Baltimore Technologies Chosen to Power WISeKey Certificate Authority Enabling Global E-Commerce.Located in a High Security Bunker in the Swiss Alps The Swiss Alps are the central portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Regions From west to east, and south of Rhône, Hinterrhein and Inn: ISSE ISSE Information Security Solutions Europe ISSE International Students for Social Equality ISSE International Salon & Spa Expo ISSE Internet Streaming SIMD Extension (Intel processor command set extension) , BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999-- Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. (London:BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines ) a global leader in e-commerce and enterprise security solutions, today announced that Baltimore UniCERT has been chosen by the World Internet Secure Electronic Key Organisation (WISeKey) as the Certificate Authority for its global security infrastructure. Using Baltimore's security products, WISeKey issued a digital certificate to authenticate WorldKey(TM), the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Certificate Authority service of CBL Cbl cobalamin. WorldKey (Credit Bank Corp. Ltd). Located in a high security bunker in the Swiss Alps, WISeKey will use Baltimore UniCERT to issue digital certificates to authenticate organisations acting as Commercial CAs worldwide. Commercial CAs, also known as Trusted Third Parties (TTPs), are agencies which provide an authentication and certification service to other companies or organizations, enabling them to work securely over the Internet with a specific user group such as employees, customers or suppliers. "The issue of cross certification is becoming increasingly important as more and more countries, corporations and industry sectors set up as Certificate Authorities. WISeKey was designed to address this need with the establishment of the first geo-political Root Certificate Authority," commented Malcolm Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer at WISeKey. "Our choice of Baltimore Technologies was based on their exceptional reputation as the security provider of choice for Commercial CA's worldwide. The open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced based design and scalability of UniCERT ideally matched our stringent security requirements for this initiative." "Certificate Authorities are being deployed world-wide in order to address the fundamental requirements for identity and trust for all e-business activities. Baltimore is excited about this initiative with WISeKey and the opportunity to work with the International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) who have been driving the standards for digital certificates worldwide. This project also reinforces the dominant role digital certificates are playing to enable global eSecurity," commented Paddy Holahan, Executive Vice President of Marketing at Baltimore Technologies. Baltimore UniCERT's open, standards based architecture and flexible, scalable design uniquely addresses the interoperable Certificate Authority (CA) requirements of WISeKey. Baltimore's long-term commitment to ensuring that UniCERT inter-operates with other components of a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of including directories, databases and e-commerce applications and that it conformed to industry standards such as X.509 digital certificates, facilitated the easy deployment of the WISeKey project. In addition, to support the project, Baltimore's professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. team provided advanced training, integration and consultancy. About Baltimore UniCERT(TM) UniCERT Certificate Authority (CA) is used in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems to provide full-strength security for a wide-variety of e-commerce and enterprise security systems. Using digital certificates, UniCERT provides authentication and non-repudiation facilities for services such as Secure Email, Internet Shopping, Secure Web Banking, Online Trading Online Trading Making trades via the Internet. Notes: The use of online trading increased dramatically in the mid to late 1990's with the advent of high-speed computers and Internet connections. Stocks, bonds, options, futures, and currencies can all be traded online. and Virtual Private Networks. UniCERT was recently awarded five stars in SC Magazine's March 1999 PKI Market Survey, was a winner of the 1998 European IT Prize (EU) and was named the 1998 Information Security Product of the Year (UK). UniCERT is sold worldwide through Baltimore TrustedWorld(TM) Partners and powers commercial and public Certificate Authority systems. About WISeKey WISeKey is a service provider to Certificate Authorities worldwide. Using a certification practice statement developed by the Global Certificate Authority Forum (GCAF GCAF General Capital Asset Fund ), WISeKey provides CAs with the distinct advantage of global recognition and trust. Any CA complying with the GCAF certification practice statement can share the common global root under the WISeKey umbrella. WISeKey promotes the use of digital certificates for both authentication and authorization. Through its partnership with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), WISeKey's sister company ECCE ECCE Early Childhood Care and Education Ecce Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment ECCE European Council of Civil Engineers ECCE Examination for the Certificate of Competency in English ECCE Extra Capsular Cataract Extraction , is providing e-commerce solutions based on the mass usage of certificates by Internet users; using digital certificates for authorised access to intranets and restricted web based sites. This approach changes the entire dynamics of how the Internet is used and will propel its transactional based usage into the 21st century through the creation of the world's largest virtual network used by 188 countries. For further information visit http://www.eto.ch About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies develops and markets security products and services for a wide range of e-commerce and enterprise applications. Its products include Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems, cryptographic toolkits, security applications and hardware cryptographic devices. Baltimore UniCERT is a modular, scalable, multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective Certificate Authority (CA) which issues and manages digital certificates for a wide range of applications including email, browsers and virtual private networks. Baltimore PKI-Plus is a developer toolkit to PKI-enable legacy and new applications by providing support for a wide range of cryptographic, directory, smartcard and CA systems. Baltimore's PKI products are available directly and via global Trusted World partners. All products are supported by professional services comprising of system integration and consulting. Baltimore Technologies was formed by the merger in January 1999 of Zergo Holdings plc and Baltimore Technologies Ltd. It has customers in over forty countries worldwide including some of the world's leading financial, e-commerce, telecommunications companies and government agencies. Baltimore Technologies plc is a public company quoted on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (BLM). Intel Corporation is a minority shareholder in the Company. Baltimore operates from 21 cities worldwide with main offices in London, Dublin, Boston and Sydney. Baltimore Technologies made e-commerce history in 1998 when President Clinton and Ireland's Prime Minister Ahern digitally signed an inter-governmental communique using security technology provided by Baltimore. For further information and press releases on Baltimore Technologies, please visit http://www.baltimore.com E-Security, TrustedWorld, PKIWorld, the Baltimore logo and Baltimore product names including UniCERT, MailSecure, PKI-Plus and J/CRYPTO are all trademarks of Baltimore Technologies plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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