Aspen Law and Business Appoints PureEdge CEO to CyberSecurity Advisor Editorial Advisory Board; Eric Jordan Selected for Insight and Analysis as an E-commerce Security Expert

Business Wire, March 21, 2000

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2000

Recognized as a leading authority in the area of secure, legally binding documents for e-commerce, PureEdge president and CEO Eric Jordan has been appointed to the editorial advisory board of the new CyberSecurity Advisor newsletter from the highly-respected publishing firm of Aspen Publishers, Inc.

PureEdge (formerly UWI.Com) is the global leader in creating legally binding transactions for e-commerce. Its award-winning UWI InternetForms Commerce System(TM) (ICS) enables organizations to securely create, complete, sign, and process digital documents. ICS is the first legally binding XML replacement for paper forms and processes.

CyberSecurity Advisor will focus on B2B e-business security issues. The publication will provide expert insights and analysis to the e-business security community; help non-technical managers understand critical security concepts; and help technical managers understand the ramifications of laws, regulations, and pending legislation. CyberSecurity Advisor will contain feature articles, columns and analysis of relevant news stories. It will also include interviews, panels, surveys, and a variety of viewpoints from leaders in the field.

"We need succinct, targeted thinking on e-business security matters -- especially solid third-party analysis and reportage," said Dick Dann, editor of CyberSecurity Advisor. "We rely on leading electronic commerce experts like PureEdge president Eric Jordan, who have real-world experience in providing legally binding applications and solutions to security-sensitive clients, so that our publication can provide expert insights, analysis, and news to the security community and the management people concerned with these issues."

The premiere issue of CyberSecurity Advisor is scheduled for release in May and will be available by subscription only. The newsletter's website, http://www.CyberSecurityAdvisor.com, is slated for a mid-April launch and an electronic version of the publication is being planned following the hard copy launch. Information on CyberSecurity Advisor and other e-business security issues is currently available through a free listserv subscription. To subscribe, send an e-mail to cybersecurity-request@bbplists.com with "subscribe" in the body of the message.

"Aspen is a very well respected publisher of legal and business information," said Mr. Jordan. "To be named to the editorial and advisory board of this newsletter is an honor and a privilege. Providing our clients with solutions for secure, trusted, and legally binding e-commerce has always been the mandate of PureEdge, and as a member of this advisory board, we will continue to provide cutting-edge insight and analysis to the IT security community and its business counterparts."

About PureEdge

PureEdge is the leader in creating legally binding transactions for e-commerce. Named a Top Ten E-Commerce Company by InternetWeek and a Company to Watch by Wall Street and Technology, PureEdge is a recognized leader in the development of secure e-commerce standards. PureEdge products include the award-winning InternetForms Commerce System, and a suite of new applications for online financial services, to be unveiled in the second quarter of 2000. PureEdge customers include Global 2000 and public sector organizations including Chase Bank (NYSE:CMB), Arvest Bank, the IRS, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, DuPont (NYSE:DD), Allina Health System, Ameritech (Nasdaq:AIT), RE/MAX, NEC, and American Legal Net. PureEdge partners include such companies as VeriSign, (Nasdaq:VRSN), Unisys (NYSE:UIS), GTE CyberTrust (NYSE:GTE), Netscape (NYSE:AOL), Optika (Nasdaq:OPTK), Entrust (Nasdaq:ENTU), Ariba (Nasdaq:ARBA), Commerce One (Nasdaq:CMRC), Entegrity Solutions, PenOp, Action Technologies, and Datakey, Inc. (Nasdaq:DKEY). PureEdge actively works to promote interoperable e-commerce through its participation in a wide range of industry associations and standards bodies, such as the W3C, the American Bar Association, NACHA, and CommerceNet. For more information, telephone 1-888-517-2675 or visit http://www.PureEdge.com.

About Aspen Publishers Inc.

For more than 35 years, Aspen has been a leading professional publisher in a variety of disciplines. Aspen's vast information resources are available in both print and electronic formats. Aspen is committed to providing the highest quality information available in the most appropriate format for its customers. Aspen is a member of the Worldwide Wolters Kluwer Group. For more information on Aspen, visit http://www.aspenpublishers.com. For information on Aspen's Bureau of Business Practice, visit http://www.bbpnews.com.

Note: PureEdge, UWI.Com, InternetForms, and InternetForms Commerce System are trademarks of PureEdge Solutions Inc. All other products named herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.