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SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a world-leading developer of Internet security solutions, today announced that Hitachi-IT (Hitachi Information Technology), a leading integrator of Network Systems, has licensed SSH’s IPSEC Express and SSH NAT Traversal toolkits. According to the license agreement, Hitachi-IT has integrated the SSH IPSEC Express Toolkit and SSH NAT Traversal Toolkit into its high performance mid-range"With IT-200" series routers.

The"With IT-200" series provides high performance mid-range routers that are compliant with ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) services (Mega-data Net, ATM Mega Link, etc), high-speed communication services (B Fletz, etc), broadband Ethernet service (Metro Ether, etc) and BRI/PRI (Basic Rate Interface/Primary Rate Interface) services, and performs as a high performance broadband VPN router with high-speed IPSec processing. The routers can obtain throughput speeds of 250 Mbps by integrating SSH’s IPSEC Express and SSH NAT Traversal toolkits in the"With IT-200" series IP-VPN with the Hitachi cryptographic hardware option.

“Since time to market was critical for the"With IT-200" series high performance IP router with the IP-VPN option, we needed a comprehensive, complete security solution that could be easily integrated," said Mr. Ohgawara of Hitachi-IT."As an industry leader in Internet security solutions, SSH’s IPSEC Express and SSH NAT Traversal toolkits provided us with a strong, reliable and flexible security feature to meet the needs of our customers."

“As a world leader in the electronics industry, the Hitachi Group is bringing it’s world class innovations to Hitachi-IT, for high speed systems integrating the next generation IP technology, IPv6," said J.B. Dumerc, president of SSH Communications Security K.K."World-class suppliers like Hitachi-IT licensing our SSH IPSEC Express and SSH NAT Traversal toolkits, strongly demonstrates how SSH’s industry leadership in Internet security solutions is helping companies get state-of-the-art products to market more quickly and further increases our momentum in the Asia-Pacific market."

About SSH IPSEC Express™

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 Hitachi Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Information Technology Company, Ltd., (Hitachi-IT) the industry known one- stop System Integrator, established in 1978 provides four business segments, Comprehensive Network Solution, Network Application Systems, Design & Technical Service and 3R - Repair, Recycle & Refurbishing. Unique features of the business, among others, are (1) Network Device business combined with in- house developed routers branded as"With-IT Series" and third party products, (2) Server business offering its unique customer oriented solution in conjunction with Sun Microsystems™ products, (3) Network Security System business, (4) Application service business, (5) Maintenance & Administration business of Information Infrastructure. Hitachi-IT offers the state of art solution derived from highly skilled technologies backed by its design, development, manufacturing capabilities in addition to third party devices and its applications. For more information, please visit www.hitachi-it.co.jp.

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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