Certicom Suite B Power Bundle with Infineon ECC-enabled smart card microcontrollers delivers complete hardware and software support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Jan. 31 /CNW/ - Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC) today announced that Certicom's Suite B Power Bundle will be included in the Infineon smart card microcontrollers. This will allow Certicom and Infineon customers to quickly comply with the U.S. government's Suite B specifications...

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Published inCanada NewsWire p. 1
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa PR Newswire Association LLC 31.01.2007
Subjects
Cryptography
Customers
National security
Public Key Infrastructure
Smart cards
Software utilities
Trademarks
Ontario
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Summary:MISSISSAUGA, ON, Jan. 31 /CNW/ - Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC) today announced that Certicom's Suite B Power Bundle will be included in the Infineon smart card microcontrollers. This will allow Certicom and Infineon customers to quickly comply with the U.S. government's Suite B specifications by providing Infineon ECC-enabled smart card microcontrollers and Certicom software tools for the U.S. government's Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards and other applications. The need for stronger security is driving the demand for ECC, which is recommended by the U.S. government and is also being adopted by industry to protect valuable information. Certicom protects the value of your content, applications and devices with government-approved security. Adopted by the National Security Agency (NSA) for classified and unclassified government communications, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provides the most security per bit of any known public-key scheme. As the undisputed leader in ECC, Certicom security offerings are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion and Unisys. Founded in 1985, Certicom's corporate offices are in Mississauga, ON, Canada with worldwide sales and marketing headquarters in Reston, VA and offices in the US, Canada and Europe. Visit www.certicom.com. Certicom, Certicom ECC Core, Certicom Security Architecture, Certicom Trust Infrastructure, Certicom CodeSign, Certicom KeyInject, Security Builder, Security Builder API, Security Builder BSP, Security Builder Crypto, Security Builder ETS, Security Builder GSE, Security Builder IPSec, Security Builder MCE, Security Builder NSE, Security Builder PKI and Security Builder SSL are trademarks or registered trademarks of Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information subject to change.