Sigaba Corporation Introduces Email Encryption Gateway for Enterprise Messaging Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2001 Enterprise Email Encryption Solution Integrates with Existing Messaging Systems to Provide Privacy and Security for Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. Sigaba(TM) Corporation, a secure Internet communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. , today announced the immediate availability of the Sigaba Email Encryption Gateway(TM), a secure email solution that integrates with existing enterprise email systems to provide reliable and easy-to-use secure message and document delivery. Residing between a company's SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. mail server and its firewall, the Sigaba Email Encryption Gateway (SEEG) works seamlessly with all existing email applications and requires no software installations or plug-ins on corporate workstations. IS Managers control the encryption and decryption (cryptography) decryption - Any procedure used in cryptography to convert ciphertext (encrypted data) into plaintext. through a set of policies and have full access to audit trails of all communications. Additional processes such as content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. and virus scanning can be integrated with the SEEG inside the firewall, allowing the corporation to fully manage their email. Implementation of the Sigaba Gateway can be accomplished in a matter of hours, is completely transparent to end users and allows them to continue sending and receiving email exactly as before. "The vulnerability of communications passing over the Internet has presented a real need for a reliable and easy-to-use secure email solution," said Kelly Pickard, director of strategic alliances at eMed Technologies, a provider of Internet services and infrastructure products to healthcare professionals. "That need is met by the Sigaba Email Encryption Gateway. It gives us a simple and scalable way to offer secure communications to our clients, regardless of the email system they're using." For companies in the healthcare arena, Sigaba's Email Encryption Gateway helps satisfy the requirements of the proposed Security and Electronics Signature Standard developed in conjunction with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when of 1996 (HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, ). In addition, companies in the legal, financial, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, government fields and other businesses that require privacy and/or auditability will benefit from this solution. Enterprises with the need to send secure email or documents (e.g., bill presentations, bank statements, 401(k) statements, etc.) to end-users, without requiring them to download additional software, can utilize the Sigaba WebViewer(TM). WebViewer, which is an integral part of the Sigaba Gateway, allows an authenticated user to read and reply to Sigaba generated email directly from a web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. email client or a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , eliminating the need to issue certificates and manage keys. Customers can install Sigaba's Email Encryption Gateway on a Windows NT or Unix server, or access the hosted version via Sigaba's world-class data center. Prices begin at $2,500 per server, with a minimum monthly service fee that is usage based. For those wishing to extend integrated secure email functionality all the way to the desktop, Sigaba also offers SigabaSecure(TM), a set of free desktop client plug-ins that are completely interoperable with the Sigaba Gateway and WebViewer. The addition of SigabaSecure enables an end user to encrypt and decrypt To convert secretly coded data (encrypted data) back into its original form. Contrast with encrypt. See plaintext and cryptography. email with the click of a button, while also providing additional email control options. Plug-ins are currently available for most popular email clients (Outlook 97/98/2000, Lotus Notes 5, Eudora, Hotmail and Yahoo!) and can be downloaded for free from Sigaba's website, http://www.sigaba.com. Additional plug-ins for Groupwise 5, Notes 4, Outlook Express 5 and Macintosh support will be available shortly. To access a datasheet on the Sigaba Email Encryption Gateway, go to http://www.sigaba.com/corporate/Sigaba_Gateway_Datasheet.pdf. For a more detailed discussion of Sigaba's key exchange technology, please refer to the company's white paper on its SigabaSecure service: http://www.sigaba.com/corporate/products_info.html. To try out SigabaSecure's free plug-in for your email environment go to http://www.sigaba.com/corporate/products_compatibility.html. About Sigaba Sigaba Corporation was formed in January 2000 to provide security-related Internet services. Founded by a team of seasoned Silicon Valley executives and computer security experts, Sigaba is based in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. and is privately financed. The company is named after the U.S. encryption machine called SIGABA ("si-GAH-ba") that was used during and after World War II. It was the only encryption system used by any participant in the war to remain unbroken by an enemy. The SIGABA machine was so sophisticated that it was used by the military until 1960 and so secret that its details were only recently declassified de·clas·si·fy tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies To remove official security classification from (a document). de·clas . Additional information can be found at http://www.sigaba.com or by calling 1.650.572.6100. Note to Editors: SigabaSecure and Sigaba Email Encryption Gateway are trademarks of Sigaba Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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