Baltimore Technologies to Integrate nCipher's Cryptographic Accelerators.WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1998--nCipher, Inc., a global leader in secure electronic commerce solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with Dublin, Ireland-based 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. , a world leader in cryptographic toolkits and 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 solutions. Under this agreement, Baltimore will provide nCipher's leading-edge, cryptographic and acceleration product offering as an integrated solution with its UniCERT public key certification platform. The partnership with Baltimore offers nCipher an established and internationally recognized development partner in the growing market for digital certificates and public key infrastructures. nCipher's nFast/KM and nFast/CA advanced cryptographic accelerators and secure key management tools provide enhanced physical security and safe key storage for the UniCERT product, enabling the exchange of encrypted data in a safe environment. "Digital certificates are growing in importance as a means of securing on-line business transactions," said Alex van Someren, chief executive officer of nCipher. "nCipher's partnership with Baltimore Technologies offers businesses around the world the combination of leading certificate software technology and strong, hardware-based physical security." "Baltimore Technologies looks forward to working closely with nCipher to deliver the highest level of security and state-of-the-art technology to the marketplace," commented Fran Rooney Fran Rooney (born 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is one of Ireland's best known businessmen. Fran Rooney grew up in Ringsend and started his career in the Irish Government sector with various roles in the Postal, Telecoms and Civil Aviation sectors. , chief executive officer of Baltimore Technologies. "We strongly believe that nCipher's industry expertise and high performance hardware systems combined with Baltimore Technologies' advanced product suite will provide a secure and trustworthy Internet banking service to business customers." About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies is a world leader in the provision of information security products and systems. Its products include solutions for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), secure email, Web & E-commerce. Baltimore Technologies also provides a range of C++ and Java cryptography toolkits and supplies design and consultancy services to the IT security industry. Its headquarters are located in the International Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Center in Dublin. Baltimore Technologies was founded in 1976 and is privately held. UniCERT is a leading CA product; offering advanced policy-based digital certificate management within a PKI. This award winning software was the core technology used in the Digital Signing Ceremony A signing ceremony is a ceremony in which a bill passed by a legislature is signed (approved) by an executive, thus becoming a law. Modern-day signing ceremonies are derived from ceremonies that occurred when the British monarch gave Royal Assent to acts of Parliament. between President Clinton and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland on September 4, 1998. Baltimore Technologies operates the EUROTRUST Trusted Third Party In cryptography, a trusted third party (TTP) is an entity which facilitates interactions between two parties who both trust the third party; they use this trust to secure their own interactions. TTPs are common in cryptographic protocols, for example, a certificate authority (CA). (TTP TTP (thymidine triphosphate): see thymine. ) infrastructure for electronic commerce throughout Europe in conjunction with commercial and industry partners. EUROTRUST is operated on behalf of and funded by the European Commission. About nCipher nCipher develops products that simplify the use of cryptography in Internet security and electronic commerce applications. Its nFast solution line was named a Hot Product for 1998 by Data Communications magazine and recently highlighted in ComputerLetter. nFast is the proven fastest accelerator available and the only accelerator and key management solution available to customers in North and South America, Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 1996 by Alex and Dr. Nicko van Someren. The van Someren brothers were included in the 1998 London Sunday Times "Who Will Be Who in the Millennium" report, which recognized them as movers, shakers and trend setters for the next century. The company has offices outside Boston, Massachusetts; San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. and in Cambridge, England. nCipher's corporate investors include Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SDTI SDTI Serial Data Transport Interface SDTI Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. SDTI San Diego Trolley Inc. SDTI Serial Digital Transport Protocol ) and Canadian networking giant Newbridge Networks Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NN). nCipher has partnerships with leading computer security and electronic commerce companies, including 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. Data Security, Inc., Netscape and C2Net. More details on nCipher and its products are available at http://www.ncipher.com, or by sending electronic mail to: ussales@ncipher.com. nCipher, nFast, nFast/KM and nFast/CA are trademarks or registered trademarks of nCipher, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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