eBusiness Security Provider Announces Relationships with VeriSign, Entrust,
                 CyberTrust, Xcert and Baltimore Technologies

                       RSA Conference 2000, Booth #845

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- LockStar, Inc., a venture-backed
company focusing on integrated security solutions for the eBusiness market,
today announced that it has formed relationships with five of the market's top
PKI vendors to ensure interoperability with the upcoming LockStar solution to
PKI-enable mainframes.  Leading industry analysts estimate that more than
75% of today's mission critical data still resides on mainframes.  LockStar is
the industry's only vendor focused on bringing PKI functionality to mainframe
back-end systems and access control facilities.
    As reported recently by International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide
total PKI revenues are expected to grow from a base $122.7 million in 1998, to
$1.3 billion in 2003.  "We believe this is an exciting time to be in this
market and we're proud to be working with many of the PKI industry's leading
vendors," said Jane Schuchinski, president and CEO of LockStar.  "As was just
noted by the formation of PKI Forum last month, interoperability plays a
critical role in the success of PKI implementations.  These partnerships will
help organizations protect their existing investments and to deploy crucial
eBusiness applications rapidly and safely."
    "Business to business E-commerce requires an infrastructure built upon a
foundation of trust," said Mary Anderson, vice president marketing, enterprise
group, VeriSign, Inc.  "VeriSign's OnSite customers can integrate their trust
infrastructure with their mainframe resources using LockStar's robust and
easily implemented solution."
    LockStar will be working with the following leading PKI vendors to
integrate PKI functionality with mainframe back-end systems:

    VeriSign, Inc. -- LockStar and VeriSign are development/interoperability
partners.  VeriSign is the leading provider of PKI and digital certificate
solutions used by enterprises, Web sites, and consumers to conduct secure
communications and transactions over the Internet and private networks.

    Entrust Technologies Inc. -- LockStar is now a member of the Entrust
Alliance Developer Program, and is working toward Entrust-Ready Gold Branding,
which is the highest level of interoperability offered to partners.  Entrust
is the global leader in providing products and services that allow eBusinesses
to manage trusted, secure electronic transactions and communications over
today's advanced networks, including the Internet, extranets and intranets.
    "We believe that the success of the PKI market will be based in part on
companies' experiences in integrating their existing applications into a PKI
infrastructure," said Brian O'Higgins, executive vice president and CTO of
Entrust Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU).  "We believe that LockStar's
end-to-end security software solution for user authentication and data
security for mainframes and other core business applications, integrated with
Entrust/PKI(TM) will make the transition faster and easier for mainframe
customers seeking security solutions."

    CyberTrust -- LockStar is an active member of the CyberTrust Developers
Program.  The Program provides Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), such as
LockStar, with the tools, services, and support they need to make their
applications work with CyberTrust digital certificates.  CyberTrust is the
leading enabler of secure extranets and e-commerce for organizations,
extending their high-value relationships to the Web.
    "CyberTrust is extremely pleased to welcome LockStar to the CyberTrust
Developers Program," said Peter Hussey, president of CyberTrust.  "CyberTrust
and LockStar are working towards establishing interoperability between our
leading-edge products.  LockStar's ability to bring PKI functionality to
mainframe back-end systems combined with a CyberTrust secure extranet solution
will ensure that companies can reap maximum benefit with minimum risk."

    Xcert International, Inc. -- LockStar has formed a
marketing/interoperability agreement with Xcert, the leading provider of
software products for securing business to business communications and
electronic commerce over the Internet.  Xcert's Public Key Infrastructure
(PKI) products provide privacy and authenticity for conducting secure business
transactions.
    "Public Key Infrastructure offers corporations the unique ability to tie
together all applications as well as back end legacy systems under a single
security architecture," said Thomas Nolan, president and CEO for Xcert.  "We
are very pleased to be partnering with Lockstar to provide interoperable PKI
solutions which securely provide information to employees, customers,
suppliers and business partners."

    Baltimore Technologies -- LockStar is a member of the Baltimore PKI World
Program, which is promoting interoperability in PKI technology which seeks to
promote interoperability in PKI technology by bringing together companies who
are building products based on open industry standards.  Baltimore
Technologies specializes in the development and marketing of a complete family
of products and services to secure business conducted via computer networks,
whether for Internet, extranet or intranet applications.

    About LockStar
    LockStar is focused on helping organizations deploy their Web-enabled
applications for eBusiness rapidly and safely.  LockStar's end-to-end security
software solution for user authentication and data security allows mainframes
and other core business resources and applications to use the trust and
security of digital certificates and PKI, the de facto standard for Internet
security.  Founded in 1998 and led by a management team of industry veterans
with 50+ years experience, LockStar is a privately held company headquartered
in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

    Contacts:   Melissa Zipin                   Diana Kelley
                Lois Paul & Partners            LockStar, Inc.
                781.238.5726                    617.734.3802
                melissa_zipin@lpp.com           dkelley@lockstar.com

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