facilitate security within the enterprise's e-business environment. UniSecurity has successfully converged the world's first biometric-enhanced PKI solution, based on its patent-pending BIO-PKI(TM) enabling technology. SecuForce Security Suite seamlessly integrates PKI to enterprise applications (from ERP/XRP to Client-Server/Web applications). This fusion of market-proven technologies has created the greatest synergy-effect in the security industry and plugs in the missing piece to complete e-business transformation. For more information, please contact UniSecurity at 408/544-5524 or send an email to [e-mail]. Visit www.unisecurity.com for additional information.