Authorize Net Partners With Comodo to Offer Merchants Highly Secure PKI-Based SSL Certificates

Released on = April 20, 2006, 8:24 am

Press Release Author = Comodo Group Inc

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Comodo Products Will Be Offered to Authorize.Net\'s 136,000
Merchants

Press Release Body = 2006 ETA Annual Meeting & Expo, LAS VEGAS, NV, April 20, 2006 .
Authorize.Net, Corp., a service of Lightbridge, Inc., (NASDAQ: LTBG), and Comodo
Inc., a global leader in Identity and Trust Assurance Management solutions, today
announced an exclusive multi-year deal to offer Comodo\'s range of Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) based Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates.

Comodo\'s line of PKI-based certificates is designed for merchants to create a
trusted online experience and include Instant and Premium High Assurance level SSL
certificates. These premium SSL certificates ensure that legitimate Web merchants
have a highly secure connection to the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway for optimum
data transaction encryption and protection. Further, Authorize.Net merchants will be
able to display the Comodo TrustLogo Site Seal that provides their customers with
Web site identity assurance by linking to a real-time database to confirm the
validity of Comodo\'s SSL certificates.

As a leading payment gateway managing over 247 million online payment transactions
for more than 136,000 merchants each year, Authorize.Net is committed to helping its
merchants protect themselves from security threats such as phishing or ID theft.
Implementing Comodo\'s Identity and Trust Assurance (ITA) technologies provides a
strong foundation of protection for Authorize.Net merchants by offering the
strongest levels of encryption available, while providing validation of legitimacy
to end users.

\"Authorize.Net is always looking for new opportunities to provide our merchants with
ways to enhance the security of their business,\" said Roy Banks, Authorize.Net
president. \"With an SSL certificate issued by Comodo, merchants will be assured that
all data passing between their Web site and the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway
remains secure and confidential. In addition, by displaying the Comodo TrustLogo
Site Seal, our merchants are sure to boost their customers\' trust and confidence.\"

James Langman, director of business development at Comodo, said, \"As a leading
Certification Authority, Comodo is pleased to be chosen as the best fit to provide
critical security solutions to Authorize.Net merchants to enhance end-user trust.
Together, Authorize.Net and Comodo continue to deliver innovative new identity and
trust assurance solutions that empower e-commerce merchants to increase Web traffic,
conversion rates and ultimately revenues. This partnership will extend new trust
solutions to a wide variety of online businesses to help them succeed.\"

About Comodo

Comodo is a leading global provider of Identity and Trust Assurance services on the
Internet, with over 200,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ
with global offices in the UK, Ukraine, Norway and India, the company offers
businesses and consumers the intelligent security, authentication and assurance
services necessary to ensure trust in online transactions.

As a leading Certification Authority, and in combination with the Digital Trust Lab
(DTL), Comodo helps enterprises address digital ecommerce and infrastructure needs
with reliable, third generation solutions that improve customer relationships,
enhance customer trust and create efficiencies across digital ecommerce operations.
Comodo\'s solutions include integrated Web hosting management solutions,
infrastructure services, digital e-commerce services, digital certification,
identity assurance, customer privacy and vulnerability management solutions. For
additional information on Comodo - Creating Trust OnlineT - please visit:
www.comodogroup.com.
About Authorize.Net® (www.authorize.net)

Authorize.Net provides secure, reliable, Internet Protocol (IP) based payment
gateway solutions that enable over 136,000 merchants to authorize, settle and manage
electronic transactions anytime, anywhere, via Web sites, at retail, mail
order/telephone order (MOTO) call centers and on wireless devices. Authorize.Net is
sold through an extensive network of reseller partners and leading financial
institutions that offer its industry leading payment services to their merchant
customers. Authorize.Net is a service of Lightbridge, Inc.

About Lightbridge® (www.lightbridge.com)

Lightbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTBG) is a leading e-commerce, analytics and decisioning
company that businesses trust to manage customer transactions. Lightbridge adds
value to fraud screening, credit qualification and payment authorization.
Lightbridge solutions leverage intelligent automated systems and human expertise,
delivered primarily through the efficiencies and cost savings of an outsourced
business model. Businesses use Lightbridge to make smarter decisions, deliver better
services, provide secure payments, reduce costs and enhance the lifetime value of
their customers. For more information, visit www.lightbridge.com.

AUTHORIZE.NET, LIGHTBRIDGE, and the Lightbridge logo are registered trademarks of
Lightbridge Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other marks are the property of their
respective owners.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements in this news release that are not historical facts, including,
without limitation, those relating to the Company\'s products, services, partners,
certifications, security, markets and growth prospects, success and third party
products or services are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations
of the management of the company. Actual results may vary materially from those
contained in forward-looking statements based on a number of factors including,
without limitation, (i) dependence on a limited number of clients, (ii) the
Company\'s revenue concentration in the wireless telecommunications business and the
declining subscriber growth rate in that business, (iii) continuing rapid change in
the telecommunications industry and payment processing industries, and other markets
in which the company does business that may affect both the company and its clients,
(iv) the impact of competitive products, services and pricing on both the company
and its products and services, (v) market acceptance of the company\'s new or
enhanced products, services and technologies, (vi) the industry risks associated
with Authorize.Net\'s business and operations including, without limitation, illegal
or improper uses of Authorize.Net\'s payment system, unauthorized intrusions or
attacks on Authorize.Net\'s payment system that may impair the operations of its
payment system, changes or failures to comply with credit card association rules,
governmental regulation and the application of existing laws to Authorize.Net\'s
business and dependence on relationships with a third party payment processors, and
(vii) factors disclosed in the company\'s filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission including, without limitation, its 2005 Annual Report on Form
10-K and its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The company undertakes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Web Site = www.comodo.com

Contact Details = Address: 525, Washington Blvd., Jersey City
United States

Phone Number:
Email: media-relations@comodo.com

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