National Board of Patents and Registration authorizes decrease of SSH’s share premium fund

Helsinki, Finland - July 14, 2006, The Finnish National Board of Patents and Registration has granted and today registered its permission pursuant to the Companies Act, Section 6 (5) for the implementation of the decision of the Annual Shareholders Meeting on March 21, 2006 regarding the decrease of the company’s share premium fund and return of capital to the shareholders.

After the permission was registered, SSH Communications Security Corp’s Board of Directors has in its meeting confirmed the schedule of the return of capital as announced previously. The record date will be July 19, 2006 and the payment date July 21, 2006.

The amount to be distributed is EUR 0.25 per share. There are 28,293,146 shares in total and therefore the amount to be distributed will be EUR 7,073,286.50.

Helsinki 14, 2006

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP

Board of Directors

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SSH Communications Security is a world-leading provider of enterprise security solutions and end-to-end communications security, and the original developer of the Secure Shell protocol. The company’s SSH Tectia solution addresses the most critical needs of large enterprises, financial institutions, and government agencies. As the original developer of the Secure Shell protocol and other key network security technologies, SSH has for more than 10 years developed end-to-end communications security solutions specifically for the enterprise. Currently more than 100 of Global Fortune 500 companies are using SSH security solutions.

SSH reported consolidated net sales of EUR 9.3 million for 2005 and employed 75 people at the end of the financial year. Besides Finland, the company has offices in the United States, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

SSH was established in 1995, and its shares have been quoted on the Main List of the Helsinki Exchanges, under the trading code of SSH1V, since December 2000.

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Mika Peuranen

CFO

SSH Communications Security Corp.

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