Boca Raton, Fla., October 18, 2004 – Interfuse Technology Corp. today introduced the latest release of its flagship software product, OfficeLock® Enterprise 3.0^TM. OfficeLock Enterprise optimizes file security by automatically securing native-format data files and email messages within and beyond the corporate network.

Unlike server-centric products, an OfficeLock solution provides multiple features that embed corporate security-policy attributes – including encryption and rights management – within the file, enabling businesses to protect their information on other networks, independent of any server connection or network security level.

Interfuse today also introduced the latest release in the OfficeLock product family for the government market, OfficeLock G2 Version 3.0^TM, which meets or exceeds all U.S. Government requirements for processing sensitive-but-unclassified (SBU) data. OfficeLock G2 is undergoing Common Criteria certification and is available with an AES 256-bit FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) 140-2 certified algorithm.

OfficeLock Enterprise and OfficeLock G2 software packages are available now and have been successfully deployed by numerous corporations and government agencies nationwide. Recent deployments at two major U.S. Dept. of Defense branches demonstrate that OfficeLock solutions effectively extends security policy to files as they travel outside the secure perimeter, to mobile employees, suppliers and consultants.

“We are working in a dangerous, mobile world where a large amount of critical data resides outside the protection of the traditional firewall,” said Interfuse President & CEO Phil Viscomi. “Because OfficeLock protection is embedded in the file, it can eliminate crippling security gaps and financial loss by enforcing your information-security standards. This protects intellectual property, sensitive customer information and personal data wherever it travels – giving security officials the confidence to freely exchange data through interconnected business processes and to comply with worldwide regulatory mandates.”

The OfficeLock Advantage: No Dependence on Servers or PDF files

Viscomi explained that competing file-security solutions are highly dependent upon user authentication to the central, security-policy server and often restrict file access by using PDF files. OfficeLock software automatically protects every file and email message an employee creates – using Microsoft Office and other applications in the native file format – whether on desktop PCs, laptops or anywhere on the network.

This enables OfficeLock users to collaborate within an application, according to the secure file-management attributes that are embedded within the file. The OfficeLock approach ensures security is maintained, provides security without rigid software requirements and has substantial cost advantages.

“OfficeLock products are meeting growing demand for multi-function security solutions that are easy to use, easy to deploy and have minimal impact on business processes. An OfficeLock system gives security executives the power to ensure internal and external compliance with their information-security policy for the complete life cycle of their business’ sensitive information – regardless of location or whether equipment or files are lost, stolen or hacked,” Viscomi concluded.

In addition to protecting against data theft or loss (an essential feature considering nearly one million laptop computers were stolen or lost last year), any of the OfficeLock software packages also ensures compliance with the security mandates as stated in HIPAA, Gramm Leach Bliley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel Accord that require data to be protected at all times in all locations.

OfficeLock Features and Pricing

OfficeLock software adds vital security beyond the capabilities of Perimeter Firewall Encryption, Secure Collaboration Environments, Virtual Private Networks and Public Key Infrastructure products – to enforce security policy and protect files in transit or at rest. Pricing is available by contacting Interfuse.

Below is a summary of OfficeLock key features (also see our Key Features).

• Automatic File & Email Encryption. Automatically secures files, email and attachments, with a seamless user interface.

• Secure User Authentication. Ensures authentication for each user on their primary, secondary or replacement PC.

• Rights Management. The originator of the file can restrict the recipient’s ability to print, cut, copy, paste, rename and control start and end dates of file access.

• Central Policy Management. Empowers the management team to define a security policy in terms of an individual user’s rights and privileges for electronic files in each protected business application, deploy the policy to users within and beyond the enterprise network (regardless of an active network connection), and ensure that internal and external users automatically comply with the policy for the complete business information cycle.

• Secure Workgroups. Enables users to create self-administered confidential work groups, without changing business practices..

About Interfuse

Interfuse Technology Corporation provides corporations, government agencies and service providers with security-policy-enforcement solutions for client PC systems, email and electronic files.  Interfuse’s patented solutions enable customers to dynamically extend their security policy, exchange secure messages and electronic files, and protect data throughout the files’ complete life cycle.  Interfuse was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla.  The Company’s federal government sales operations are based in Washington, DC.  Numerous commercial and government customers worldwide successfully deploy Interfuse’s OfficeLock products.  In addition to OfficeLock Enterprise, Interfuse also markets OfficeLock G2^®, which meets or exceeds all U.S. Government requirements for processing sensitive-but-unclassified (SBU) data.  To learn more about Interfuse’s advanced security infrastructure solutions, please visit www.interfusetech.com.

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Media Contact:  Stan Schneider, Schneider Communications

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