GeoTrust Awarded General Services Administration Contract to Offer Security Technology to Government Agencies

Leading Digital Identity and Digital Certificate Company to License QuickSSL and True Credentials Products to Provide Authentication Services to Federal Organizations

July 22, 2003 - Wellesley, Mass. - GeoTrust, Inc., a leader in identity and security solutions for e-business and the second largest certificate authority, today announced that the General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded GeoTrust a contract as an approved vendor of security technology to government agencies. GSA is the federal government’s business manager, which contracts for billions of dollars worth of products and services for federal agencies. GeoTrust can now supply its QuickSSL and True Credentials security products to federal organizations. GeoTrust technology ensures recipients that Internet communications have been created and sent by authorized parties, and have not been tampered with during transmission.

GeoTrust provides the most immediate and secure solution for online organizations wishing to build user confidence by offering secure Web transactions. Government agencies and their constituents will now be able to conduct secure transactions by using GeoTrust’s QuickSSL and True Credentials products. QuickSSL offers commercial quality, 128-bit SSL digital certificates, which encrypt communications between Web browsers and servers, in as little as 10 minutes. This 10-minute turnaround beats the competition’s 3-5 day wait for digital certificate delivery and enables organizations to begin conducting secure e-business almost immediately.

True Credentials is a fully managed enterprise security service that verifies identity, and safeguards electronic communication between employees, vendors, trading partners, customers and other remote users. True Credentials for Paperless Transactions is a secure electronic authentication and signature service that integrates quickly and easily into existing consumer and business transactions. By replacing manual, paper-based forms and documents with electronic ones, transactions are completed faster – at a significantly lower abandonment rate – than ever before.

About GeoTrust, Inc.

GeoTrust, Inc., an emerging leader in Identity and Trust Services, helps organizations of all sizes secure e-commerce transactions, trusted identities and fully managed trusted environments for conducting e-business. GeoTrust's Web Security Services offer hosting providers and businesses with world-class digital certificates for fast transaction security and patent-pending smart-seals to ensure a trusted identity on the Web. GeoTrust also offers managed security services for large enterprises. With more than 40,000 companies in over 140 countries using its technology for transaction security, GeoTrust is the second largest digital certificate provider in the world. GeoTrust can be reached at www.geotrust.com or 800-944-0492.

GeoTrust is a registered trademark of GeoTrust, Inc. QuickSSL, QuickSSL Premium, Enterprise SSL and True BusinessID, are trademarks of GeoTrust, Inc. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.