Comodo First to Issue EV SSL Certificate to a Non-Corporate Business Entity

Jersey City, NJ (June 12, 2007) - Comodo, a globalCertification Authority and leading provider of Identity and Trust AssuranceManagement solutions, is pleased to announce that, in accordance with thenewly-ratified EV SSL Guidelines established by the CA/Browser Forum, it has begunoffering EV SSL certificates to all businesses, both corporate and non-corporateentities. This first set of guidelines, two years in the making, was championed byComodo in its commitment to make sure that all businesses, regardless of status orfinancial resources, have access to first-rate security and authenticationsolutions. Comodo was prepared for the passing of these new guidelines andimmediately issued the first such EV SSL Certificate to a non-corporate businessentity.

The first business to receive an EV SSL Certificate is GetBids.com. This innovativebusiness allows customers to procure home contractor services within their localarea based on their telephone area code. Created by Scott Wolmouth, this site offerscontractors guaranteed marketing and advertising through a sophisticated set ofservices including telemarketing, a business profile, and a routing source to drivequalified leads to the contractor using innovative database routing and a livetransfer.

Prior to today, GetBids.com, like other sole proprietorships doing business under anassumed name, could not obtain an EV SSL certificate because there were noestablished processes for validating this class of business owner. For businesseslike GetBids.com, this created a significant business disadvantage.

"Establishing trust on my site is critical because visitors need to have confidencein my site otherwise they will not procure services through me," said Mr. Wolmouth."Having Comodo's EV SSL Certificate on my website will definitely improve sign-uprates because I look as credible as any other larger site and the EV SSL certificatedemonstrates my trustworthiness to my customers."

As the initiator of the CA/Browser Forum, Comodo championed the need for EV SSLcertificates for business of all sizes because, in many ways, smaller businesseshave a higher need to establish trust using EV SSL certificates than their largercompetitors. Unlike big businesses that have deep resources to "buy" consumers'trust through branding campaigns, EV SSL certificates levels the playing field forsmaller sites irrespective of financial resources or legal status because onlinevisitors can equally trust all EV protected sites due to the stringent validationprocesses.

"GetBi ds.com is the first of many sole proprietor small businesses who will be ableto prominently display their status as a highly authenticated online business," saidMelih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo. "Comodo is proudthat it has enabled business owners like Scott Wolmouth to create a new level oftrust and drive more revenue. Comodo's validation infrastructure is ready toauthenticate many, many more small businesses like GetBids.com so that they too cancreate more trust online."

For more information on Comodo's EV SSL Certificates or its suite of security andidentity assurance solutions, visit www.instantssl.com.About Comodo

Comodo, through its group of Internet security companies, is a leading CertificationAuthority and global provider of Identity and Trust Assurance services on theInternet. Comodo secures and authenticates online transactions and communicationsfor over 2,000,000 businesses and consumers.

With a global presence Comodo offers businesses and consumers third-generationsolutions for intelligent security and authentication technologies that create trustonline. Comodo's technological expertise includes PKI digital certification, Codesigning certification, integrated authentication infrastructure services, WebContent authentication, Secure messaging solutions, PCI compliancy scanning, SSLdigital certificates including our flagship InstantSSL brand, HackerGuardian,Banking solutions including Two Factor Authentication, and digital e-commerceservices.

For additional information on Comodo - Creating Trust Online visithttp://www.comodo.com

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