Colubris Offers RSA Security Certified Enterprise Wireless LAN Access Point; Network World Magazine's 'World Class Award' Winning CN1050 Gets 'RSA Secured RSA Keon Ready' Certification.Business Editors & Technology Writers LAVAL, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2002 Colubris, the leader in highly-secure Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area solutions for enterprises, today announced that it has been selected by RSA Security to join 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. Secured(TM) Partner Program to support interoperability between the award-winning CN1050 wireless LAN access point and RSA Keon(R) digital certificate management software. As part of the agreement, the Colubris CN1050 is one of the first Wireless LAN Access Point to be awarded "RSA Secured RSA Keon Ready" certification signaling its compatibility with RSA Security's authentication technology and digital certificate software. The award-winning Colubris CN1050 secure Wireless LAN Access Point also offers seamless support for IPSec and L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) A protocol from the IETF that allows a PPP session to travel over multiple links and networks. L2TP is used to allow remote users access to the corporate network. tunneling. The CN1050 recently received the "World Class Award" from Network World Magazine for its superior security offering for Wireless Local Area Networks. The RSA Keon Ready certification further punctuates the strong security attributes of Colubris' prized wireless LAN solutions. "We are again taking wireless LAN security One issue with corporate wireless networks in general, and WLANs in particular, involves the need for security. Many early access points could not discern whether or not a particular user had authorization to access the network. to another level," said Barry Fougere, 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 Colubris. "Enterprise CIOs and IT Managers have historically been caught between a rock and a hard place. They want the benefits of wireless access to LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. assets to support mobile productivity, collaborative workgroup efforts and other applications. At the same time, however, they have been deathly death·ly adj. 1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of death: a deathly silence. 2. Causing death; fatal. adv. 1. In the manner of death. 2. afraid of allowing sensitive information and applications to be shared over an inherently insecure wireless medium. Colubris is the first company to effectively tackle this problem, throwing a tight security blanket over the enterprise wireless LAN network so that enterprise wireless deployments can proceed with confidence. Our tight integration of a suite of strong security tools provides enterprises with a cost-effective, easy-to-manage solution that can be deployed today." Pierre Trudeau, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and Founder of Colubris continued: "We chose to team with RSA Security because they are a leader in enterprise security solutions and their 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 technology is a proven standard. We were able to easily integrate the RSA Keon digital certificate management software into our CN1050 Secure WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network Access Point, allowing our growing base of enterprise customers to deploy digital certificates quickly and easily." "We are excited to welcome Colubris to our RSA Secured Partner Program," said Robert Pritchard, Vice President of Worldwide Developer Sales, Corporate and Partner Development at RSA Security. "Our strategic partner program is one of the most aggressive and successful in the industry, and we look forward to a long-term relationship with Colubris to help deliver secure e-business solutions to wireless customers." About Colubris Top to bottom and end to end, Colubris provides the world's most secure Wireless LAN solutions for enterprise networks and public space deployments. Its award-winning Wi-Fi certified product family integrates Virtual Private Networking, Enhanced Security and Firewall technologies in a one-box solution that is easy and cost-effective to deploy and manage. Colubris is a member of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA See Wi-Fi Alliance. ) and is the first wireless LAN vendor to be awarded RSA Keon-Ready certification. Colubris embeds strong security tools in an open, industry-standard implementation that is fully integratable into any existing network structure. Colubris markets its products worldwide. For more information, contact Colubris at 420 Armand-Frappier (suite 200), Laval, Quebec. H7V 4B4. Tel.: (toll free) 866/241-8324 or 450/680-1661, fax: 450/680-1910, e-mail: info@colubris.com, or visit the company website at www.colubris.com. RSA and Keon are registered trademarks, and RSA Secured is a trademark of RSA Security Inc. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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