News

-	SSH’s long-term goal is to achieve an operating margin of 20 
percent 
-	The company aims to maintain a net sales growth of 25-30 
percent 
-	The company will focus especially on meeting the data 
security needs of financial institutions, large enterprises and 
organizations 
-	The same basic technology is also licensed to hardware and 
software manufacturers
-	The company will concentrate on software-based data security 
solutions only
 
SSH will place an increasing emphasis on providing specified end-
customer segments and OEM manufacturers with easy-to-use products 
enabling strong encryption and user identification.

SSH will seek robust growth on a long-term basis, exceeding the 
market average. Its specified goals include well-defined 
profitability and growth targets, with a focus on organic growth, 
bolstered by potential corporate acquisitions, to support both the 
company’s sales channels and product and technology range. Although 
the company seeks marked growth on a long-term basis, it prioritizes 
healthy profitability.

SSH is divided into two business areas: Business Security Solutions 
specializes in data-security solutions designed for specified end-
customer segments while Security Toolkits and OEM Products is 
responsible for providing hardware and software manufacturers with 
toolkit and other OEM-based products. Its re-defined strategy will 
not, for the time being, change the company’s product range, though 
some product redefinition and repositioning will be carried out. 
During 2003, the company will introduce new products based on 
existing technologies. 

PROVIDER OF EASY-TO-USE PRODUCTS AND STRONG ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGIES

SSH aims to become one of the world’s leading data security solutions 
providers in its selected segments and to have its name associated 
with reliable, easy-to-use and state-of-the-art technology based end-
user and OEM products.

With the company’s main market areas—the US, Europe and Asia—
remaining unchanged, the market focus in Europe will be on Germany, 
the UK and the Nordic countries, and in Asia on Japan, Korea and 
Taiwan. 

PRODUCTS

SSH offers its customers highly advanced and best-of-breed data 
security products and solutions, which apply state-of-the-art data 
communications technologies, cryptography and electronic 
identification technologies. 

The company’s products safeguard the customer organization’s internal 
and external data communications and enhance their network security. 
At the same time, these solutions promote the adoption of 
increasingly more efficient and inexpensive business processes within 
customer organizations and open up new opportunities to do business 
on the Internet and other information networks. 

Its redefined strategy will not, for the time being, change the 
company’s product range, though some product redefinition and 
repositioning will be carried out. During 2003, the company will 
introduce new products based on existing technologies.

MISSION

SSH provides solutions that protect customers’ internal and external 
data communications. 

VISION 

SSH aims to be a leading provider of high-quality enterprise and OEM-
based data security solutions designed for selected industry 
segments. 

The company seeks to strengthen its SSH brand as a brand appreciated 
by its target group on a global basis. The company commits itself to 
creating added value for its customers and increasing shareholder 
value. It pays particular attention to the superior quality of its 
products, customer support, and rapid but still profitable growth. 

In an effort to fulfill its vision, the company will focus on its 
core businesses and the development of its existing products and 
technologies on an increasingly customer-led basis.

GOALS 

SSH’s long-term goals are as follows:

-	SSH will achieve an operating margin of 20 percent
-	It will maintain a growth of 25-30 percent, mainly based on 
organic growth
-	Sales of existing products will grow by 20-30 percent
-	The company will prioritize profitability



CAPITAL MARKETS DAY

SSH will arrange a Capital Markets Day to investors and equity 
analysts on September 19, 2002. The material presented in the event 
will be available from the company’s web site www.ssh.com.


Helsinki, September 19, 2002

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP



SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP

Arto Vainio	
CEO

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