Baltimore Technologies Launches Telepathy WAP Security Gateway -- WSG.Business Editors DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000 World's first product provides secured communications between Wireless Application Protocol (WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. ) phones and WAP Servers 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. (Nasdaq:BALT BALT bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue. BALT Bronchiole-associated lymphoid tissue, see MALT )(London:BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines ), a global leader in esecurity solutions, today launched Telepathy telepathy, supposed communication between two persons without recourse to the senses. The word was formulated in 1882 by Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet, essayist, and a leading founder of the Society for Psychical Research in London. WAP Security Gateway (WSG WSG Web Standards Group WSG Warsong Gulch (World of Warcraft; gaming) WSG Web Services Gateway (IBM) WSG Washington, Pennsylvania (Airport Code) ), the world's first security server product to provide encryption security between Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) phones and WAP servers. Telepathy WSG was demonstrated working with mobile commerce applications at Baltimore's inaugural wireless esecurity seminar where the full Telepathy product range and initiative was announced. Telepathy WAP Security Gateway provides a security solution for content providers, network operators and businesses that need encrypted security between WAP phones to WAP servers. It is compliant with current WAP devices and is the quickest and easiest way to implement security to enable secure mobile commerce. WSG security will enable mobile commerce applications to transmit sensitive or confidential data (e.g. credit card numbers) over wireless connections without the risk of interception. Telepathy WSG works by handling security connections with clients using the Wireless Transport Layer Security (standard, security) Wireless Transport Layer Security - (WTLS) The WAP standard related to security. WTLS is based upon its TCP/IP counterpart, Secure Sockets Layer. (WTLS (Wireless Transport Layer Security) The security services in the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). WTLS is based on TLS, the landline version that is widely used on the Internet. ) protocol. It creates an encrypted and authenticated connection with the client and then transmits the decrypted data to a WAP Gateway (Wireless Application Protocol gateway) Software that decodes and encodes requests and responses between the smartphone microbrowsers and the Internet. It decodes the encoded WAP requests from the microbrowser and sends the HTTP requests to the Internet or to a local . Independent of the WAP gateway or server, WSG provides connection authentication, confidentiality and integrity as a standalone application. "A secure communications environment is essential for the growth of mobile commerce. Baltimore Telepathy WSG provides an innovative and simple way to secure WAP phone to server connections and will be a key enabler of secure mobile commerce," commented Guy Singh, Telepathy Product Manager at Baltimore Technologies. "The wireless market is moving strongly from traditional content and information to the support for financial transactions. Brokat recognize the importance of security to give customers and financial institutions the confidence in this new medium and as such we welcome the new Baltimore Telepathy initiative. Brokat are leading in supporting for multi-channel delivery and in fact we have already successfully tested our e-services platform Twister with Baltimore Telepathy WAP Security Gateway and we will demonstrate it at RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. 2000," commented Ingo Fehse, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Mobile Channels, BROKAT. WAP Gateway developers are being invited to demonstrate interoperability with Telepathy WSG by joining the Baltimore Telepathy alliance program. Full details on Telepathy WSG is available at www.baltimore.com/telepathy. About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies develops and markets security products and services to enable companies to develop trusted, secure systems for e-business, the Internet and mobile commerce. Its products include a wide range of Public Key Infrastructure (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 ) systems, wireless esecurity solutions, cryptographic toolkits, security applications and hardware cryptographic devices. Baltimore's global professional services organization offers a wide variety of consulting, training and deployment support to its customers worldwide. Baltimore Technologies markets and sells its solutions worldwide directly and through the TrustedWorld(TM) channel program. TrustedWorld includes many of the world's leading technology companies and a wide variety of global, regional and local business alliance partners. Baltimore Technologies employs over 450 people worldwide and operates from over 20 cities with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; Boston, USA and Sydney, Australia. Baltimore Technologies plc is a public company with dual listings on NASDAQ (BALT) and 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 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. Baltimore Technologies, esecurity, TrustedWorld, PKIWorld, Telepathy 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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