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Tumbleweed Press ReleasesMedReview Selects Tumbleweed to Protect Highly Sensitive Emails MailGate Email Firewall and Secure Messenger Provide Outbound Email Encryption and Block Inbound Email Attacks for Over 300 Users Redwood City, CA — May 12, 2005 — Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading provider of email and file transfer security solutions , announced today that MedReview Inc., a leader in medical reviews and programs for prospective, concurrent and retrospective monitoring, has implemented the Tumbleweed MailGate Email Firewall™ and Secure Messenger™ products to protect critical information, meet regulatory compliance requirements, and significantly reduce IT costs. MedReview, a subsidiary of the New York County Health Services Review Organization (NYCHSRO) which was established in 1974 as one of the first physicians' peer review organizations in the United States, provides its clients with guaranteed cost-effective case management and utilization analysis approaches that can assist them in developing or negotiating more cost-efficient benefit plan strategies. As businesses like MedReview aggressively expand the use of email to help streamline communications and cut costs, the privacy and security of personal and confidential information shared via email is a top concern. This concern, combined with regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and Sarbanes-Oxley, imposes email security and management requirements which most email systems don’t meet. To address regulatory issues and ensure client privacy, MedReview implemented the Tumbleweed’s MailGate Email Firewall and Secure Messenger solutions to protect, filter and secure email traffic throughout the organization’s communications network. MailGate Email Firewall supports and protects more than 300 email users and scans over 1 million messages a month, blocking spam and viruses before they reach the email server. “HIPAA was a real challenge, but with Tumbleweed there was no need for additional training. Tumbleweed integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook, so people just sent their emails,” said Vlad Safyanovskiy, senior technology officer of MedReview. MailGate Secure Messenger also meets high security requirements by encrypting the more than 2,500 outgoing messages per month to address PHI-related concerns. MedReview now relies on Tumbleweed to inspect every incoming and outgoing email communication to detect and disinfect potentially damaging messages. As an added benefit, the Tumbleweed solutions also protect MedReview against worms, Trojan horses and other malicious threats in all major file types, including mobile code and compressed file formats. “We understand that the benefits of fully utilizing email within the healthcare industry carry significant risks if the traffic is not properly secured and managed. We’ve optimized our MailGate solutions for highly confidential, mission-critical applications to ensure that our customers meet both regulatory requirements and their user’s expectations.” said Joe Fisher, VP of Marketing, Tumbleweed Communications. “As a leader in the healthcare industry, MedReview turned to the leader in email security to provide them with the most reliable, customizable and cost-effective email solution to address not only security but also compliance related issues.” About Tumbleweed MailGate Email Firewall About Tumbleweed's Secure Messenger Secure Messenger works with the MailGate Email Firewall to inspect all outbound email at the network gateway. Based on policies that your organization defines, it automatically identifies violations based on the content of the email, and redirects suspect messages to a secure, encrypted channel for further action. This perimeter-based design ensures that all users comply with enterprise privacy and security policies all the time-without the need to install software on every desktop. About MedReview Inc. About Tumbleweed Communications Corp. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to Tumbleweed products and Tumbleweed’s Healthcare business. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed’s Form 10-K filed March 16, 2005 and Form 10-Q filed May 10, 2005. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release, which represents the Company’s expectations only as of the date of this release and should not be viewed as a statement about the Company’s expectations after such date. Although this release may remain available on the Company’s website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that the Company is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein. ###
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