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SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a world-leading developer of Internet security solutions, today announced that CipherOptics Incorporated, a leading innovator of high-speed data encryption hardware, has licensed the SSH IPSEC ExpressEToolkit for its CipherOptics Security Gateway.

The CipherOptics Security Gateway is a high-speed data encryption appliance for IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) that allows customers to protect sensitive data today while also safeguarding against emerging network performance issues. The product is fully compatible with existing IP networks and can be deployed into any Gigabit Ethernet environment, such as high-bandwidth IP site-to- site VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and storage over IP networks that demand especially high throughput.

“The CipherOptics Security Gateway is the first encryption appliance that allows customers to maximize both network security and performance,"said Dennis Toothman, CTO, CipherOptics."The SSH IPSEC Express Toolkit was the perfect compliment to our product strategy, allowing us to implement IPSec at Gigabit Ethernet speeds."

IPSec is an IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) standard for protecting IP traffic using cryptography on the packet level. This Internet protocol is the predominant security technology used in IP-VPNs. A driving force for IPSec, IP-VPNs allow users to establish secure data communications between multiple networks or network devices using insecure public networks such as the Internet.

“SSH’s award-winning IPSec Toolkit solutions have become the technology of choice for developing IPSec-based systems and software products through their flexibility, cost effectiveness, and impact on time-to-market," said George Adams, president and CEO of SSH Communications Security, Inc."CipherOptics' innovative new Security Gateway has been able to achieve unrestricted, strong cryptographic security with the integration of SSH’s IPSEC Express Toolkit."

About SSH IPSEC Express Toolkit

SSH IPSEC Express is the world's leading developer toolkit for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) of network equipment and VPN implementations. The award winning SSH IPSEC Express provides strong and scalable security to IP networks and supports the latest standards based technologies, such as AES and IPv6. SSH IPSEC Express allows OEMs to effectively reduce development costs and enables faster time to market.

About CipherOptics

CipherOptics Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., designs, develops and manufactures data encryption solutions for high-speed networks. With its recent introduction of the industry’s first true Gigabit-speed IPSec encryption appliance, CipherOptics is dedicated to increasing security across all network applications at maximum throughput levels. For more information about CipherOptics, visit www.cipheroptics.com.

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, financial institutions and governments worldwide. SSH's award-winning remote access software, SSH Secure Shell, the de facto standard for secure remote access and data transfer, and SSH Sentinel™, a feature-rich remote access VPN "smart" client are ideal solutions for securing wireline and wireless networks. The SSH Certifier™ product family provides a robust certification authority for flexible and strong authentication through digital certificates and tokens. The market-leading, award-winning SSH IPSec 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 Exchanges under HEX:SSH1V. For more information, please visit www.ssh.com.

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