GeoTrust Japan Launches Certification Authority ASP Service; Managed Client Certification Services for Businesses of All Sizes.Tokyo, Japan, Sept 8, 2005 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - GeoTrust Japan, Inc., a subsidiary of GMO GMO abbr. genetically modified organism Hosting & Security, Inc. ("GMO-HS") and leading provider of internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. solutions and certification authority See CA. services for individuals, businesses and organizations, is pleased to announce its new certification authority ASP service, "True Credentials Express" and "True Credentials", a user-friendly web-based client certificate issuance and management service for businesses of all sizes. The new service, available from September 8, 2005, is designed to make security enhancements such as digital signing and anti-phishing protection easier than ever. Presently, the cost, labor, and technical requirements necessary to introduce managed client certificate service to businesses means that this service is only available to the large organizations. However, the new certificate authority ASP service can be used by smaller organizations to handle as few as 10 certificates, and can be introduced for initial costs of only 280,000 yen. No preparations or other start-up work is necessary -- client certificate issuance operations can be realized immediately. In today's web society, there are many ways to steal private information from individuals and companies and use their ID's and passwords to spoof See spoofing. spoof - spoofing their identities. Even in Japan, identity theft and other web crime is on the rise. To protect information from web crime, methods to authenticate (1) To verify (guarantee) the identity of a person or company. To ensure that the individual or organization is really who it says it is. See authentication and digital certificate. (2) To verify (guarantee) that data has not been altered. individuals and identify them on the web are necessary. Identification by digital certificates is the only feasible authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. method currently available. This service also protects against phishing by using client authentication to prevent unauthorized access and digital signing to confirm sources. It also uses e-mail encryption E-mail encryption refers to encryption, and often authentication, of e-mail messages. E-mail encryption usually relies on public-key cryptography. E-mail encryption protocols Popular protocols for e-mail encryption include:
GeoTrust Japan has added its new certification authority ASP service to its service lineup in response to industry needs for diversified security enhancements, offering secure environments that will allow communications with complete confidence from now on. About GeoTrust Japan, Inc. GeoTrust Japan is a collaboration between GMO Internet Group's strategic subsidiary GMO-HS (http://www.gmo-hs.com/index_e.html), which handles the former's server-related business, and US-based GeoTrust, Inc. (http://www.geotrust.com). Established on May 13, 2003, GeoTrust Japan provides information security such as digital certificate issuance, within Japan. For more information, please visit http://www.gmo-hs.com/index_e.html. Copyright [c] 2005 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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