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PGP CORPORATION LAUNCHES ALLIANCE PARTNER PROGRAM WITH 10
SECURITY MARKET LEADERS
Alliances complement PGP network- and desktop-based security
solutions
Palo Alto, CA/18 November, 2003
– PGP Corporation, the recognized leader in secure
messaging and information storage, today announced the first 10
members of its newly formed Alliance Partner Program. Initial
members, all leaders in their respective security market segments,
are Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Altitude Software, Axalto (a
Schlumberger Company), F5 Networks, GeoTrust, Giesecke &
Devrient, nCipher, Rainbow Technologies, Sophos, and
WholeSecurity.
The Alliance Partners' products and services enhance the
depth and breadth of PGP Corporation's recently announced
PGP® Universal product, the first network proxy- and
protocol-based software to deliver secure messaging automatically
and transparently to users, as well as the company's
popular PGP Desktop solutions.
Program Focus
"Our overriding objective is to help customers protect
all their information assets with our encryption and authentication
technology," said Phillip Dunkelberger, PGP President and
CEO. "Yet we understand customers deploy a wide range of
associated technologies that must work together. Our Alliance
Partner Program gives customers confidence that PGP technology
integrates well with other best-of-breed security
solutions."
Alliance Partners - Each Alliance partner adds unique value
to the PGP product family.
Certificates
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GeoTrust, a leader in identity and trust services,
provides SSL Server certificates to secure communication between
PGP Universal Server, the network administrator, and webmail
recipients. Geotrust gives PGP Universal customers ready and
economical access to QuickSSL certificates, which are recognized
and trusted in broadly deployed consumer Web browsers.
Hardware
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nCipher, a leader in cryptographic Internet security
products, provides a Hardware Security Module (HSM) as an add-on
purchase for customers wanting to add an extra layer of hardware
protection to the PGP Universal Server. PGP customers can store
user keys and their Organization Key behind nCipher's
FIPS 140-2 level 3 HSM.
Software
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Altitude Software, a leader in call center solutions, will
integrate PGP Universal Server with its Unified Customer
Interaction TM product, allowing its customers to secure
confidential email automatically, eliminate end-user interaction,
and reduce training and support costs without deploying new
software.
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F5 Networks, the leading provider of secure Application
Traffic Management products, will provide high availability and
load balancing functionality for customers with high-traffic PGP
Universal Servers via its BIG-IP products and iControl TM API
(application programming interface).
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Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus and anti-spam
solutions for businesses, will provide close interoperability
between Sophos's anti-virus MailMonitor software suite
and PGP Universal Server to ensure encrypted email is safe from
viral attacks.
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WholeSecurity, the leading provider of on-demand endpoint
security solutions, will make its Confidence Online TM software
available so PGP customers may protect endpoints anytime,
anywhere against eavesdropping and remote control threats
including keystroke loggers, Trojan horses, and other malicious
code.
Smart Cards & Tokens
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Aladdin Knowledge Systems,
Axalto (a Schlumberger Company),
Giesecke & Devrient, and
Rainbow Technologies provide smart cards, USB tokens, and
other form factors allowing PGP customers to store and verify
keys, certificates, and signatures as well as encrypt and decrypt
information. All Alliance Partners' smart cards and
tokens support the PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface
Standard and can be used with PGP Universal and PGP Desktop
solutions.
About PGP Corporation
The recognized worldwide leader in secure messaging and
information storage, PGP Corporation develops, markets, and
supports products used by a broad installed base of enterprises,
businesses, governments, individuals, and cryptography experts to
secure proprietary and confidential information.
During the past ten years, PGP® technology has built a
global reputation for open and trusted security products. The PGP
Corporation family of products includes PGP Universal-an automatic,
self-managing, network-based solution for enterprises-as well as
desktop, mobile, and SDK solutions. Venture funding is provided by
DCM-Doll Capital Management and Venrock Associates. Contact PGP
Corporation at
www.pgp.com or +1 650 319
9000.
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 Corporation. Product and brand names used in this document may
be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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