Chrysalis-ITS Selected as Exclusive Hardware Security Provider to VeriSign and VeriSign International Affiliates Worldwide.Business Editors OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001 Chrysalis-ITS Inc. VeriSign Standardizes on Chrysalis-ITS Ultimate Trust(TM) Hardware Products for Root-key Protection and Remote Administration Chrysalis-ITS, developer of Ultimate Trust(TM) Solution Platform security products for e-business and networks, today announced that VeriSign (Nasdaq:VRSN VRSN Verisign, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) VRSN Version Number (NEC) ) has selected them to be the exclusive provider of hardware security products for Certificate Authority (CA) and Registration Authority (RA) key protection. Under the terms of the agreement, VeriSign and the majority of their network of international affiliates, including CIBC CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC Centres Interinstitutionnels de Bilan de Compétences CIBC Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Trinidad) CIBC Commercial International Brokerage Company Canada and British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , use Chrysalis-ITS' Luna(R) technology to provide trusted root-key protection for their Certificate Authority services. By using Luna products at the root and for remote administration functions, VeriSign and its affiliates ensure that end-users receive trust, security and reliability with 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. 140-1 validated hardware in their digital certificate infrastructure. VeriSign's processing centers around the world are using Luna technology to enable trust and high security for their certificate issuance services web server based Refers to hardware or software that runs in the server. Contrast with client based. certificates. A critical point in a digital certificate solution is the certificate authority's root key, used to sign the certificates. VeriSign uses Chrysalis-ITS' products to protect the root key in the VeriSign CA and other essential keying data at the RA from compromise. Placing the CA Root Signing Key pair on Chrysalis-ITS hardware eliminates the exposure to system failures and other types of network compromise. In this manner, a trusted path A trusted path is simply some mechanism that provides confidence that the user is communicating with what the user intended to communicate with, ensuring that attackers can't intercept or modify whatever information is being communicated. from CA root key generation to key backup to key operational usage is secured. "VeriSign is standardizing its key protection and management on Chrysalis-ITS' Luna CA product line to protect critical keying data," said Bob Pratt He played with South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL from 1930-1939 and again in 1946. , Director of Product Marketing, VeriSign. "In addition, many of VeriSign's international affiliates use Chrysalis-ITS products to maintain the security of their CA keys. Using Chrysalis-ITS' FIPS-validated line of hardware allows VeriSign and our affiliates to provide an extremely high, uniform level of security for CA keys." VeriSign Affiliates offer VeriSign-branded digital certificates to consumers, corporations and financial institutions for use in trusted electronic commerce, communications and other types of secure transactions. "By using Chrysalis-ITS Luna technology we have selected, not only VeriSign's product of choice, but an industry standard for highly secure key management," said Diane Burke, general manager customer services, VeriSign Business Unit, CIBC. "We want our users to be assured that their certificates were generated in a highly trusted environment - Chrysalis-ITS is integral to that trust." "Chrysalis-ITS is committed to developing highly secure, standards-based security hardware," said Steve Brady Steve Brady is a fictional character on HBO series, Sex and The City , played by David Eigenberg. Background Introduced in the second season, Steve is a bartender who has an unconventional on-again, off-again relationship with Miranda, throughout the remainder of , General Manager BT eBusiness Solutions. "This is the type of best-in-class hardware that BT requires to provide trust and reliability to our customers." "Chrysalis-ITS and VeriSign have enjoyed a long technology partnership to deliver trusted security solutions. The relationship has grown to include affiliate Certificate Authorities around the globe," said Blair Canavan, Vice President of Sales, Chrysalis-ITS. "We're very pleased that these organizations have taken the lead from VeriSign and selected to use Chrysalis-ITS technology, the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for 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 root key protection, to secure their web-based CAs." The VeriSign Affiliates using Chrysalis-ITS' Luna products include: Adacom of Greece, ArabTrust of Kuwait, British Telecommunications in the United Kingdom Until 1982, the main civil telecommunications system in the UK was a state monopoly known as Post Office Telecommunications. Broadcasting of radio and television was a duopoly of the BBC and Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA): these two organisations controlled all broadcast , Certisign of Brazil, CertiSign of Portugal, Certplus of France, CIBC of Canada, Crosscert of Korea, D-Trust of Germany, eSign of Australia, Euro909 of Denmark, HiTrust.com of Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. Trustgate.com of Malaysia, PT Trust of Egypt, Roccade of the Netherlands, Telia of Sweden, and TrustItalia of Italy. About Chrysalis-ITS Chrysalis-ITS, Inc. is a global leader in building Ultimate Trust(TM) Solution Platform products that power e-business security. Chrysalis-ITS' industry leading Luna(R) family of products accelerate virtual private networking and provide secure key management capabilities for organizations with high volume sensitive transactions. Chrysalis-ITS secures e-business transactions and communications over wired and wireless networks. Chrysalis-ITS customers include many of the world's leading financial institutions, service providers and government agencies. Chrysalis-ITS products are delivered through a global network of distributors and value-added resellers. Founded in 1994, Chrysalis-ITS is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices in London, UK; Boston MA, and Mountain View, CA. The company website is www.chrysalis-its.com. About VeriSign VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN) is the leading provider of trusted infrastructure services to web sites, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals. The company's domain name, digital certificate and payment services provide the critical web identity, authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. and transaction infrastructure that online businesses require to conduct secure e-commerce and communications. VeriSign's services are available through its web site www.verisign.com or through its direct sales force and reseller partners around the world. Chrysalis-ITS, Chrysalis-ITS logo, Luna and Ultimate Trust are trademarks or registered trademarks of Chrysalis-ITS, Inc. All others mentioned herein are property of their respective owners. |
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