SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY SIGNS A CONTRACT FOR SSH UNIVERSAL SSH KEY MANAGER™ WITH A MAJOR US INSURANCE COMPANY

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORPORATION COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT DECEMBER 15, 2014 AT 15:00AM

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A major US  insurance company 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. This is the first main reference within Insurance services. The initial order received is USD 0.5 million. Software license sales of the received order will be recognized during fourth quarter 2014 and the maintenance sales portion during fiscal year 2015

Helsinki, December 15, 2014

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORPORATION

Harri Koponen
Chief Executive Officer

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

Further information:
Harri Koponen, 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.