RSA Security Continues its Growth in the Business-to-Business Market

Agorics Employs RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C to Provide Secure Online Messaging and E-Commerce Among Enterprises

BEDFORD, MASS, April 17, 2001 - RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ: RSAS) announced today that Agorics, Inc., a leading professional services firm specializing in secure e-commerce, has licensed RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C security software. Agorics has added this software and its capabilities to its Cancun secure messaging server, which is used to provide secure business-to-business (B2B) communications. By adopting RSA Security software, Agorics is able to achieve rapid development, while delivering highly secure messaging services to its Cancun e-mail and e-commerce users.

"Agorics is very pleased to be working with RSA Security," said Ann Hardy, CEO of Agorics. "It provides us with the quality technology that our customers demand right out-of-the-box. In addition, RSA Security also provides us with the exceptional organization-wide support services that can only come from an industry leader in security."

"As the number of B2B applications continues to increase, providing heightened security is critical to ensuring the privacy of enterprises' proprietary information as it travels over the Internet," said Bill McQuaide, vice president of product marketing at RSA Security. "Agorics is dedicated to addressing this need, and has selected RSA Security as its strategic partner to alleviate its customers' concerns about the safety and security of online transactions."

The RSA BSAFE® line of security software is embedded in today's most successful Internet applications, including Web browsers, wireless devices, commerce servers, e-mail systems and virtual private network products. Built to provide implementations of standards such as SSL, S/MIME, WTLS, IPSec and PKCS, RSA BSAFE products can save developers time and risk in their development schedules

About Agorics, Inc. Agorics is a leading professional services firm specializing in contract development of commercial products for secure e-commerce. Incorporated in 1994, Agorics has garnered an impressive array of top-tier clients, including Sun Microsystems, Inc., IBM Corporation, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Fujitsu Limited, and Bank Boston. Agorics has authored ten patents for information security. Based upon its patented intellectual property, Agorics is releasing two new products in 2001: Cancun, a secure messaging server, and Pacific, a secure Application Server Platform. Agorics is a privately held corporation based in Los Altos, California. Inquiries about Agorics products or services can be made to the attention of Ann Hardy, CEO, at (650) 941-8224 or ann@agorics.com

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.

RSA, BSAFE, Keon, and SecurID are registered trademarks, and The Most Trusted Name in e-Security is a trademark of RSA Security Inc. All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.

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