nCipher Joins SAFE-BioPharma Association Vendor Partner Program.nCipher Extends Encryption, Secure Time Stamping time stamping The stamping of order tickets with the time of entry and execution. For example, options exchanges require stamping of order tickets with the times of execution to the nearest minute. and Digital Signing Solution to Pharmaceutical Industry STONEHAM, Mass. -- nCipher plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :NCH NCH National Coalition for the Homeless NCH National Coalition for History NCH National Council for Hypnotherapy (UK) NCH National Center for Homeopathy NCH Notched NCH National Claims History NCH Nielsen Clearing House ), a global leader in protecting critical enterprise data, announces it has become a SAFE-BioPharma Association Vendor Partner. This non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. was founded by the world's leading pharmaceutical companies to develop a secure means of replacing hand-signed paper based documents and forms with legally approved 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. documents. The SAFE[TM] (Signatures and Authentication For Everyone Signatures and Authentication For Everyone (SAFE), is a set of enforced standards that create a trusted community for legally enforceable Business to Business and Business to Government digitally signed transactions within the global biopharmaceutical industry. ) digital identity and digital signature standard delivers a legally enforceable and regulatory-compliant way to provide identity verification Noun 1. identity verification - the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or , non-repudiation and content integrity for electronically signed documents in the pharmaceutical industry. SAFE founder members include AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble and Sanofi-Aventis. SAFE digital signatures are already being used to make government submissions and safeguard internal documents describing research, product trials and drug discovery. nCipher's Time Stamp Server and hardware security modules (HSMs) support the SAFE standard and comply fully with the FDA's 21 CFR CFR See: Cost and Freight Part 11 Regulation. This means that pharmaceutical, healthcare and life sciences organizations can digitally sign and time stamp critical documents and electronic records using a high-strength, tamper-resistant security appliance. Not only does this overcome the inherent risks associated with software-based digital signing processes but also provides an auditable and trusted record of date and time for all submissions without relying on system clocks within host operating systems, that can be easily abused. "We welcome nCipher as a SAFE Vendor Partner and look forward to their providing a range of time sensitive security solutions to the SAFE community," said Mollie mollie or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy (see killifish). Mollies are found from the E and central United States to Argentina. Shields-Uehling, 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. SAFE-BioPharma Association. "The importance of the SAFE security initiative is reflected by the fact that it is being driven by the world's largest pharmaceutical companies in the face of increasing competition and regulation," says Avia Dadon, product manager at nCipher. "As a SAFE Vendor Partner nCipher can apply years of experience of working with the world's largest financial institutions to meet the emerging needs of the pharmaceutical industry which represents an important vertical market sector for nCipher and opens up exciting new business opportunities." nCipher brings a wealth of experience and leading-edge products in the area of time stamping and cryptographic key management to the pharmaceutical industry. nCipher offers the SAFE community secure systems that provide high assurance levels of the identity of the source of a signed document, the time it was signed as well as evidence that the contents have not been altered, building trust within the system and providing a mechanism for non-repudiation, About SAFE-BioPharma Association SAFE-BioPharma Association is the non-profit association that created and manages the SAFE[TM] digital identity and digital signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Through the SAFE standard, the association promotes interoperability and integration among researchers, vendors, regulators, clinicians and other pharmaceutical and healthcare stakeholders. The SAFE standard provides a secure, enforceable, and regulatory compliant way to verify the identities of parties involved in business-to-business and business-to-regulator electronic transactions. SAFE stands for "Signatures and Authentication For Everyone." The Association's members include Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genzyme, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Organon or·ga·non or or·ga·num n. pl. or·ga·nons or or·ga·nums or or·ga·na 1. An organ. 2. A set of principles for use in scientific investigation. organon pl. organa [Gr.] organ. , Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis. For more information visit www.safe-biopharma.org. SAFE[TM] is a trademark of SAFE-BioPharma Association. Any use of this trademark requires approval from SAFE-BioPharma Association About nCipher nCipher protects critical enterprise data for many of the world's most security-conscious organizations. Delivering solutions in the fields of identity management, data protection, enterprise key management and cryptographic hardware, nCipher enables businesses to identify who can access data, to protect data in transit and at rest, and to comply with the growing number of privacy-driven regulations. nCipher plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (LSE:NCH). www.ncipher.com |
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