COMMERCE DEPT APPROVES RSA DIGITAL SIGNATURE STANDARD.In a coup likely to boost sales to both the public and private sectors, 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 has won US Department of Commerce approval for its digital signature technology. The DOC says it will modify the Federal Digital Signature standard (FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 186-1) to support the American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. (ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. ) X9.31 standard for RSA digital signatures. That means government agencies will be able to use RSA digital signatures in their applications without having battle Federal bureaucracy for a standards waiver. RSA is hoping other industries, especially financial services, will be encouraged by the government's stamp of approval to adopt RSA digital signatures themselves. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion