EntrustFile Toolkit is Entrust Technologies' First Product to Win NCSA Certification.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1997-- Software Product Demonstrates Broad Capability in Meeting the Needs of Corporate Customers Entrust Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of Certification Authority See CA. (CA) and public-key management products, today announced that its EntrustFile(TM) Toolkit has been certified by the National Computer Security Association (NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ). Certification by the NCSA deems that a product has achieved a significant ability in managing security risks. Certification enhances user confidence and provides for greater acceptance of cryptographic products within the commercial market. The goal of NCSA's certification program is to improve commercial security by bettering the implementation, sales and use of appropriate security products, services, policies, techniques and procedures. To win NCSA certification, the EntrustFile Toolkit went through a stringent five part examination and testing process. Certification is valid for one year. "This independent analysis of our product's ability to provide top-level security underscores the strength of our public-key technology," said John Ryan, president and chief executive officer of Entrust Technologies. "Entrust was the first computer security software product to be FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 140-1 validated. Combined with this most recent certification, our products have more than demonstrated their capabilities by passing rigorous security requirements created and administered by respected third-party entities." The EntrustFile Toolkit provides flexible and easy-to-use interfaces for adding encryption, digital signature and key management capabilities to any store-and-forward applications (i.e., e-forms and e-mail) through easy-to-use application programming interfaces (APIs). It also supports PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standards) Specifications from RSA Laboratories for various techniques used with RSA public key cryptography. With cooperation from security experts worldwide, PKCS #1 covers the RSA standard itself. no. 7 (for S/MIME See MIME. ) and Privacy-Enhance-Mail (PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) A standard for secure e-mail on the Internet. It supports encryption, digital signatures and digital certificates as well as both private and public key methods. Not widely used, work on PEM later evolved into S/MIME. See MIME. ) message formats, providing developers with a standards-based environment to develop interoperable solutions. EntrustFile Toolkit also extends the scope of the Entrust 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 ) by allowing the developer to create plug-in applications which solve unique business problems while ensuring that the application continues to participate fully in the PKI. NCSA is an independent organization that promotes continuous improvement of commercial digital security through the application of the NCSA Risk Framework and NCSA Continuous Certification Model to certification, research, and related activities. NCSA is dedicated to continually improve global security, trust, and confidence in computing through the certification of products, systems and people. Entrust Technologies is dedicated to ensuring the privacy and authenticity of data communications enterprise-wide. Its award-winning public-key infrastructure technology combines encryption and digital signature capabilities with fully automated key management. Widely used by financial institutions, government agencies and high-tech corporations, the Entrust software family provides a complete security solution across multiple platforms for desktops, corporate networks, intranets and the Internet. Entrust Technologies is headquartered in Richardson, TX with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , California, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Virginia, Ottawa, Ontario and London, U.K. and is a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of Nortel (Northern Telecom). It was recognized by Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Magazine as one of the top 50 private technology companies of 1997. Visit Entrust Technologies' Web site at http://www.entrust.com Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks of Entrust Technologies Limited. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Entrust Technologies Shauna White, 613/247-3418 shauna.white@entrust.com or Thomas Associates, Inc. Michael Valentino, 212/448-4404 mike@nythomaspr.com |
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