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PGP CORPORATION RELEASES PGP UNIVERSAL 1.1 WITH EXPANDED
CAPABILITIES FOR ENTERPRISE SECURE MESSAGING
PGP Corporation's product enhancements add capability
for Microsoft Exchange Server users, incorporate S/MIME and X.509
messaging standards, LDAP directories, and Mac OS X support
Palo Alto, CA/26 January, 2004
– PGP Corporation, the global leader in digital
information security, today announced a new version of its
PGP® Universal product. This new product extends the
world's first enterprise security architecture to a broader
user base and allows improved interfacing with existing email
security infrastructures. PGP Universal Server shifts the burden of
securing email messages and attachments from the desktop to the
network in a way that is automatic and entirely transparent to
users. The product line is actively being used by large enterprises
worldwide. PGP Universal Server is an award-winning solution,
having received the
VARBusiness Technology Innovation Editor's Choice
Award, and was recently featured in
Information Security magazine.
"The PGP Universal product line focuses on the three
As," said Phillip Dunkelberger, President & CEO of
PGP Corporation. "First, we
automate processes (encryption, digital signatures, key
management) to make email security simple and easy; second, we
aggregate tasks and functions (desktop and network email
security, PKI infrastructure) under a single architecture to make
systems management more effective; and third, we
accelerate an enterprise's ability to quickly and
inexpensively deploy secure messaging to all critical employees and
external partners."
The Product
PGP Universal Server 1.1 includes significant feature enhancements
to the product line, first introduced in September 2003, simplified
installation for IT administrators and a new pricing structure. Key
functional enhancements in PGP Universal 1.1 include:
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S/MIME and X.509 support-PGP Universal Server 1.1 now
supports S/MIME messages and X.509 certificates in addition to
OpenPGP keys and messages. This capability allows PGP Universal
to interoperate with PKI deployments, easily adding email
security to existing PKI investments.
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Microsoft Exchange MAPI support-PGP Universal Satellite
now supports Microsoft Outlook users who use MAPI to connect to
Microsoft Exchange Server, providing both gateway and end-to-end
email security.
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PGP Universal Satellite Mac OS X-PGP Universal Satellite
now supports Mac OS X as well as Windows clients.
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LDAP Directory Synchronization-PGP Universal Server 1.1
now automatically synchronizes with popular directory servers,
including Active Directory and Exchange Groups, allowing
customers to apply security policy only to LDAP-defined
users.
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PGP Universal Web Messenger Inbox-PGP Universal Web
Messenger now displays a full webmail-style secure Inbox for
messages received by external users.
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PGP Universal Web Messenger attachments and HTML-PGP
Universal Web Messenger now supports sending and receiving of
attachments as well as display of HTML content, including inline
images.
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PGP Universal Web Messenger Internationalization-PGP
Universal Web Messenger is now automatically internationalized
for users in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
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PGP Universal Web Messenger load balancing-PGP Universal
Web Messenger now load balances services between clustered PGP
Universal Servers designated as PGP Universal Web Messenger
servers.
Architecture Goals
Added Mr. Dunkelberger, "Our technology vision begins
with secure email, then expands to include all enterprise digital
information. In the future, we will extend PGP Universal technology
to also secure instant messaging, mobile devices, stored local and
network data, CRM and ERP records, and all other digital
information that can be proxied at the transport level. PGP
Universal Server is the foundation on which we will build this
future."
PGP Universal Server 1.1 further addresses the myriad needs and
goals of a wide range of users within the enterprise:
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For Executive and Business Management: User transparency;
automatic central security policy; two-way policy enforcement;
digital signatures; immediate, incremental, and scalable
deployment; and low cost of ownership.
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For Network, Email, and IT Management: Implementation;
interoperability and standards compatibility; certificate and
message format compatibility; self-managing security
architecture; and incremental deployment.
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For Information Security Management: Central, two-way
security policy management; network-based policy enforcement;
self-managing security architecture; single solution; keyless
recipient management; certificate- and message format-agnostic;
additional decryption keys (ADKs); and trusted technology
foundation.
PGP Universal Relieves Organizational Concerns about Information
Security
Mr. Dunkelberger concludes, "By enabling enterprise-wide
security of information assets, PGP Universal Server helps
organizations mitigate corporate risk and manage governance and
regulatory requirements. Organizations can secure confidential
business assets and intellectual property while ensuring customer
and employee information privacy-both internally and externally.
Communications with partners, contractors, outsourcers, and
suppliers, as well as with shareholders and the media, can be
uniformly secured and digitally signed."
Product Reviews
Early reviews of PGP Universal have been outstanding:
"PGP Universal is a winner. It solves a real problem and
could provide a feasible PKI deployment option to enterprises that
have e-mail security, but stopped short because of the difficulty
and cost of distributing and maintaining public/private
keys," says Fred Avolio, in
Information Security magazine. "PGP Universal
proved it can take the burden and support costs out of doing a PKI
secure e-mail."
Availability & Pricing
PGP Universal Server 1.1 is now shipping worldwide. The pricing
structure has been simplified for medium and large enterprises. All
licensing is now per internal email address secured, with one price
for users secured in the Gateway and another for users secured
End-to-End (to the user desktop). Subscription pricing for 500-seat
Gateway licenses is approximately $20,000. Subscription pricing for
500-seat End-to-End licenses is approximately $30,000.
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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