Critical Path and Entrust Provide Secured Directory Infrastructure for Canadian Government's Secure Channel Project.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2001 Canada's Secure Channel Project Leverages CP(TM)Directory Server To Bring New Secured eGovernment Services To Millions Of Citizens And Businesses Throughout Canada Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a global leader in communication technology and integrated messaging solutions, today announced that Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTU) will leverage the combination of Entrust's enhanced Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. capabilities and the CP(TM) Directory Server from Critical Path to build a secured communications infrastructure for the Canadian government's "Secure Channel" project. Secure Channel will transform the way Canadians access and use government services by providing secured, online access to key government services and information. The Canadian Government's Secure Channel project will enable citizens to more securely conduct online activities such as filing tax returns, renewing passports The following is a list of passports: By country and territory
tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to view and protect individual personal privacy. "As governments and other trusted third parties In cryptography, a trusted third party (TTP) is an entity which facilitates interactions between two parties who both trust the third party; they use this trust to secure their own interactions. TTPs are common in cryptographic protocols, for example, a certificate authority (CA). look to move transactions online, constituent CONSTITUENT. He who gives authority to another to act for him. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 893. 2. The constituent is bound with whatever his attorney does by virtue of his authority. trust will increasingly be tied to the ability to provide a secured environment," said Dan Blum, senior vice president and research director at The Burton Group. "We will see an increasing number of governments follow Canada's lead of building secured online services for citizens, and directory services such as Critical Path's will play a crucial role in the success of these initiatives." The CP Directory Server provides an ideal foundation for a secured Internet/Extranet initiative. A primary challenge of moving transactions online is managing new, increasingly complex relationships between users and services. In order to conduct transactions more securely and effectively, users must be identified based on their individual profiles. The CP Directory Server, which stores authoritative user information for 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 authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. , enables role-based policy computing computing - computer services and provides secure access to a consistent view of user identity information, authentication attributes, personal preferences, contact information and role association. "As governments move higher value transactions online, the combination of Entrust's industry-leading enhanced Internet security capabilities and Critical Path's directory infrastructure will help to create the secured and trusted environment required," said Charlene Acres, director, partner solutions, Entrust. "As a Critical Path Technology Partner, we have leveraged the CP Directory Server in more than 250 of our installations. Critical Path's industry leadership, its strong technology, and its proven ability to deploy large-scale directory projects provide us with the infrastructure we need to provide secured, next-generation online services." "The Canadian Government is another example of a leading global organization that is leveraging the Critical Path and Entrust Technology relationship for secured, reliable and high-performance Internet communication and commerce," said Sue Barsamian, senior vice president of marketing, Critical Path. "As organizations continue to reach out over the Internet to bring new secure services to a wider audience of users, a scalable directory infrastructure plays an increasingly important role in achieving this goal." About Entrust Inc. Entrust Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTU) is a leading global provider of Internet security solutions and services that make it safer to do business and complete transactions over the Internet. Entrust has the industry's broadest set of identification, entitlements, verification, privacy and security management capabilities. Major corporations, service providers, financial institutions and government agencies in more than 40 countries rely on the privacy, security and trust provided through Entrust's portfolio of award-winning technologies. For more information, please visit www.entrust.com. About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a global leader in communication technology platforms and integratedcomplete messaging solutions for wireless and wireline carriers, service providers and corporations through its integrated platform of messaging applications and directory infrastructure. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , with offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . More information on Critical Path can be found at http://www.cp.net./. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This press release contains forward-looking statements by the Company and others regarding expected future business, financial and product performance, including our customers' testimonials and the Company's statements regarding endorsements of and performance of our product and services offerings by our customers, our belief as to the ability of our products to ensure performance, security, scalability and reliability and the market for outsourced services like ours. The words "will," "expect," "plan," "believe," "seek," "strive for," "anticipate," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify the Company's forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, our evolving business strategy and the emerging and changing nature of the market for our products and services, our ability to deliver on our sales objectives, the ability of our technology and our competitors' technologies to address customer demands, changes in economic and market conditions, unplanned system interruptions and capacity constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. , software and service design defects. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in more detail in the Company's filings with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) made from time to time, including Critical Path's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, as amended a·mend v. a·mend·ed, a·mend·ing, a·mends v.tr. 1. To change for the better; improve: amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive. 2. , and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarters ended June 30, 2001 and March 30, 2001, both as may be amended from time to time. Note to Editors: Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their holders. |
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