Eckerd Selects Netegrity's Identity and Access Management Solution to Securely Manage Its Business; Helps Company Meet HIPAA Security Requirements.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2003

Netegrity, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETE), a leading provider of identity and access management solutions, today announced that Eckerd Corporation, one of America's largest retail drug chains, has chosen Netegrity's identity and access management product line to securely manage over 75,000 associates across 2,680 stores in two states.

"Netegrity is clearly a leader in the market and its integrated solution provides us with a single source for identity, provisioning, and access management across the entire Eckerd environment," said Dave Saunders, VP of IT Architecture at Eckerd. "Netegrity's robust solution will help us drive down the cost of providing a secure customer interaction."

Eckerd chose Netegrity's solution after reviewing products from several vendors including IBM, Waveset, and Oblix. Key to Eckerd's decision was Netegrity's integration of access management, user administration, and provisioning into a unified solution.

Using Netegrity's entire identity and access management solution will help Eckerd to:

-- Meet HIPAA compliance - Because they deal with customer