V-ONE Corporation Secures the Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003 V-ONE Corporation (OTCPK: VONE), a leading 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. technology company, today announced their participation in the continued expansion of the Regional Information Sharing See data conferencing. Systems (RISS RISS Reference Information Storage System (HP) RISS Regional Information Sharing System RISS Real-Time IR/EO Scene Simulator RISS Revised Injury Severity Score ) Program using V-ONE's SmartGate(R) technology to secure electronic communication within the RISS Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (ATIX ATIX Automated Trusted Information Exchange (website/communication network for obtaining and sharing disaster information) ATIX Antiterrorism Information Exchange (DoJ and FBI) ) Program. ATIX is one of the important initiatives in the Justice Department's expansion of sensitive but unclassified The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. law enforcement networks to share data for homeland defense. Law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). can use ATIX to safely distribute information to authorized government personnel, and public officials and private sector organizations. ATIX will include thirty two types of federal, state, local, and tribal "public safety" communities, including public health organizations, fire departments, public utilities, emergency management agencies and school systems that are responsible for preventing, responding to, and recovering from the spectrum of terrorist threats and disasters. Commenting on the ATIX initiative to Government Computer News (Vol. 22 No. 9, April 28, 2003), M. Miles Matthews, senior management counsel in Justice's Counterdrug Intelligence Secretariat, stated, "Federal officials will be able to send ATIX alerts to organizations by geographic location, organizational activity and user status. ATIX for first responders will give you all the features of RISS besides the criminal databases." ATIX provides secure information sharing for local, state and federal law enforcement agencies via the RISS network, a secure, web-based nation-wide law enforcement information-sharing network. Funded by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Noun 1. Bureau of Justice Assistance - the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse BJA , RISS provides services to sworn officers in more that 6,000 criminal justice agencies in the 50 States, the district of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , U.S. Territories, Canada, England, and Australia. In addition to linking six regional RISS center resources, the RISS network provides connectivity to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, Criminal Information Sharing Alliance (CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) The award for successful completion of an examination in information systems audit, control and security from the Information Security Audit and Control Association. See ISACA. ), DEA's El Paso Intelligence Center
The El Paso Intelligence Center was established in 1974 in response to a Justice Management Division Study entitled, "A Secure Border. , National White Collar Crime white collar crime n. a generic term for crimes involving commercial fraud, cheating consumers, swindles, insider trading on the stock market, embezzlement and other forms of dishonest business schemes. Center, and the United States Attorneys' Offices, as well as many other federal and state law enforcement systems. The RISS network uses V-ONE's distinctive SmartGate technology to allow only specified information to be shared with authorized individuals, assuring security of the data on the network. "For the multi-agency network to come together from the individual user's perspective, there had to be assurance that the integrity, management and access control components of the security software selected allowed the autonomy of the sharing organizations to be retained by the individual organizations," said Margaret Grayson, president 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. of V-ONE Corporation. "We are pleased that the work V-ONE is doing to enable secure information sharing across the many distributed federal, state and local law enforcement offices can be used to serve the ATIX mission." About V-ONE Corporation Providing enterprise-level network security protection since 1993, V-ONE Corporation's flagship product is SmartGate(R), a client/server Virtual Private Network technology. Fortune 1000 corporations, healthcare organizations and sensitive government agencies worldwide use SmartGate for their integrated authentication, encryption and access control. With its patented client deployment and management capabilities, SmartGate is a compelling solution for remote access intranets and secure extranets for electronic business between trading partners, for both conventional and wireless networks. V-ONE is headquartered in Germantown, MD. Product and network security information, white papers and the company's latest news releases may be accessed via www.v-one.com. This release, other than historical financial information, may consist of forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ in a material way from actual future events. For instance, factors that could cause results to differ from future events include rapid rates of technological change and intense competition, extended sales cycles, rate at which results of marketing initiatives can be determined, and the level and timing of acceptance and implementation of the Company's products with existing customers, among others. Readers are also referred to the documents filed by V-ONE Corporation with the SEC, specifically the Company's latest report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , which identifies important risk factors for the Company. V-ONE, SmartGate, SmartGuard, SmartPass, SmartWall and "Security for a Connected World" are trademarks or registered trademarks of V-ONE Corporation. All product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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