Chrysalis-ITS Luna Security Token Passes Entrust Interoperability Tests.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1997--RSA '97 DATA SECURITY CONFERENCE--Chrysalis-ITS today announced its Luna encryption token has successfully passed a rigorous suite of interoperability tests executed by Entrust Technologies, Inc., and will work with the Entrust enterprise security software. Chrysalis and Entrust Technologies will cooperate in marketing the Luna token to Entrust customers. The announcement was made at the 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 Conference here. The Luna token conforms with the RSA PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standards) Specifications from RSA Laboratories for various techniques used with RSA public key cryptography. With cooperation from security experts worldwide, PKCS #1 covers the RSA standard itself. #11 standard. The Chrysalis token is a cryptographic processor in a PCMCIA card format. It is about the size of a credit card, but thicker, and plugs into the standard PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. slot in laptop computers and desktop systems equipped with PCMCIA readers. It has its own powerful processor and memory, and provides secure storage and management of encryption keys and algorithms, digital signatures, certificates, and passwords. "Passing the interoperability test lets us work with Entrust Technologies to bring security solutions to the enterprise market," said Steven Baker, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Chrysalis. "It lets us offer the added value of the Luna token to organizations using Entrust." "We're pleased to have achieved this integration of our products with Chrysalis," said Brad Ross, executive vice president, Entrust Technologies. "It lets us offer the added value of the Chrysalis token to the Entrust product. The Luna token provides added security beyond what can be achieved in software alone." About the Luna Token Several features separate the Chrysalis-designed token from similar devices. Its 32-bit Reduced Instruction Set Computer (processor) Reduced Instruction Set Computer - (RISC) A processor whose design is based on the rapid execution of a sequence of simple instructions rather than on the provision of a large variety of complex instructions (as in a Complex Instruction Set Computer). (RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. ) cryptographic processor and memory capacity of up to 16 Mbytes makes its operation transparent to users and executes security functions at high speed. The token's dual-port memory architecture sets up a data path that operates like a heat exchanger, in that messages are encrypted or decrypted without the algorithm ever being directly accessed by the computer. In addition to the Luna token-PCMCIA, Chrysalis-ITS developed and manufactures the Government Electronic Security (GESC GESC Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. (Mumbai, India) ) token for Canadian government agencies, including the Canadian Department of National Defence, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police, constabulary organized (1873) as the Northwest Mounted Police to bring law and order to the Canadian west. In 1920 the name was changed to the present title. , and the Canadian Communications Security Establishment Noun 1. Communications Security Establishment - Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies CSE international intelligence agency - an intelligence agency outside the United States . The Luna token is available immediately. It is priced at $300 in volumes of single units. Volume discounts are available. About Chrysalis-ITS Chrysalis-ITS, Inc., produces cryptographic tokens and accelerators that add value, improve the performance, and increase the security of Internet security applications. Chrysalis advanced cryptographic technology is integrated into the solutions of leading vendors of electronic commerce, SVPN, and Certificate Management systems. Chrysalis products are based on industry standards and conform to RSA PKCS-11. Chrysalis products are validated to the NIST FIPS-140-1 standard--the leading measurement of physical and logical security for cryptographic hardware. Chrysalis is located at Suite 200 380 Hunt Club Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1V 1C1 Canada. For more information on Chrysalis ITS and the Luna Token product family, visit the corporate web site at http://www.chrysalis-its.com . CONTACT: Benita Baker Edgar E. Geithner, APR APR See: Annual Percentage Rate Chrysalis-ITS gm marketing communications 613.731.6788 ext. 127 508.875.3821 bbaker@chrysalis-its.com gdotm@ultranet.com |
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