CyberGuard Announces New TradeAuthority Outsourced Certificate Authority.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1998-- Next-Generation eCommerce Service Enables Organizations to Migrate Business Processes to the Web & to be "Up and Running in 48 Hours" CyberGuard Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CYBG), a leading provider of network security and electronic commerce solutions, today at Networld + Interop announced the availability of TradeAuthority(tm) Version 3.0. This next-generation certificate authority outsource service enables organizations to become their own certificate authority for their employees and business partners in less than 48 hours. "We needed to implement an in-house Certification Authority See CA. (CA) or Public Key Infrastructure (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 ) system and use digital certificates for a customer in Finland to migrate a lottery application to the web and use digital certificates ," noted Paul Anderson, director of MIS at SCA (Single Connector Attachment) An 80-pin plug and socket used to connect peripherals. With a SCSI drive, it rolls three cables (power, data channel and ID configuration) into one connector for fast installation and removal. Promotions Inc., a Dallas-based event promotion company. "CyberGuard's TradeAuthority solution enabled our customers to issue their own certificates over the web, which saved them thousands of dollars in communications costs and eliminated the need for relocating their back-end database A back-end database is a database that is accessed by users indirectly through an external application rather than by application programming stored within the database itself or by low level manipulation of the data (e.g. through SQL commands). from the U.S. to Finland." CyberGuard's TradeAuthority service enables companies to manage their business processes on the web by utilizing a Local Registration Agent (LRA LRA Lord's Resistance Army (rebel group in Uganda) LRA Louisiana Recovery Authority LRA Local Registration Authority LRA Local Redevelopment Authority ) for the task of managing electronic identities. With TradeAuthority, organizations register, approve, issue, deliver, administer and manage their own Entrust digital certificates online, and approve registrations and key status changes based on corporate policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental . TradeAuthority 3.0 supports a distributed liability model for digital certificates via this LRA. With this solution, organizations can remotely manage keys with a web interface and an LRA digital certificate. TradeAuthority supports all major web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
"Distributed liability is the critical factor in making a CA business-ready. Accepting the liability for one's own employee is reasonable, but expecting that from any third party doesn't' work in the business world," noted Tom Patterson Harry Thomas "Tom" Patterson O.C., O.Ont., B.A., LL.D. (June 11 1920 - February 23, 2005) was a Stratford, Ontario born journalist who went on to found the Stratford Festival of Canada, the largest theatre festival in Canada. , CyberGuard vice president of electronic commerce. The new release of TradeAuthority allows the LRA to download information about their users from the CA database for use in other applications. It also lets users register and pay for certificates on-line by credit card. Additionally, certificate authority availability is improved with a new internal monitoring system that instantly notifies CyberGuard support staff of any equipment, network, or CA application issues. TradeAuthority is compatible with CyberGuard's award-winning TradeVPI product suite, allowing use of digital certificates in web-based applications See Web application. . TradeAuthority, in conjunction with TradeVPI, provides an immediate solution for organizations looking to securely migrate their legacy systems to the web. Pricing TradeAuthority is immediately available and is priced at less than $9 per user, per month. For additional product information, visit CyberGuard's web site at http://www.cyberguard.com or http://www.tradewave.com About CyberGuard CyberGuard Corporation (NASDAQ:CYBG) is a leading provider of network security and electronic commerce solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide. CyberGuard's award-winning, industrial-strength firewall and certificate authority products and services protect the integrity of data and applications from hackers and digital thieves. The US National Computer Security Center, the National Computer Security Association and the European Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria have certified CyberGuard products. The company has US headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and branch offices worldwide. More information on CyberGuard Corporation can be found at http://www.cyberguard.com. -0- CyberGuard Firewall is a trademark of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Note to Editors: For copies of CyberGuard's recent press releases via fax, at no charge, please call 800/344-4297. CONTACT: CyberGuard Corporation RadCom Strategic Marketing Lisa Thornhill -- Media Marianne Radwan and Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. 561/988-5300 954/958-3904 mradwan@gate.net lthornhill@cyberguard.com |
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