nCipher Joins Xcert's OpenXchange Partner Program to Provide High Performance PKI.WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1999-- Xcert International Inc., the premier developer of software products for securing business-to-business electronic commerce over the Internet, announced today a joint technology and marketing agreement with nCipher Inc., the leading developer of electronic commerce security solutions. As part of Xcert's OpenXchange Partner Program, Xcert and nCipher will ensure interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. between both companies' products and initiate joint sales and marketing activities in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. The partnership will enable customers to use Xcert's Sentry CA digital certificate software solution in combination with nCipher's nFast/KM and nFast/CA cryptographic hardware key management solutions. Together, these products will improve the scalability and security of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of ) deployments by offloading and accelerating the cryptographic functions from the host server to a dedicated peripheral. With root-signing keys generated and stored on nCipher's highly secure, FIPS-140 level 3 certified hardware, Xcert's PKI products can more easily provide the performance required for industrial strength e-commerce applications. "Xcert and nCipher will provide customers with exceptionally high levels of cryptographic security, while simultaneously increasing the performance of applications using digital signatures," said Rich Kosinski, senior vice president worldwide sales and marketing of nCipher. "Xcert's OpenXchange Program is an excellent opportunity for us to demonstrate that our combined solution has been tested and proven to deliver the levels of performance that major PKI customers now expect." "Digital certificate-authenticated Internet banking deployments with hundreds of thousands of users cannot afford service delays or risk software-based root key storage," said Patrick Richard, chief technology officer of Xcert. "Xcert and nCipher deliver a closely integrated package that not only solves these kinds of requirements but also promises PKI scalability at unprecedented levels." Xcert's OpenXchange Partner Program is targeted to e-commerce product vendors, channel partners, systems integrators and consultants who are committed to deploying, supporting or interoperating with Xcert's award winning Sentry CA solution. The OpenXchange program enables partners to plug in Xcert's PKI and digital signature solution, providing them with the critical enabling technology for secure and non-repudiable electronic commerce over the Internet. As part of the program, Xcert awards technology partners with the Xcertified(TM) seal of approval. Xcert's Interoperability Lab issues the Xcertified seal after certifying that partners' products meet the integration requirements for large scale PKI deployments. Other benefits of the OpenXchange program include joint sales and marketing activities and preferential access to Xcert training, technology and product information. Xcert's Sentry CA 3.6 solution allows an organization to own and operate its own digital certificate authority (CA) according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its existing business practices. As the only solution which interoperates with all other standard PKI systems and extends PKI beyond the firewall, Xcert's Sentry CA enables enterprises to exchange digital certificates with business partners and customers regardless of location. Xcert's technology enables financial institutions, large corporations and government agencies to increase revenue and improve productivity by conducting sensitive business transactions electronically. About nCipher nCipher develops products that simplify the use of cryptography in applications such as 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. and electric commerce. Brothers Alex van Someren and Dr. Nicko van Someren founded the company in 1996. The company's nFast 300 cryptographic accelerator Cryptographic accelerator is a device that performs processor-intensive decrypting/encrypting while freeing the host CPU to perform other tasks. In general cryptographic accelerator is a co-processor. was recently awarded Network Computing's 1999 Editor's Choice award and was proven to be the fastest accelerator available. nCipher is the only vendor capable of shipping strong cryptography Strong cryptography or cryptographically strong are general terms applied cryptographic systems or components that are considered highly resistant to cryptanalysis. solutions worldwide. The company has offices in Cambridge, UK; Boston, MA; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY; and 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. , CA. nCipher's nFast/CA is the only combined key management and cryptographic accelerator solution to be certified under U.S. Government 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. ) 140-1, Level 3. More information on nCipher is available at http://www.ncipher.com. About Xcert International Inc. Based in Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the , Xcert International Inc. is the premier developer of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology. Xcert's products provide privacy and authenticity for conducting secure Internet business transactions. Xcert develops, manufactures and distributes Certificate Authority and Public Key Infrastructure solutions that use secure directory services to provide organizations and individuals with a secure and non-repudiable method of communicating with each other over the Internet. Xcert also licenses its underlying PKI technology to selected service providers and third party developers worldwide. Xcert can be reached on the World Wide Web at www.xcert.com. All product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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