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PGP CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF TECHNICAL ADVISORY
BOARD
Key experts to provide guidance and advice for newly formed
company
Palo Alto, CA/19 August, 2002
– PGP Corporation, the recognized worldwide leader
in secure messaging and data storage announced today that it has
formed a Technical Advisory Board to advise its executive and
engineering teams on products, architecture, technology,
integration, and customer requirements. The board will consist of
10 individuals who will provide expertise and guidance in the areas
of security, encryption, networking, and future technologies.
The first four members of the board were also announced. They
are:
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Carl Amdahl, Technology Partner,
DCM-Doll Capital Management. Mr. Amdahl is a seasoned
computer and networking industry executive who was a founder of
three publicly traded companies: NetFRAME Systems, Trilogy
Systems, Ltd., and Magnuson Systems, Inc. He is a Stanford Sloan
Fellow and received a Master of Science in Management from
Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science from the University of
California, Berkeley.
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Dr. Crispin Cowan, Co-founder and Chief Scientist of
WireX. Dr. Cowan conducts research focusing on making systems
more secure without breaking compatibility or compromising
performance. He has co-authored 34 refereed publications,
including those describing the StackGuard compiler for defending
against buffer overflow attacks. Dr. Cowan received a Ph.D. in
Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario, a Master
of Science in Mathematics, Computer Science, and a Bachelor of
Mathematics, Co-op Honors, Computer Science from the University
of Waterloo.
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Bruce Schneier, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of
Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. Mr. Schneier is an
internationally renowned security technologist, cryptographer,
and lecturer. He is the author of six books on network security,
including "Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a
Networked World", and "Applied
Cryptography", the seminal work in its field. He
publishes a free email newsletter "Crypto-Gram"
which has over 60,000 readers. Schneier has a Master of Science
in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the
University of Rochester.
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Phil Zimmermann, founder of the original PGP, Inc. Mr.
Zimmermann is known for his extensive work in cryptography and
data security, data communications, and real-time embedded
systems. He is the recipient of numerous awards and was named
into the CRN Industry Hall of Fame, named one of
InfoWorld's Top 10 Innovators, and
Time Magazine named Zimmermann one of the "Net
50", the 50 most influential people on the Internet. He
is a Fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet
and Society. Zimmermann received his Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University.
"We are extremely pleased to have such distinguished
individuals with great technical prowess as well as business acumen
willing to serve on our Technical Advisory Board," said
Jon Callas, CTO and CSO of PGP Corporation. "We are
committed to technical innovation and this board will provide both
a catalyst to great ideas and an outside perspective to keep us on
track."
About PGP Corporation
PGP Corporation, the recognized worldwide leader in secure
messaging and data storage, builds products that allow corporations
to ensure confidential customer and individual information remains
secure. PGP Corporation combines a management team comprised of
technology industry veterans and former PGP executives, developers,
and patent holders with $14M of venture funding from DCM-Doll
Capital Management and Venrock Associates, two highly respected
venture capital firms.
Over the last ten years, PGP® technology has developed
a global reputation for enabling open, trusted, and highly reliable
security products. PGP technology has thousands of corporate and
government users and millions of individual users worldwide,
including many of the world's largest and most security
sensitive enterprises, government agencies, individuals, and
cryptography experts. Contact PGP Corporation at
www.pgp.com or toll free at 866
747 5483 (866 PGP LIVE).
Media & analyst contact for PGP Corporation:
John Tran
Neale-May & Partners
+1 650 328 5555 ext. 277
jtran at nealemay dot
com
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PGP and the PGP logo are trademarks of PGP Corporation. All
other names or products are the property of their respective
owners.
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