CyberGuard Corporation's eCommerce Solutions Protect Businesses Against the Latest Web Security Threat.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1998-- Government Funded Research Tool from CyberGuard's Arca Subsidiary Uncovers eCommerce Vulnerabilities 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 enterprise security and electronic commerce solutions, today announced that its eCommerce customers are protected against the latest web security software flaw discovered by a scientist at Lucent Technologies. This software flaw actually provides hackers a way to intercept and decode the contents of information protected by the standard encryption scheme known as secure sockets layer (networking, security) Secure Sockets Layer - (SSL) A protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide secure communications over the Internet using asymmetric key encryption. (SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. ) used in most Web commerce. "While we support the SSL protocol used in standard electronic commerce transactions, we offer our customers greater security by not exclusively relying on SSL for web encryption," 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. , vice president of eCommerce for CyberGuard Corporation. "Our TradeWave software provides additional security by integrating digital certificates with integrated key management right into web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
CyberGuard customers can also benefit from a protocol analysis service from the Company's Arca Systems subsidiary which uncovers vulnerabilities in eCommerce protocol design and implementation. This service uncovers a variety of attack-enabling security errors in eCommerce protocol design, including software flaws such as the one discovered by Lucent. Arca has provided this service with success to companies like CyberCash, a prominent provider of eCommerce services. Arca's eCommerce protocol analysis service is centered around the Automated Authentication Protocol Analyzer See network analyzer. tool developed at Arca by Dr. Stephen Brackin under funding from the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). . Arca's service combines expert use of this tool with Arca's expertise in the analysis of system security, from requirements definition through implementation, 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. fundamental security principles. "Secure business transactions valued at more than $34 billion have been conducted over our OASIS eCommerce network since its inception," noted Bob Carberry, chairman and chief executive officer of CyberGuard Corporation. "The overwhelming success of this eCommerce network validates that we have the most robust products and expert service available to implement the most complex eCommerce networks. And now Arca Systems brings an even greater level of consulting and security analysis capability to our customers worldwide." About CyberGuard CyberGuard Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise 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 unauthorized access. CyberGuard's newly acquired professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. subsidiary, Arca Systems, provides unparalleled security consulting expertise and conducts independent trusted product evaluations on behalf of the US Government's National Security Agency. The company has world headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and branch offices worldwide. More information on CyberGuard Corporation can be found at http://www.cyberguard.com and http://www.tradewave.com and http://www.arca.com.
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