CyberTrust and Netegrity Partner to Deliver Worldwide E-Commerce Security.NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1999-- CyberTrust to Resell Netegrity's Award-Winning SiteMinder to Offer Secure Access Capabilities to Customers Deploying E-Commerce Applications CyberTrust, a GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) company, the leading enabler of secure extranets and e-commerce, and Netegrity, (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 :NETE), a leading provider of software and services for controlling user access to electronic commerce applications, jointly announced today a worldwide agreement for CyberTrust to resell Netegrity's award-winning SiteMinder(TM) secure user-management software. Through this reseller agreement, CyberTrust can now offer integrated, customized and exceptionally detailed access control for secure online systems, called extranets, that allow external users to pay invoices, place orders or collaborate on product designs. This agreement will combine the benefits of SiteMinder's secure user management with CyberTrust's high-assurance 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 ), the system that manages a secure extranet. With Netegrity's SiteMinder, CyberTrust will deliver secure applications to their customers worldwide, by offering one of the industry's leading products for managing user authentication See authentication. , data confidentiality, data integrity and access control in extranet and e-commerce applications. "As the size and scope of e-commerce continue to grow, customers are demanding more of their hardware and software to securely manage user access, policies and privileges," said Peter Hussey, president of CyberTrust. "We have chosen to work with Netegrity as a key partner because SiteMinder offers our customers flexible solutions for managing the complex security requirements e-commerce applications demand." Combined with access control and user management, organizations will be able to provide a customized product to millions of users, enabling extranet developers to deliver secure, personalized Web applications on time and on budget by centrally managing all of the complex security requirements for Web applications. SiteMinder is a recent winner of the Crossroads A-List Award from Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ). The Crossroads A-List Awards identify the best new enterprise solutions in 1999. This comprehensive, integrated offering supports management of digital certificates, on-line electronic credentials critical for identifying and authenticating users of e-commerce applications. "We have long understood the importance of digital certificates for authenticating identity and verifying privilege as businesses build toward an e-commerce economy," said Barry N. Bycoff, 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. and president, Netegrity, Inc. "Using the integrated, directory-enabled, PKI-based CyberTrust extranet solution, customers will now be able to successfully deploy e-commerce applications with a high degree of confidence that transactions are secure, thereby growing their e-commerce business." Pricing and Availability Scalable support for secure extranet solutions is currently available through CyberTrust's worldwide sales team, and through CyberTrust's Authorized PartnerS program (CAPS). For information on pricing and volume discounts, contact CyberTrust on the Internet at www.cybertrust.com, or by calling 1-800-472-4565. About CyberTrust CyberTrust is the leading enabler of secure extranets and e-commerce for organizations extending their high-value relationships to the Web. The CyberTrust Secure Extranet Method establishes a first-in-market standard for certificate-enabled extranets that support privilege-based user access, data confidentiality, audit trails and digitally signed Any message or key that has been encrypted with a digital signature. When a user's public key is digitally signed by a certification authority (CA), it is known as a digital certificate or digital ID. See digital signature and digital certificate. , binding transactions. Through the CyberTrust Authorized PartnerS (CAPS) and global alliances network, CyberTrust offers the industry's most complete suite of public key infrastructure-based products, outsourced service and consulting. CyberTrust is a GTE company headquartered in Needham Heights, Mass., with offices in Washington, DC, London, England and Sapporo, Japan. You can learn more about CyberTrust at www.cybertrust.com. About GTE With 1998 revenues of more than $25 billion, GTE is a leading telecommunications provider with one of the industry's broadest arrays of products and services. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , GTE provides local service in 28 states and wireless service in 17 states, as well as nationwide long-distance, directory and internetworking services ranging from dial-up Internet access See dial-up. for residential and small-business consumers to Web-based applications for Fortune 500 companies. Outside the United States, the company serves customers on five continents. About Netegrity Netegrity, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE)(Boston Stock Exchange The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) is a regional stock exchange located in Boston, Massachusetts. The third-oldest stock exchange in the United States, it was founded in 1834. On October 2nd, 2007 Nasdaq agreed to acquire BSE for $61 million. :NTY NTY No Thank You NTY Negotiating To Yes ) is a leading provider of software and services for controlling user access to electronic commerce applications. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,226 at the 2000 census. , the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , SiteMinder, is the industry's first secure user management system, which provides access control, single sign-on and distributed user management for Intranet and Extranet applications. Netegrity can be reached at (781) 890-1700 or http://www.netegrity.com. 1999 Netegrity, Inc. Netegrity, the Netegrity logo and SiteMinder are trademarks of Netegrity, Inc. All other product names, service marks and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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