Entrust Technologies Announces Integration with Check Point 2000 Product Family

Check Point's VPN-1 version 4.1 earns Entrust-Ready designation

PLANO, TX, March 29, 2000 – Entrust Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTU), the global leader for solutions that bring trust to e-business, today announced that the Entrust-Ready designation has been given to Check Point 2000, the latest edition of Check Point™ Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) product family. Entrust-Ready is the designation that applies to products and applications that inter-operate with Entrust Technologies' market-leading Entrust/PKI™ software. This product branding was awarded to Check Point after Check Point 2000 successfully passed the comprehensive technical review and testing process of the Entrust/Alliance™ Developer Program.

"We are pleased to have been awarded the Entrust-Ready designation," said Bradley Brown, director of business development, Check Point Software Technologies. "Extending Entrust/PKI interoperability to the Check Point 2000 edition of our market-leading VPN-1/FireWall-1ensures robust security features required for secure e-business communication."

Since 1998, Entrust has worked with Check Point to create a highly scalable and cost-effective VPN solution for secure business-to-business (B2B) and Intra-business (IB) communications over the Internet. Check Point licenses Entrust™ PKI software toolkit to enable open, standards-based interoperability with other PKI vendors. The partnership between Entrust and Check Point has resulted in a leading solution for the exploding VPN market. According to a recent Infonetics Research report, the use of digital certificates is expected to show the highest growth among VPN authentication methods over the next two years.

The report noted that 73% of respondents expect to use PKI with their VPN deployments. To date, over 150 customers, including Texas-based Perot Systems, have implemented the solution.

"Our VPN is fundamental to our business, so we demanded the very best," said Richard Karon, Internet security architect, Perot Systems. "The VPN-PKI combination of Check Point and Entrust gives us and our customers a truly scalable, cost-effective, and secure VPN solution. These attributes are particularly important for any organization looking to leverage the Internet for business communications."

"A growing number of companies are choosing to implement VPNs to facilitate remote employee access to corporate data, establish electronic relationships with customers and suppliers, and dramatically reduce the costs of connecting sites," said Bob Heard, senior vice president, marketing and business development, Entrust Technologies Inc. "Working with a market leader like Check Point underscores our leadership in securing B2B and IB communications."

About Entrust/PKI™

Entrust/PKI facilitates the deployment and use of digital certificates in industry-leading VPN devices and provides cost-effective solutions for transparently and securely connecting remote sites and users over the Internet. Entrust PKI software handles the complexities of managing user trustworthiness using digital certificates and security automatically and transparently on behalf of Check Point users and VPN servers.

About Entrust Technologies

Entrust Technologies Inc., is the global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business relationships by securing business-to-business (B2B), business-to-customer (B2C) and Intra-business (Intra-B) transactions and communications. Entrust Technologies pioneered public-key infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificate solutions that provide security for business transactions and communications over the Internet. Through its innovation, vision and industry-leading security expertise, Entrust Technologies is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the explosive growth of the e-business market. Entrust Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Plano, Texas with worldwide offices and distributors across North America, Asia and Europe. For additional company information please visit www.entrust.com.

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