General Electric Information Services Teams With V-ONE In New Secure Internet Offering; First Deployment of V-ONE's SmartGATE Enables the World's Only Smart Card Solution on the Internet.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1996--V-ONE Corp., a leading provider of network security solutions, today announced that its SmartGATE technology is a key security component of General Electric Information Services' (GEIS GEIS Generic Environmental Impact Statement GEIS Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (DoD) GEIS Global Emerging Infections System GEIS General Electric Information System GEIS Generic Edited Information Set ) worldwide secure Internet offering called GE InterBusiness(tm). GEIS' use of SmartGATE makes its offering the only Internet deployment of smart card technology in the world. In addition, GEIS' deployment of SmartGATE is the first major project in the U.S. that takes significant advantage of V-ONE's innovative technology. "SmartGATE is a security component of GEIS' overall solution, offering instant access to its electronic commerce services," said V-ONE's Chief Scientist Marcus J. Ranum. "This is technology that's working for GEIS today -- it's not vaporware Software that is not yet in production, but the announced delivery date has long since passed. At times, software vendors are criticized for intentionally producing vaporware in order to keep customers from switching to competitive products that offer more features. ." GEIS selected SmartGATE because of its high performance, user mobility, strong encryption An encryption method that uses a very large number as its cryptographic key. The larger the key, the longer it takes to unlawfully break the code. Today, 256 bits is considered strong encryption. As computers become faster, the length of the key must be increased. , high-quality authentication, fine-grained access control, and the time-to-market benefits of using a drop-in, vendor-neutral security. "We selected V-ONE's security offering because it is a comprehensive solution that complements our business productivity solutions," said Anne Biehl, manager of market development for GEIS. GE InterBusiness allows secure Internet access See how to access the Internet. to GEIS' business productivity solutions so that companies can safely conduct business over the Internet. SmartGATE Technology SmartGATE is the only security technology available that preserves existing investments while providing an open platform for new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. applications. This enabled GEIS to deliver its new offering without rewriting the code on existing applications, thus cutting costs and time to market. The mutual authentication Mutual authentication or two-way authentication refers to two parties authenticating each other suitably. In technology terms, it refers to a client or user authenticating themselves to a server and that server authenticating itself to the user in such a way that both of SmartGATE ensures complete confidence that the user and the host server are talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to each other. By basing its authentication technology in smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. (either software version or actual cards), SmartGATE allows fine-grained access control to ensure that the individual user is identified, not just the machine he or she is logging on to. SmartGATE, the first Security Middleware product, allows virtually any TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. application to run on top of a secure foundation. Security Middleware is a product category of application-to-application communication with integrated encryption and token-based authentication announced by V-ONE in January of 1996. The flexibility of SmartGATE has been demonstrated with several well-known commercial products including Eudora, PC-Anywhere and Citibank Home Banking. The modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. of SmartGATE enables it to work with both secret key and public key encryption See public key cryptography. as it negotiates transparent access through firewalls. References and Background GEIS' adoption of SmartGATE technology merely confirms what a number of leading industry analysts have said about the product's importance and potential influence on the marketplace. In December 1995, Electronic Engineering Times quoted Stephen Franco of the Yankee Group estimating that V-ONE has "an eight month lead on the industry with it's security technology." Michael Zboray of the Gartner Group has called SmartGATE "a whole new class of Internet security product." Network Computing magazine quoted Forrester Research analyst Iang Jeon in its January 15, 1996 issue as saying that "SmartGATE represents the next wave for the Internet." That article also said that SmartGATE shows why "V-ONE is being heralded by security experts as a shining example of Internet innovation -- perhaps as much as a year ahead of the pack." V-ONE is a leading provider of network security technologies and Security Middleware solutions. The highest levels of the defense and intelligence agencies of the United States government use V-ONE technology to defend their networks. V-ONE's product line includes: SmartWall (tm), a dual-homed, application-level gateway firewall; SmartGATE (tm), a patent-pending, application-to-application security solution with integrated encryption and token-based authentication such as smart card technology (software version available); and Wallet technology, an electronic consumer payment system and merchant and acquirer server software. CONTACT: V-ONE Jim Reed, 301/838-8900 or White & Co. Lisa Copass or Michele McMahon, 415/274-8100 |
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