GeoTrust Enters into Strategic Partnership with Authentify™

Companies Will Deliver Trading Partner Authentication in B2B Transactions

PORTLAND, OR. - April 17, 2000 - GeoTrust, Inc., a leader in the creation of online trust in today's digital marketplace, today announced a strategic partnership with Authentify, Inc., an emerging provider of software and services that confirm the identity of Web users. Authentify will supply its Authentify|Register™ solution as a significant component of TruIdentity, GeoTrust's eMarketplace authentication service.

"Authenticating individuals is an important building block of GeoTrust's buyer and seller authentication system," said GeoTrust President and COO Jothy Rosenberg. "Authentify|Register helps us securely identify individuals representing their enterprise in a B2B transaction, providing participating buyers and sellers the confidence to shake hands in the digital marketplace."

TruIdentity is one ingredient of GeoTrust's Safe Market, a hosted trust service that enables trading partners to "see" each other. By employing Authentify|Register, TruIdentity will provide GeoTrust with identity confirmation of the buyer and seller. Confirming identities of potential trading partners is a critical foundation step in establishing the confidence to conduct online transactions.

Authentify|Register is part of a new and soon to be announced authentication solution from Authentify that provides an automated, self-service tool to quickly and reliably authenticate a user's identity over the Internet. This process provides both a verification and audit mechanism for any individual electronic transaction.

"Authentify|Register provides GeoTrust with a secure, real-time solution for Internet-based user enrollment," said Peter Tapling, Authentify's President and CEO. "The combination of Authentify|Register and TruIdentity will enable buyers and sellers to confidently confirm each other's identities in minutes, instead of hours or days, and immediately begin to conduct secure online business transactions."

About GeoTrust, Inc.
GeoTrust, Inc. is a leader in the emerging field of online trust. With its suite of services and strategic industry partnerships, the company reduces the risk within B2B digital marketplaces by providing buyers and sellers with instant access to a participant's trust profile in an online transaction. Built upon a comprehensive collection of participant-disclosed, third-party and customer feedback data that encompasses reputation, policies, practices and performance history, these trust profiles ensure that every digital handshake can be made with confidence.

About Authentify
Authentify, Inc. enables online communities to establish trusted relationships-in real time. The company's first product, Authentify|Register, quickly and reliably authenticates a user's identity over today's inherently anonymous networks, including the Internet, extranets and intranets. Authentify is privately held and based in Chicago, Illinois. Visit us on the Web at http://www.authentify.com.

©1999-2000 Authentify, Inc. Authentify, the Authentify logo, and Authentify|Register are trademarks of Authentify, Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

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