GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2004--V-ONE Corporation (OTCPK:VNEC), a global Internet security company, today announced the launch of a new Cross-realm Authentication feature that extends user authentication and access control across departmental and organizational boundaries. This feature, available in SmartGate(R) Release 4.6, is the latest enhancement to V-ONE's federated authentication capabilities.

Federated authentication provides a foundation for validating users or services from various organizations that are part of a network of trusted partners and allows users to seamlessly access the resources provided by those trusted partners. V-ONE federated authentication delivers:

Single sign-on (SSO) to simplify the end user experience. With SSO a single action of user authentication and authorization permits access to all computers and applications where the user has access permission, thus reducing human error, a major component of systems failure.
Support for multiple authentication methods to accommodate heterogeneous environments.
Distributed encryption servers to optimize data flows, and
Cross-realm authentication to accommodate multiple authentication sources. With Cross-realm authentication, identity entitlement is portable across autonomous domains.
" While many products in the market today address the need for multiple authentication types, they do not adequately address multiple authentication sources. The V-ONE federated authentication solution solves both challenges, allowing cooperating commercial business organizations or peer government law enforcement and first responder agencies to securely and cost-effectively share information over a single virtual network," said Margaret E. Grayson, president and CEO of V-ONE Corporation.

Cross-realm authentication is a highly cost-effective means of enabling acceptance of authentication information from multiple sources, without relying on a centralized third party. It integrates and leverages authentication sources from other organizations.

Experts note that one of the basic failures of September 11th was the lack of a "network of people" with access and visibility into information. As a result of those tragic events, it became clear that an effective mechanism was needed to create a single virtual intelligence network to support communications across organizational boundaries. An important step in enabling the required collaborative information sharing was the successful interconnection in 2002 of the FBI LEO (Law Enforcement Online) network with the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) network that provides services to more than 6,000 regional, state and local criminal justice agencies.

"Securing cross-organizational access control and data flows was the critical next step. The V-ONE Cross-realm Authentication feature was specifically designed to support this requirement and further the RISS.net/LEO intelligence sharing initiative."

V-ONE's security technology, as implemented in the RISS.net/LEO network, has been recommended by the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan and approved by Attorney General John Ashcroft for implementation of a nationwide intelligence sharing capability.

About V-ONE Corporation

V-ONE's application layer SSL VPN security products are the most secure, cost effective and easiest to manage network solutions for the wireless, remote and satellite markets. These patented standards-based products work on all leading operating systems, boost satellite network speeds by 500% to 1500% over products using IP Security (IPSec) and enable secure remote access to an organization's VPN.

V-ONE products have been deployed by U.S. government agencies charged with homeland security, including the FBI, NSA, and Departments of Defense, Justice and the Treasury. The Company's clients also include Fortune 500 and smaller companies in healthcare, banking & finance, transportation and high-tech. All rely upon V-ONE's 10-year proven track record for providing secure global VPN information sharing over the Internet, intranets, extranets and privately leased lines.

For further information, please consult www.v-one.com.

This release, other than historical financial information, may consist of forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ in a material way from actual future events. Detailed information about risk factors are set forth in the documents filed by V-ONE Corporation with the SEC, specifically the Company's latest report on Form 10-K, which identifies important risk factors for the Company.

V-ONE, SmartGate, SmartGuard, SmartPass, SmartWall and "Security for a Connected World" are registered trademarks of V-ONE Corporation. All product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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SOURCE: V-ONE Corporation