PGP Corporation Announces Additions to Technical Advisory Board; Three Experts Join Prominent Security Company's Esteemed Group of Advisors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 PGP Corporation announced today that three icons of the information security field have joined its Technical Advisory Board, bringing the group's membership to a total of seven. The board, formed in August 2002, provides expertise and guidance to PGP executives and engineering teams in the areas of information security, encryption, networking, and future technologies. The new members are: Derek Atkins, President, IHTFP IHTFP I Have Truly Found Paradise IHTFP Interesting Hacks to Fascinate People IHTFP Interesting Hacks to Fascinate People (MIT) IHTFP Institute Has The Finest Professors (from MIT) Consulting Inc. An active member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the (IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force ), Mr. Atkins was instrumental in the design and standardization of several major Internet protocols, including OpenPGP and IMPP (Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol) The working group of the IETF that specializes in instant messaging. The IMPP group developed the CPIM abstract model, PIDF presence document and spawned working groups for the APEX, PRIM and SIMPLE IM protocols, the (Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP) was a protocol for instant messaging proposed by the IETF via RFC 2778 and RFC 2779. There has been no progress since it has been obsoleted by XMPP. ). Directly before founding IHTFP, which specializes in Internet and systems security practices, he was a senior scientist at Telcordia Technologies. He was also a co-founder and chief technology officer at Arepa Inc. (now Into Networks). Mr. Atkins was also involved in the development of early versions of PGP technologies. Active in the Internet and security communities since 1989, Mr. Atkins specializes in architecting, designing, developing, and deploying network and systems security applications. He received both his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and his M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Dr. Steve Babbage, Security Technologies Manager, Vodafone Group Research & Development Dr. Babbage is the chief cryptologist cryp·tol·o·gy n. The study of cryptanalysis or cryptography. cryp to·log for Vodafone Group, one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications network companies. His team in Vodafone Group R&D is influential in security standardization for mobile telephony (GSM, 3GPP, OMA, and others). Dr Babbage chairs ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. SAGE, the Security Algorithms Group of Experts that designs cryptographic algorithms for mobile and other telecommunications standards. He has an M.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Royal Holloway, University of London For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Within the university federation they are known as Recognised Bodies . Dr. Norman Koo, Executive Director, Chief Technology Office, AOL Time Warner Dr. Koo is responsible for the emerging technologies for large-scale data center IT infrastructure and associated consumer and home networking devices. Previously, he held a variety of senior management positions at Sun Microsystems Inc. and was instrumental in growing the company's Asia-Pacific revenues to more than $1 billion. He also was the founder and 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. for OpenTV, a Sun-Thomson joint venture, leading the company public with a $3 billion-plus market cap. Dr. Koo received an MBA from the University of Santa Clara, an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering/Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University Academics ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. , and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. "The new members bring great technical insight, system knowledge, and enterprise security expertise to our Technical Advisory Board," said Jon Callas Cal·las , Maria Originally Maria Anna Sophia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos. 1923-1977. American soprano known for her technical capacity and dramatic intensity. Among her notable operatic roles was the title role in Bellini's Norma. , CTO and CSO of PGP Corporation. "Their collective wisdom will be invaluable as we continue to build next-generation architectures and products." These esteemed individuals join original board members Carl Amdahl, Technology Partner, DCM-Doll Capital Management; Dr. Crispin Cowan, Chief Scientist, Immunix; Bruce Schneier, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, Counterpane Internet Security Inc.; and Phil Zimmermann, founder of the original PGP Inc. About PGP Corporation The recognized worldwide leader in secure messaging and information storage, PGP Corporation develops, markets, and supports products used by a broad installed base of enterprises, businesses, governments, individuals, and cryptography experts to secure proprietary and confidential information. During the past ten years, PGP(R) technology has built a global reputation for open and trusted security products. The PGP Corporation family of products includes PGP Universal -- an automatic, self-managing, network-based solution for enterprises -- as well as desktop, mobile, and SDK solutions. Venture funding is provided by DCM-Doll Capital Management and Venrock Associates. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com or 650-319-9000. PGP is a registered trademark and the PGP logo is a trademark of PGP Corporation. Product and brand names used in the document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any such trademarks or registered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. |
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