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SSH Secure Shell Recognized as One of the Industry's Best by the Leading Publication

SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a world-leading developer of Internet security solutions, today announced that its SSH Secure Shell has been selected as a winner in the Authentication - Soft Form Factor category for the 2003 Information Security Excellence Awards. The magazine asked its subscribers to indicate the products they use and then rate them on a scale of 1 to 5. The winners were announced at an awards luncheon during MIS Training Institute's InfoSec World Conference & Expo 2003 in Orlando, FL on March 10th, attended by approximately 1,500 of security professionals and practitioners.

Held annually by Information Security, the leading publication covering the IT and computer security industry, and an independent division of TruSecure Corp., the Excellence Awards recognize those companies, products and services that the information security community have determined to be leaders in the field. The Excellence Awards have been cited as one of the most prestigious awards competitions for the information security industry.

"Infosecurity professionals have literally thousands of technologies and products to choose from. Those selected by our readers for an Excellence Award represent the best of breed in real-world enterprise security environments," said Andrew Briney, editor-in-chief of Information Security.

"The information security industry is playing an increasingly critical role in the overall IT strategy of all organizations and is producing some of the most cutting edge and important tools used today," said Timothy Garon, publisher of Information Security. "We commend the winners for their excellent work. They are examples of why infosecurity is the leading concern of corporations and businesses worldwide."

"SSH Secure Shell is a trusted security solution for millions of users worldwide," said George Adams, president and CEO of SSH Communications Security, Inc. "This honor is especially important because it was voted on by the readers of Information Security, many of whom are IT industry leaders and SSH Secure Shell users. Their vote illustrates the impact that our product has had on securing mission critical data and the network infrastructure since its creation eight years ago, and we are honored to receive this award."

About SSH Secure Shell

Invented in 1995 by Tatu Ylonen, Secure Shell is a program used to log into another computer over the Internet. Secure Shell secures the connection over the Internet by encrypting passwords and other data. Once launched, it transparently provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure networks. Benefits of the Secure Shell technology include ease-of-use, strong security and flexibility. With several million users in over 80 countries, it is the de-facto standard for remote logins, and increasingly many organizations are completely prohibiting any other form of access to their networks from the public Internet.

The 2003 Information Security Excellence Awards are sponsored by Information Security Magazine, TruSecure Corp., and MIS Training Institute. For more information, please visit www.infosecuritymag.com/awards2003.

About Information Security

Information Security is the industry's leading trade publication, providing news, analysis, insight and commentary on today's infosecurity marketplace. Published monthly by TruSecure Corp., the magazine includes in-depth features, "how-to" primers, timely news coverage, authoritative commentary, an unbiased product testing center and more, all authored by recognized experts in the infosecurity field. The publication is free to qualified readers. For more information and to subscribe, please visit www.infosecuritymag.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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