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Entrust IdentityGuard Achieves OPSEC Certification

Designation from Check Point Software Signifies Integration and Interoperability

30 May 2006

DALLAS - Entrust IdentityGuard from Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU] has achieved OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP).

Entrust IdentityGuard is a multi-factor authentication platform that can help allow organizations to elevate authentication based on their assessment of transaction risk. With its high usability and cost factor, the platform offers a range of choices for strong authentication to serve both consumer and enterprise authentication.

"Organizations are looking for strong authentication, and Entrust IdentityGuard offers a range of choices now available for Check Point's market leading VPN-1" said Amir Ben-Efraim, director of business development for Check Point Software Technologies. "The OPSEC certified integration between Entrust IdentityGuard and Check Point offers a holistic security solution for organizations that want to offer strong authentication within the Check Point framework."

Entrust IdentityGuard officially was awarded OPSEC certification after Check Point completed rigorous interoperability testing. The OPSEC certification indicates to customers that Entrust IdentityGuard has been tested for seamless integration with Check Point's market-leading VPN-1® Pro software.

"For us, this certification allows our customers and technology partners to have the flexibility to offer Entrust IdentityGuard along with Check Point's VPN-1 solution," said Entrust Senior Vice President Kevin Simzer. "Now more than ever organizations need security solutions that are interoperable to provide the strongest defense against growing threats."

About Check Point's OPSEC™
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 350 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested for integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information, including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit www.opsec.com.

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