HP Announces New Partners -- Entrust Technologies and SAP -- Supporting International Cryptography Framework.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1997--Hewlett-Packard Company today announced new partners for its International Cryptography Framework (ICF). Entrust Technologies and SAP announced their support for the framework, and each has begun developing cryptographic solutions using the ICF architecture. These firms join partners Gemplus, Informix, Intel, Microsoft(R), Netscape, RSA, S1 and TIS. The announcement was made here at the RSA Data Security Conference.

HP also announced that the ICF will support Generic Security Services-Application Programming Interface (GSS-API), a standard high-level API for secure communications. Support for GSS-API will allow applications that have been written to this interface to use ICF's encryption services without modification. With ICF supporting GSS-API from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Microsoft's Cryptographic API (CAPI), application developers are expected to have a broad set of cryptographic service APIs with which to interface.

"With the addition of Entrust Technologies and SAP as partners, ICF has an even broader network of complementary technologies that support its framework," said Richard W. Sevcik, HP vice president and general manager of the Systems Technology Group. "Our goal is to make ICF as pervasive as possible, and we think the net result of supporting such open standards as GSS-API will be an extensive set of encryption-empowered technology stemming from our framework."

"SAP is very excited about the ICF initiative from Hewlett Packard," said Guenther Tolkmit, vice president, SAP AG, Corporate Marketing, "SAP, as a provider of best-in-class solutions for global enterprises, requires international security solutions. The support for GSS-API v2.0 will allow us to ship a single version of our application everywhere, allowing our global customers to access the strongest possible encryption capabilities authorized by law. By offering support for GSS- API, HP will allow our existing applications to work with ICF."

"The Entrust data-security software for encryption, digital signature and automated key management is a fundamental component of HP's Praesidium Framework enterprise security strategy," said John Ryan, chief executive officer, Entrust Technologies. "The ICF mechanisms will deliver cryptography to a new population of users requiring an Entrust security infrastructure. ICF can benefit from Entrust's key management capabilities for securing transactions over the Internet and intranets."

ICF is the only U.S.-government export-approved strong encryption framework that will control international data security and integrity and has liberal export and government clearances for ICF-based products. The framework also is supported by the British and French governments.

HP's ICF allows users to select encryption algorithms and levels of security according to personal needs and government regulations. ICF, a component of Praesidium -- HP's enterprise security architecture -- also is flexible enough to incorporate new encryption algorithms quickly as government policies change. Thus, software developers can create one version of an application and distribute it worldwide with assurance that it complies with local encryption policies.

PRAESIDIUM

As part of its commitment to provide customers with stronger, more manageable security solutions, HP continues to bolster the Praesidium enterprise framework. This framework offers a comprehensive and centrally managed intranet and Internet security strategy to help customers protect internal assets and enable security-enhanced electronic commerce. Products within Praesidium currently include Praesidium/Authorization Server, Praesidium/Security Service, Praesidium/VirtualVault, Praesidium/Cryptographic Module, Praesidium/Consulting Services and Praesidium/JumpStart Program. Other technologies in Praesidium are ImagineCard smart cards and international cryptography.

HP is the second-largest computer supplier in the United States, with computer revenue in excess of $31.4 billion in its 1996 fiscal year.

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 112,000 employees and had revenue of $38.4 billion in its 1996 fiscal year.

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