CENTURIANSOFT DEBUTS ANTI-HACKER/PRIVACY SOFTWARE.Software marketer and publisher CenturionSoft, Washington, D.C., has released Steganos 3 Security Suite, the latest version of their award-winning suite of tools for protecting one's privacy and securing computer data and access with encryption and steganography. Powerful enough for high-security environments yet easy enough for anyone to use, Steganos 3 Security Suite encrypts and hides sensitive or personal files, manages passwords/PINs/access codes, protects privacy on the Internet, encrypts email and irrevocably destroys documents, all in a Windows-integrated, user friendly interface. Steganos 3 Security Suite is one of the first privacy protection programs to use the Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography, algorithm) Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. (AES) Algorithm which was adopted in October 2000 by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. (NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. ) following a worldwide competition. AES is the successor of the Data Encryption Standard See DES. Data Encryption Standard - (DES) The NBS's popular, standard encryption algorithm. It is a product cipher that operates on 64-bit blocks of data, using a 56-bit key. It is defined in FIPS 46-1 (1988) (which supersedes FIPS 46 (1977)). (DES), developed by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , which is considered obsolete today. AES is unbreakable and works with a key length of 128 bits. For a 128-bit key size, there are approximately 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (340 followed by 36 zeros) possible keys. The previous version of Steganos Security Suite received numerous awards from various publications around the world, including a five star rating and Editor's Choice from ZDNet, the highly regarded technology industry website. The new version adds numerous new features, including: * Internet Trace Destructor (programming) destructor - A function provided by a class in C++ and some other object-oriented languages to delete an object, the inverse of a constructor. - protects privacy on the Internet by removing history files, cache, cookies, and more. * E-mail Encryption E-mail encryption refers to encryption, and often authentication, of e-mail messages. E-mail encryption usually relies on public-key cryptography. E-mail encryption protocols Popular protocols for e-mail encryption include:
* Enhanced Steganos Safe - drive-within-a-drive that lets users drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. any files and folders, then make the drive invisible with the click of a button. * New Password Manager - encrypts and saves all passwords in one secured file, thus allowing users to remember only one "master" password. * Computer Lock - locks and password-protects a PC with the press of a hotkey. * Super Shredder - completely destroys rather than simply deletes unwanted files. Meets US Department of Defense (DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. ) standards. "Today, even the casual computer user needs to be concerned about personal security and privacy," said Mike Held, Managing Director - North America of CenturionSoft. "Every PC has an incredible amount of sensitive data on it and with DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary technology it's now even easier for others to gain access to your information." "Unprotected passwords and credit card numbers can be stolen in an instant, by even relatively unsophisticated intruders. Lawyers, journalists, government employees and corporate executives need to be especially concerned about data theft. And if a laptop, diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk. diskette - floppy disk , or portable media device is lost or stolen, any data on those devices are an open book unless they are encrypted," continued Held. Steganos 3 Security Suite's new user interface gives access to all applications in the suite from one location. The full integration with Windows allows, for instance, to right-click on any file or folder and instantly secure it. Internet users will find Steganos Security Suite a must in managing all of the user names and passwords that are needed to access many of their favorite web sites: online banking, web-based e-mail, Internet stores, etc. All passwords are centrally located for easy and immediate access through one "master" password. Steganos Security Suite carries an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $59.95 (US), $49.95 for the electronic version. The electronic version is now available online at www.centurionsoft.com and the packaged version will be shipping in mid-April; a user upgrade from Steganos 1.5 and Steganos Security Suite 2 is available for $29.95. A free 30-day trial version of the suite as well as a free Steganos Decrypter download utility is available from www.centurionsoft.com. The Decrypter utility facilitates file exchanges with people who do not own the full version of the software. CenturionSoft is a Washington, DC-based software company that specializes in Windows utilities for productivity and security. For more information, call 202-293-5151, or visit www.centurionsoft.com. |
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