Santa Clara, Calif. - October 9, 2000 - Sanctum, Inc., the established leader in automated web application control and security software, today announced that AskART.com has joined its growing list of AppShield customers. The industry's first and only viable web application security solution, AppShield delivers the application-level security critical to protecting AskART.com's comprehensive centralized database on over 23,000 American artists. The AskART.com site was designed, developed and implemented by InterTech USA, a leading ISP focused on providing internet related services to eBusinesses who are unable to find off the shelf solutions from their local ISP. InterTech USA offers Sanctum's AppShield as part of its comprehensive security service.

"InterTech provides an outstanding service to eBusinesses that want everything 100% secure, 100% reliable and 100% profitable, but don't have the resources, time or expertise to execute on it themselves," said Peggy Weigle, CEO of Sanctum. "Our partnership with InterTech is the perfect combination to ensure companies such as AskART.com have the technology and services necessary to prevent their mission-critical digital assets from falling into the wrong hands"

"When we started looking for a service provider, a key criterion was the ability to secure our unique collection of data, including hundreds of thousands of records and graphics," said George Collins, CEO of AskART.com "Sanctum's AppShield was the only product on the market capable of delivering comprehensive protection against application-level hacks. As such, we felt it was essential to work with a service provider that offered Sanctum's technology as part of its service - InterTech was the obvious choice."

An information-management firm that empowers customers with the knowledge and technology necessary to become self-reliant, InterTech provides companies such as AskART.com with Internet design, development, and deployment services. Developed to deliver solid web application security while still meeting the time-to-market demands of the eBusiness environment, Sanctum's AppShield was the perfect compliment to InterTech's existing security offerings.

"By making sure that any holes at the application-level are completely inaccessible to outsiders, AppShield provides protection for ourselves and for our clients in an elegant fashion," said Tim Gillespie, CEO of InterTech USA. "AppShield allows us to change protection simply and conveniently without extensive reprogramming, saving significant time and money. From a service provider's perspective, AppShield is certainly the industry's most comprehensive and flexible solution to web application security."

About AppShield
AppShield, Sanctum's flagship product, is the first solution to provide complete application-level security for eBusinesses. Developed to meet the time-to-market demands of the eBusiness environment, AppShield can be installed quickly, needs little configuration and does not require modification to either existing eBusiness applications or third-party software. Because it provides blanket protection against application-level security vulnerabilities, AppShield allows eBusiness application developers to focus their attention on functionality and performance rather than the time-consuming process of coding and testing for security.

About AskART.com
AskART.com™ is a privately held corporation dedicated to the evolution and maintenance of the world's most comprehensive centralized database on over 23,000 American artists who range from early settlers to urban expressionists. AskART.com offers the public an unprecedented educational and professional resource-digital images, biographical documentation, book references, 14 years of auction data, and the opportunity to engage in open forum dialogue on the subject of American artists. AskART.com believes that through its efforts and the unique opportunities provided only by its site, no American artist need be forgotten as a professional, or as an individual.

About InterTech USA
InterTech USA is a unique information management firm with a corporate philosophy of empowering our customers with the knowledge and technology they need to become self-serving, and self-reliant. We believe that our objective is to help you help yourself. It is your custom solution and you should have everything it takes to make that solution work not only now, but well into the future. All InterTech USA's software customers, for example, have complete source code access to their custom software solutions. Our customers are also provided with all of the proper supporting documentation. Without these two vital elements, customers can become powerless by becoming dependent upon a sole vendor with devastating results. Routine operations such as training, modifications, repairs, maintenance, and upgrades can become impossible not to mention the resulting inconvenience to YOUR customers. For more information visit the InterTech web site at www.intertech-usa.com or call 1-800-291-6517.

About Sanctum, Inc. (www.SanctumInc.com)
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Sanctum, Inc. (formerly Perfecto Technologies) pioneered the market for web application security and control software. Sanctum's software works autonomously and continuously to monitor how individuals interact with web applications. By detecting and defending against any unauthorized behavior, Sanctum prevents web application perversion, even if a site has unknown security holes or flaws. Sanctum's customers include industry leaders in banking, retailing, finance, government, and healthcare. Privately held, Sanctum is funded by blue-chip venture capital firms and industry leaders, including Sequoia Capital, Walden and Intel Corporation. More information about Sanctum may be obtained by visiting the Company's web site www.SanctumInc.com or by calling the Company directly at (408) 855-9500.

For Immediate Release
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Kevin Pedraja
Sterling Communications
(415) 749-6550
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