SSH Communications Security Oyj - Company Announcement

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY SIGNS A SIGNIFICANT FRAME CONTRACT FOR SSH UNIVERSAL SSH KEY MANAGER™ WITH A MAJOR GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY

Helsinki, Finland, 2014-09-11 08:40 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SSH COMMUNICATIONS
SECURITY CORPORATION   COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2014  AT 9.40AM 


SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY SIGNS A SIGNIFICANT FRAME CONTRACT FOR SSH
UNIVERSAL SSH KEY MANAGER™ WITH A MAJOR GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY 

A major global financial services provider has selected SSH Communications
Security (“SSH”) to deliver Universal SSH Key Manager for the centralized key
management and access control for its business critical infrastructure.  The
initial order received for the financial year 2014 is USD 0.2 million while SSH
estimates the complete project to generate over USD1.8 million over the next 18
to 24 months in software li­censes, software maintenance, and implementation
and integration services. 

A typical SSH key remediation project includes securing IT systems from
advanced malware attacks, insider threats, and APT (Advanced Persistent Threat)
attacks arising from unmanaged cryptographic keys, including: 


  -- Deploying Universal SSH Key Manager™
  -- Discovering all user keys in the environment and mapping trust
     relationships
  -- Integrating to 1) existing Identity Access Management solutions to map keys
     to appropriate accounts and ensure compliance, 2) task ticketing systems to
     allow for higher enterprise automation, and 3) security information and
     event management systems for centralized alert handling
  -- Locking down access to eliminate the possibility of unauthorized key
     distribution
  -- Provisioning and removal of key based trusts according to policies
  -- Continuous monitoring and enforcement of proper approvals


Universal SSH Key Manager™ is unique in the marketplace as it is the only
full-lifecycle, minimally invasive access control solution that automatically
discovers, deploys, rotates, removes, and monitors Secure Shell keys. For more
information about Universal SSH Key Manager™ and the company's consulting and
professional services, please visit: http://www.ssh.com. 

Helsinki, September 11, 2014

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORPORATION

Tatu Ylönen
Chief Executive Officer

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy
Major media
www.ssh.com

Further information:
Tatu Ylönen, CEO, +358 20 500 7000
Jyrki Lalla, CFO, +358 45 340 4641

About SSH Communications Security
Founded in 1995, SSH Communications Security is the company that invented the
SSH protocol - the gold standard protocol for data-in-transit security. Today,
over 3,000 customers across the globe - including seven of the Fortune 10 -
trust our Information Assurance Platform to secure the path to their
information assets. We enable and enhance business for thousands of customers
in multiple industries in the private and public sectors around the world. A
fast-growing company, SSH Communications Security operates in the Americas,
Europe, and APAC regions, with headquarters located in Helsinki, Finland. The
company's shares (SSH1V) are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.