BioconX Continues to Grow its Network of Value-added Resellers

A total of 17 VARs in the United States and Canada now market, install, integrate, and support BioconX network security software.

MINNEAPOLIS -- May 1, 2002 -- BioconX, Inc., developer of network security software that fortifies network and application security with enterprise-wide, biometric single sign-on, announces that Echelon Technologies, Secure Network Group, Inc., and WorldNet Technology Consultants, Inc. have joined the BioconX Secure Solutions Network of VARs. A total of 17 VARs in the United States and Canada now market, install, integrate, and support BioconX software.

BioconX VARs include security consultants, systems integrators, IT consulting firms, and healthcare application system vendors. "Companies are partnering with BioconX to offer our software because it effectively safeguards the security of their customers networks, applications, and data," says Dick Musser, vice president, sales, BioconX.

"BioconX software supports multiple platforms and works with a wide range of proven biometric technologies and devices, so it gives us flexibility to solve our clients unique security issues," says John M. Williams, chief information officer, Echelon Technologies. "In particular, for our healthcare clients getting ready for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), BioconX provides a practical, cost-effective solution for biometric authentication and enterprise single sign-on."

"BioconX offers a proven solution for enterprise-wide IT security," says Russ Hailey, chief executive officer, Secure Network Group, Inc. "And, with features like multiple individual network sessions at shared workstations, BioconX software is a solid solution for healthcare organizations that have to strengthen network and application security for HIPAA."

"We tested and benchmarked many network security solutions before deciding to sign on as a BioconX VAR," says Emmett Lien, III, president and chief executive officer, WorldNet Technology Consultants, Inc. "Their software is a technologically advanced solution for biometric authentication and sign-on and delivers rapid ROI."

About Echelon Technologies

Echelon Technologies(www.echelontechnologies.com), Southfield, Mich., leverages technology to enable its clients to operate their businesses and access crucial data in secure and protected environments. Echelon's security professionals, averaging 15-20 years of experience in security and risk management, develop and implement action plans and solutions to protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, and confidentiality.

About Secure Network Group, Inc.

Secure Network Group, Inc. (www.secnetgroup.com), Lawrence, Kan., designs, builds, manages, and monitors information security systems and networks for large enterprises. Since 1995, Secure Network Group has earned the position of trusted security partner to a number of Fortune 1000 companies by integrating leading edge security products in novel ways to gain the maximum benefit for its clients.

About WorldNet Technology Consultants, Inc.

WorldNet Technology Consultants, Inc. (www.wtci.net), Wyomissing, Penn., delivers innovative technology solutions that integrate people, technology, and commerce. The Security Services Division of WorldNet is a second level secure member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) InfraGard team and provides security policy consultation, perimeter security audits and penetration testing, firewall management, intrusion detection systems, and biometric solutions.

About BioconX, Inc.

BioconX, Inc. (www.bioconx.com), Minneapolis, Minn., develops network security software that applies biometrics, the technology of authenticating individual identity from unique personal characteristics, to replace passwords and fortify computer system security. BioconX supports leading biometric technologies and devices and applies biometric access control to all applications without requiring modification of any application source code. The software authenticates the identity of users by comparing their finger scan or the iris of their eye against all stored biometric templates. It enables users to immediately access all servers, and any application, for which they have authorization with one single, simple, and secure biometric sign-on.

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