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Nokia Channel Expert Joins RSA Security
  Michael Ross to lead North American channel, distribution and Inside Sales
           teams; expand Company's channel emphasis and investment

    BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RSA Security Inc.
(Nasdaq: RSAS) today announced the appointment of Michael Ross to the position
of Area Vice President, North American Channels. Bringing years of expertise
in developing, implementing and directing channel and distribution sales
models, Mr. Ross will oversee the expansion of RSA Security's ongoing drive to
deliver greater financial rewards and more efficient tools to channel partners
to better enable the realization of market opportunities. Mr. Ross will report
to Brien Naylon, Vice President of Americas Sales at RSA Security.
    "A key focus for us this year has been to ensure that our channel partners
are as well-enabled, informed and rewarded as possible -- and that doing
business with RSA Security is getting easier all the time," said Mr. Naylon.
"Michael's great success with parallel initiatives at Nokia in recent years
makes him a formidable asset -- both to our team and to our partners -- and I
am excited about the expertise and potential for yet more progress that he
brings."
    Michael was most recently in charge of the development and implementation
of Nokia's two-tier channel and distribution model. While at Nokia, he was
responsible for the global channel and distribution strategy, defining the
company's Channel Accreditation Program and managing the Americas channel team
with annual revenues of $150 million. A graduate of Michigan State University,
he previously held positions at Panamax and Gateway Computers.
    "RSA Security is focused on helping partners realize the full potential of
its range of solutions, including secure enterprise access and enterprise
single sign-on. For the channel this means a commitment to communication,
training and ease-of-access," said Mr. Ross. "The security of identities, and
the means to leverage identities simply and conveniently, is a key business
driver today, and I am looking forward to furthering RSA's recognised efforts
to ensure that its enabling solutions are readily available to the widest
possible audience."

    About RSA Security Inc.
    RSA Security Inc. is the expert in protecting online identities and
digital assets. The inventor of core security technologies for the Internet,
the company leads the way in strong authentication and encryption, bringing
trust to millions of user identities and the transactions that they perform.
RSA Security's portfolio of award-winning identity & access management
solutions helps businesses to establish who's who online -- and what they can
do.
    With a strong reputation built on a 20-year history of ingenuity,
leadership and proven technologies, we serve approximately 19,000 customers
around the globe and interoperate with more than 1,000 technology and
integration partners. For more information, please visit
http://www.rsasecurity.com

    For more information:
     Courtney Hohne                               Matt Buckley
     OutCast Communications                       RSA Security Inc.
     (415) 392-8282                               (781) 515-6212
     courtney@outcastpr.com                       mbuckley@rsasecurity.com
SOURCE RSA Security Inc.
http://www.rsasecurity.com
CONTACT:
Courtney Hohne of OutCast Communications,
+1-415-392-8282, courtney@outcastpr.com; or Matt Buckley of RSA
Security Inc., +1-781-515-6212, mbuckley@rsasecurity.com