Vordel's TalkXML awarded RSA Keon-Ready Certification

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Vordel teams with RSA Security to help secure inter-enterprise
communications

Vordel's TalkXML awarded RSA Keon-Ready Certification

Dublin, Ireland & Bedford, Mass, USA - 21 March, 2001 - Vordel, a
leading provider of solutions for secure eBusiness communications, and
RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ: RSAS), the most trusted name in
e-security™, today announced that Vordel joined the RSA Secured™
Partner Program. Vordel's TalkXML supports interoperability with the
RSA Keon® public key infrastructure (PKI) software and has been
awarded the RSA Keon-Ready certification.

The RSA Secured certification lets organizations know that Vordel's
TalkXML is compatible with RSA Security's market-leading security
solutions and technologies. Vordel's TalkXML allows enterprises to
communicate in XML, securely, over any network, with minimal
disruption to existing systems. Companies using RSA Security
technology will be able to use Vordel's solutions to interoperate with
their PKI.

"We chose to team with RSA Security because they are a leader in
eSecurity solutions and their digital certificate technology is
proven. We were able to easily integrate the RSA Keon PKI software
into our existing infrastructure allowing us to deploy digital
certificates quickly and easily," said David Ryan, CEO of Vordel.
"This achievement of interoperability reinforces our strategy of
designing our software to operate within different security
environments. Whether a company's infrastructure is based on Secure
Sockets Layer, digital certificates, or a full strength PKI, TalkXML
will seamlessly interoperate with the security solution."

"We are excited to welcome Vordel to the RSA Secured Partner Program,"
said Robert Pritchard, vice president of corporate and partner
development at RSA Security. "Our strategic partner program is one of
the most aggressive and successful in the industry and we look forward
to working with Vordel to help deliver secure eBusiness solutions to
our customers."

About RSA Security Inc.

RSA Security Inc., the most trusted name in e-security™, helps
organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through
its RSA SecurID® two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE® encryption and
RSA Keon® digital certificate management systems.With more than a half
billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than
eight million RSA SecurID authentication users and almost 20 years of
industry experience, RSA Security has the proven leadership and
innovative technology to address the changing security needs of
e-business and bring trust to the new, online economy. RSA Security
can be reached at www.rsasecurity.com.

About Vordel

Vordel is a leading provider of solutions for secure eBusiness
communications. Vordel's product suite, TalkXML, delivers a powerful
set of applications that enable an enterprise to easily establish
secure web-based business transaction channels.

The most significant issue for companies striving to build an
eBusiness capability is that of legacy and the integration of
disparate systems. Vordel offers XML-based products that will easily
interface with existing systems and deliver and receive secure,
authentic data to any digital channel. Vordel offers cohesion
technologies and services or "the glue" to link existing systems and
people to new digital business channels.

Vordel's products and solutions are designed to assist companies in
extracting additional value from their IT infrastructure and to easily
extend their business over internal and external networks. Vordel is
the cohesion partner to enable existing IT systems communicate in
order to capture the opportunity for secure electronic business.

Vordel is headquartered in Dublin, with sales offices in the USA and
UK; currently employs 40 people and has partners in Ireland, UK,
Switzerland and the US. For additional company information please
visit: www.vordel.com.

Vordel Press Contact:
Hugh Carroll
+353 1 215 3333
info@vordel.com