SecuGen Corporation
348 Montague Expressway
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-942-3400

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SecuGen Integrates Fingerprint Technology into Novell Modular Authentication Service

San Jose, CA, November 13, 2000 — SecuGen Corporation (www.secugen.com), a leader in the biometrics industry, positioning itself as a Total Biometric Solutions provider announced today that it has entered into an alliance with Novell, Inc., the leading provider of Net services software. The agreement will provide SecuGen with the opportunity to integrate its fingerprint biometric technology into Novell’s Modular Authentication Service (NMAS), which supports Windows NT 2000, NetWare, Linux, and Solaris.

Providing multi-factor authentication and Graded Authentication to Novell eDirectory, the Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) greatly increases the security of your network. Using this versatile authentication management solution, you can combine any number of password, token, X.509 certificate, and biometric login methods to specifically limit access to any data, application, or user on your network.

As companies increasingly rely on the Net for storing, sharing and accessing sensitive information the need for secure authentication is paramount," said Bob O’Dell, director of product management, Novell Inc. "Security practices are evolving from something you know, such as a password, to something that you are, such as SecuGen’s biometric fingerprint solutions. Being able to support and manage new security devices in a single place with NMAS demonstrates the value of NDS eDirectory for managing access to your network services, data and information."

"SecuGen’s technology allows its users to replace passwords with fingerprints, enhancing both system security and user convenience. The system permits remote user authentication across LANs, WANs and the Internet," explains Jim Kawashima, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the SecuGen Corporation. Terry Dennis, SecuGen General Manager, adds, "Our goal is to leverage the power and benefits of Novell Directory Service (NDS) to provide the best biometric solution available. Biometric technology will increase both the actual security and the perceived security for NMAS, giving Novell a decisive edge over its competitors in the network systems market. Heightened convenience and security offered by SecuGen’s biometric solutions will help Novell to expand its already substantial customer base and offer a practical, workable biometric interface to the 93 million users already connected to NMAS servers."

About SecuGen

SecuGen Corporation, a Total Biometric Solutions Provider, is headquartered in Silicon Valley. As a recognized leader in the biometrics industry, SecuGen Corporation develops, designs and implements biometric-based security and network solutions for the global market featuring fingerprint recognition technology. Founded in 1998, the company has applied its patent-pending optical fingerprint technology to provide biometric solutions into a range of applications – enterprise network solutions, secure online transacting, e-business applications, PC peripherals, security systems, access control, time and attendance systems, door locks and much more. SecuGen is a member of the Biometrics Consortium and the BioAPI.

SecuGen has formed strategic partnerships with premiere Software companies to provide reliable solutions customized to meet a wide range of applications such as open-platform systems, medical or financial applications, enterprise logon, and e-commerce transactions. SecuGen partners include Protocom, Q-Voice, SAFLINK Corporation, BioNetrix, Opticom Technologies, Novell, and Digital Signature Trust. For further information call 408.942.3400 or visit www.secugen.com.