CoreStreet Releases Validation Client.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RSA Conference The RSA Conference is a Cryptography-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RSA Conference started in 1991 as a forum for cryptographers to gather and share the latest knowledge and advancements in the area of Internet security. 2004 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004 Empowers Government, Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and Global 1000 Companies with Secure, Scalable Applications Such as Email, Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and Document Signing CoreStreet, a leading provider of validation solutions for identity management and access control, today announced the availability of its Validation Client, an Online Certificate Status Protocol The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is an Internet protocol used for obtaining the revocation status of an X.509 digital certificate. It is described in RFC 2560 and is on the Internet standards track. (OCSP OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol OCSP Off-Campus Study Program ) compatible plug-in that enables government agencies, financial services institutions and Global 1000 companies to validate digital signatures on all forms of secure communications, including documents, emails and instant messages. "Validation of enterprise applications like secure email and document signing is a vital part of every large organization's critical infrastructure," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Phil Libin, president and co-founder of CoreStreet. "Our customers and prospects expressed the need for a scalable and cost-effective alternative to help them increase productivity and comply with new regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , Sarbanes-Oxley, USA PATRIOT USA PATRIOT Uniting and Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (US legislation) and Basel II Basel II is the second of the Basel Accords, which are recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The purpose of Basel II is to create an international standard that banking regulators can use when creating regulations . CoreStreet's Validation Client makes possible the broad rollout of many types of existing secure applications that meet these new requirements." "International and domestic regulation is making it a requirement for government entities, global enterprises and financial services organizations to secure their online communications," said Scott Crawford, senior analyst with Enterprise Management Associates. "Up until now, securing every communication just wasn't feasible or cost effective. CoreStreet's Validation Client adapts proven standards to an innovative, highly scalable architecture that will enable the validation and authentication of a wide range of information, from email to instant messaging." The CoreStreet Validation Client works with any software that is compatible with widely adopted industry standards. For example, when used with Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook for email, the Validation Client confirms that the identity of the sender of an email is authentic, and automatically determines if certificates are still valid and have not been revoked. This last step is crucial for protecting against disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see insiders and once-valid individuals who have since been revoked. Extending beyond secure email, CoreStreet's Validation Client can also be used for secure instant messaging, viewing signed documents and logging on to computers and networks. The CoreStreet Validation Client, when used with CoreStreet's Real Time Credential Validation Authority (RTC See real time clock. VA), provides the ultimate in high performance validation systems, one that is capable of validating digital signatures from anywhere in the world, in a small fraction of a second. In addition, CoreStreet's RTC VA is a more secure and cost-effective solution than other validation solutions on the market today. The CoreStreet Validation Client lowers maintenance and support costs over the lifetime of a deployment. Using the CoreStreet Validation Client's pre-configured, easy-to-use installation, users require no individual technical support to facilitate an enterprise-wide rollout. Pricing and Availability The CoreStreet Validation Client is available immediately. The plug-in supports Windows 2000, Windows XP and older versions such as Windows 98 and Windows 95. CoreStreet's Validation Client 1.0 is compatible with all major validation authorities currently on the market and is currently compatible with Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP). In the future, the Validation Client will also support additional validation technologies such as CoreStreet's MiniCRL. Thirty day evaluations of the Validation Client 1.0 are available upon request. Pricing varies based on the size of the deployment and licenses purchased. About CoreStreet CoreStreet is the only provider of massively scalable validation products for identity management and access control. With CoreStreet's Real Time Credentials(TM), organizations can control physical and logical access to buildings, computer networks, applications and devices. Real Time Credentials solutions can be deployed anywhere in the world - in connected and disconnected environments - without having to set up costly and vulnerable infrastructure. CoreStreet's products are designed to secure large, mission-critical applications for military, civilian government, financial services and healthcare customers. The company, headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., holds 14 patents with more pending. For more information, visit www.CoreStreet.com. |
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