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Tumbleweed Press ReleasesTumbleweed Announces South African Distributor i-Security to deliver Tumbleweed's Secure Communication Solutions to governments and enterprises in southern Africa Redwood City, CA — September 05, 2005 — Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading provider of email security, file transfer security, and identity validation software and appliances, has announced that it has appointed i-Security as its exclusive distributor in southern Africa. Under terms of the agreement, i-Security will offer Tumbleweed’s full line of secure Internet communications applications to governments and enterprises in southern Africa and will also provide technical support to its customers. “Since our relationship began over a year ago, i-Security has worked tirelessly to evangelise the Tumbleweed brand and has made great strides in establishing Tumbleweed’s presence in the South African marketplace. Partnering with i-Security as our exclusive southern Africa distributor reinforces Tumbleweed’s commitment to provide our industry-leading secure-messaging products globally,” said Søren Bech, Tumbleweed Communications’ Business Director, EMEA. “We’re delighted to be working with a team that is exclusively dedicated to Tumbleweed’s family of products.” “Today, organizations of all sizes are facing an ever-increasing number and diversity of security threats via the Internet,” said Jeremy Miller, CEO at i-Security. “Tumbleweed plays a vital role in providing organizations with solutions for email hygiene, secure email, secure file transfer and identity validation.” “A visionary Company with a 12-year track record, Tumbleweed is recognized internationally as a leader in providing Internet messaging solutions to enterprises and government customers of all sizes, yet they had not been represented in South Africa before. i-Security’s mission is to realize Tumbleweed’s rightful place as a leader in southern Africa, too,” said Miller. “Our keen understanding of the business need to conduct business safely and securely over the Internet, together with the broad and deep experience and expertise of our technical consultants and specialists, places i-Security in an excellent position to achieve this goal.” About i-Security Headquartered in Johannesburg, i-Security was established in 2004 to work solely with Tumbleweed in South Africa and in other African countries – delivering and maintaining only Tumbleweed’s products, and providing customer support and related professional services. i-Security’s business model combines direct sales with the appointment of value-adding resellers for specific products in defined territories. For further information about i-Security, go to www.iSecurity.co.za or call +27 (0)11 791 1192. About Tumbleweed Tumbleweed provides security software and appliances for email protection, file transfers, and identity validation that allow organizations to safely conduct business over the Internet. Tumbleweed offers these solutions in three comprehensive product suites: MailGate, SecureTransport, and Validation Authority. MailGate provides protection against spam, viruses, and attacks, and enables policy-based message filtering, encryption, and routing. SecureTransport enables business to safely exchange large files and transactions without proprietary software. Validation Authority is the world-leading solution for determining the validity of digital certificates. Tumbleweed’s enterprise and government customers include ABN Amro, Bank of America Securities, Catholic Healthcare West, JP Morgan Chase & Co., The Regence Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), St. Luke's Episcopal Healthcare System, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, and all four branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. Tumbleweed was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. For additional information about Tumbleweed, go to www.tumbleweed.com or call +1 650-216-2000. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on plans and expectations as of the date of the press release, and that a number of factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time. These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement below. 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 strategies presented by Tumbleweed representatives and sales of Tumbleweed products in South Africa. 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 August 9, 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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