Wave Issue 0512 3/25/05 Article 1-01

***VeriSign Selects Authentify to Automate Delivery of Digital
Certificates to Businesses

CHICAGO
March 21, 2005

Authentify has announced that VeriSign, Inc., is using the
Authentify voice-based authentication service as part of its
validation services. This service is used by VeriSign to verify
that a digital certificate is requested by the organization
applying for it, and reduces the time it takes a US-based
customer to receive one. Typically, an organization that has a
valid business registration and domain registration can get a
fully authenticated server certificate in less than one day using
this service.

VeriSign selected Authentify for its ability to streamline costs
and employee time associated with the telephone verification
portion of its validation process. The Authentify service
integrates with VeriSign's existing validation process and
enables US server certificate orders to pass through the
automated telephone verification system in minutes. Authentify,
which has developed a patented system that binds a Web session
with an outbound telephone call, automatically completes the vast
majority of its telephone verification transactions for VeriSign
without human intervention. The ability to integrate smoothly
allows direct contact with VeriSign customers, through the
navigation of auto-attendant switchboards and live operators as
required by VeriSign's strict validation policies.

About the Authentify Service

Authentify uses the most ubiquitous and reliable technology in
the world, the telephone network, as an authentication tool for
Internet transactions. The company has developed a patented
process that enables Web sites or other network access points to
place a real-time automated telephone call to the person who is
attempting to conduct an online transaction. Once the person
answers the call, he/she is prompted for information being
displayed on their computer screen. The Authentify two-factor
authentication process ensures that the person on the phone is in
control of the web session, and provides a legally recognized
audit trail that binds the transaction.