RSA SECURITY LAUNCHES RSA SURE FILE SOFTWARE POWERED BY PKZIP.RSA Security RSA, The Security Division of EMC Corporation, is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, and maintains offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Singapore, India, and Japan. RSA organizes the annual RSA conference. Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RSAS RSAS RSA Security, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) RSAS Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences RSAS RAND Strategy Assessment System RSAS Reactor Safety Assessment System ), a provider of e-security, and PKWARE, Inc., a provider of Trusted ZIP Solutions, have launched the RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. SureFile software powered by PKZIP, a new desktop security and data compression data compression Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques. solution designed to make it easy for businesses to efficiently and securely move more of their sensitive, business-critical information online to help speed business processes and lower costs. Developed under the recently announced strategic technology partnership between the two companies, RSA SureFile software combines ZIP data compression technology with RSA BSAFE encryption and digital signature software. This new solution is designed to provide Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. users with an innovative, easy-to-use solution for securely exchanging, managing and storing financial and medical records, sales proposals, engineering schematics, legal documents and other confidential or proprietary information. RSA SureFile software incorporates the latest ZIP file (1) A file that contains one or more files that have been compressed into the ZIP format. Also called a "ZIP archive," "zipped file" or "zipped archive," the ZIP algorithm is the most popular compression method in use. Not Just the . compression technology from PKWARE, built to enable users to efficiently store and transmit data files of virtually any number and size, and help businesses to reduce their storage and bandwidth costs. RSA SureFile software employs X.509 certificates and strong RSA BSAFE encryption, including 256-bit AES, enabling ZIP files and directories to be digitally signed Any message or key that has been encrypted with a digital signature. When a user's public key is digitally signed by a certification authority (CA), it is known as a digital certificate or digital ID. See digital signature and digital certificate. for non-repudiation and data integrity as well as encrypted for data privacy. Additionally, RSA SureFile software supports both password and certificate-based encryption Certificate-based encryption is a system in which a certificate authority uses ID-based cryptography to produce a certificate. This system gives the users both implicit and explicit certification, the certificate can be used as a conventional certificate (for signatures, etc. , ensuring investment protection as a company's security framework evolves, as well as enabling seamless data exchange with non-PKI-enabled partners, vendors and customers. RSA SureFile software is also fully interoperable with RSA Keon digital certificate management software designed to allow organizations to secure and sign e-mail -- meeting regulatory requirements, customer demands for data privacy, and increased competitive pressures -- by authenticating transactions for full accountability. By using digital certificates, customers can authenticate the sender's identity to assure the message is not a forgery, hold the sender to business commitments made through e-mail and create a trusted environment for e-business. "RSA SureFile software offers an easy way to help businesses ensure compliance with security and privacy regulations without inhibiting online collaboration and information exchange necessary in today's increasingly connected business environment. Our initial feedback from customers has been very positive," said Victor Chang, vice president, developer solutions division at RSA Security. "RSA SureFile software gives RSA Security customers the ability to deploy RSA Keon PKI-based solutions immediately, while its advanced security and cost-saving data compression features give everyone in the organization a simple and powerful solution for meeting their everyday information management and delivery needs." Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client integration provides automatic compression and security for email attachments, reducing costs of network bandwidth and storage requirements. Unlike S/MIME See MIME. or proprietary security technologies, RSA SureFile software is engineered to allow anyone receiving an RSA SureFile-encrypted email attachment to easily decompress To restore compressed data back to its original size. (compression, data) decompress - To reverse the effects of data compression. and decrypt To convert secretly coded data (encrypted data) back into its original form. Contrast with encrypt. See plaintext and cryptography. the file using RSA SureFile software, PKZIP, or the recently announced no-cost PKZIP Reader. In addition, RSA SureFile software's secure data container provides persistent security, keeping the encrypted document safely inside the RSA SureFile archive. "The first tangible result of our partnership with RSA Security, RSA SureFile software is a secure desktop and data archiving solution designed to provide simplicity and ease of use so everyone in the enterprise can quickly harness the industrial-strength technologies at its core," said Barry Goss, senior vice president and general manager, strategic channels for PKWARE. "We look forward to growing our relationship with RSA Security and working together to create exciting and innovative products based on our combined best-of-breed technologies. This relationship will be of great benefit not only to our two companies, but most importantly, to our customers." As a stand-alone application, RSA SureFile software serves as the workhorse for file compression, encryption and signing. The familiar Windows Graphic User Interface See GUI. , toolbars and right-click features make common zipping, encrypting and signing functions easily and quickly accessible. Additional application plug-in modules help to integrate the RSA SureFile software functionality with popular desktop software including the Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client. Virus scan virus scan Informatics A computer program that can ID code–geek speak for computer program subroutines–often found in computer viruses. See Computer virus. support allows desktop-based anti-virus programs to automatically scan zipped files after extraction. An IT-friendly command line interface also makes it possible for IT support personnel to build scripted utilities that can take advantage of the strong encryption and data compression technologies. RSA SureFile software is 100 percent interoperable with all PKWARE PKZIP products. Security experts have long appreciated how compression can aid encryption. Compression reduces the overhead associated with the encryption process, in addition to making more efficient use of network bandwidth and storage. The Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography, algorithm) Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. (AES) is a Federal Information Processing Standard Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors. (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. ) developed for use by U.S. Government organizations to protect sensitive information and is widely expected to gain broad industry support. ZIP compression and RSA BSAFE encryption software are in use as accepted standards for ensuring data integrity and security in both government and private industry. Availability and Pricing RSA SureFile software is available to ship now for the Windows platform. Evaluation copies of RSA SureFile are available for download from http://www.rsasecurity.com/download/index.html. For more information about RSA SureFile software, visit http://www.rsasecurity.com/products/bsafe/datasheets/ dssurefile.html, or call 1-877-RSA-4900. About RSA Security Inc. RSA Security provides interoperable solutions for establishing online identities, access rights and privileges for people, applications and devices. Built to work seamlessly and transparently in complex environments, the company's comprehensive portfolio of identity and access management solutions - including authentication, Web access management and developer solutions - is designed to allow customers to confidently exploit new technologies for competitive advantage. RSA Security's strong reputation is built on its history of ingenuity and leadership, proven technologies and long-standing relationships with more than 1,000 technology partners. About PKWARE PKWARE, Inc., a provider of trusted ZIP solutions, is the inventor and continuing innovator of the ZIP standard, one of the most widely used methods for advanced data compression on Windows, Unix/Linux, OS/400, MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. and other computing platforms. Since it was founded in 1986, the company has been dedicated to extending the ZIP standard into products that meet end-user and enterprise requirements for compressing files for efficient storage and transmission across all major enterprise platforms. In 2001, PKWARE extended the ZIP file format to include the ability to add strong authentication and encryption to ZIP archives, making it possible not only to compress files, but also to prevent unauthorized access and modification. PKWARE can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.pkware.com. For more information, call 650/326-9648. |
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