Tumbleweed Licenses Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography
21 Juillet 2008 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
License with Certicom's Security Builder Solutions Will Help Ensure
FIPS 140-2 and Suite B Compliance MISSISSAUGA, July 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Certicom (TSX: CIC), an industry leader
in elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) security, announced today that
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), an industry
leader in managed file transfer, email security, and identity
validation, will use Certicom's Security Builder(R) family of
solutions. Licensing Certicom's ECC technology provides one of the
highest standards of encryption for customers and will help
Tumbleweed streamline future Federal Industry Protections Standards
(FIPS) 140-2 and Suite B compliance efforts. In 2007, Tumbleweed
received 140-2 Level 1 certification, the benchmark standard for
government agency data security, for the security kernel used in
its suite of products. The license with Certicom will help expedite
subsequent certification efforts through one vendor. The first
Tumbleweed products to integrate the libraries that support ECC are
Secure Messenger(TM) for email encryption and MailGate(R) for
inbound and outbound email security. "By enlisting Certicom's ECC
technology, Tumbleweed is reconfirming its commitment to providing
the strongest encryption and authentication capabilities that the
military, federal, local and state government agencies need to
maintain a secure online communications channel," said Taher
Elgamal, Chief Technology Officer of Tumbleweed Communications
Corp. "In addition, working with a single, best-in-class crypto
platform will help streamline future FIPS accreditation efforts -
and that is exceptionally valuable." FIPS 140-2 is the security
requirement for cryptographic modules as defined by the National
Institute of Standards for Technology (NIST). The standard is
required for sale of products implementing cryptography to the
Federal Government. Companies who lack a FIPS 140-2 validation and
are unable to prove that such a validation is in the process of
being obtained will not be able to access the government market
with its products. Suite B is the set of cryptographic algorithms
recommended by the National Security Agency (NSA) to secure
classified and unclassified communications. In 2005, the NSA
recommended ECC as the public key crypto system to protect
government communications. Known as Suite B, these recommendations
are part of an initiative to upgrade the security infrastructure of
government communications to meet present and future security
needs. ECC is used in a growing number of sectors ranging from
networking, consumer electronics, wireless devices and
semiconductors to government and financial services. "Certicom is
proud to add Tumbleweed Communications to our growing portfolio of
customers," said Karna Gupta, CEO of Certicom. "Our NSA-approved
technology is amongst the highest quality in the industry, and
leading companies like Tumbleweed are increasingly turning to us as
a best-in-class security partner." TUMBLEWEED SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in
this press release are based on plans and expectations as of the
date of the press release, and that a number of factors could cause
the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at
this time. These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement
below. Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected, particularly with respect to FIPS certification of
Tumbleweed products, as well Tumbleweed's continued use of Certicom
solutions. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be
identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should,"
"potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends,"
"plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions. For
further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we
refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's
Form 10-K filed March 17, 2008 and Tumbleweed's Form 10-Q filed May
12, 2008. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information
contained in this press release. Although this release may remain
available on Tumbleweed's website or elsewhere, its continued
availability does not indicate that Tumbleweed is reaffirming or
confirming any of the information contained herein. About
Tumbleweed Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), an
industry leader in managed file transfer, email security and
identity validation, provides enterprise-class solutions to
organizations of all sizes. Tumbleweed's innovative products enable
organizations to effectively manage and protect business-critical
Internet communications, with capabilities that span secure file
transfer, encryption, data loss prevention, and email security.
Tumbleweed has more than 3,300 customers worldwide, including
blue-chip companies across an array of industries such as
Technology, Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer
Packaged Goods, Telecom, Energy, and the U.S. Government. The
world's most security conscious organizations rely upon Tumbleweed
technology including Bank of America Securities,
JP Morgan Chase & Co., the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Our
award-winning products build on 15 years of R&D and 30 security
patents in the U.S. alone - many of which are licensed by other
security vendors. More information can be found at
http://www.tumbleweed.com/. Tumbleweed, Secure Messenger and
MailGate are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tumbleweed
Communications Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Certicom Certicom manages and protects the value of content,
applications and devices with government-approved security. Adopted
by the National Security Agency (NSA) for government
communications, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provides the most
security per bit of any known public-key scheme. As the global
leader in ECC, Certicom's security offerings are currently licensed
to hundreds of multinational technology companies, including IBM,
General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle and Research In Motion.
Founded in 1985, Certicom's corporate offices are in Mississauga,
Ontario, Canada with worldwide sales and marketing headquarters in
Reston, Virginia and offices in Europe and Asia. Visit
http://www.certicom.com/. Certicom Safe Harbor Statement Except for
historical information contained herein, this news release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking information includes information concerning
Certicom's future financial performance, business strategy, plans,
goals and objectives. When used in such documents, the words
"plans", "expects", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", "will", "believes" or
variations of such words and phrases often, but not always,
identify forward looking statements. Factors which could cause
actual results or events to differ materially from current
expectations include, among other things: the ability of Certicom
to successfully implement its strategic initiatives and whether
such strategic initiatives will yield the expected benefits; the
ability of Certicom to develop, promote and protect its proprietary
technology security breaches or defects in Certicom's products;
competitive conditions in the businesses in which Certicom
participates; changes in consumer spending; the outcome of legal
proceedings as they arise; general economic conditions and normal
business uncertainty; consolidation in Certicom's industry and by
its customers; customer preferences towards product offerings; the
risk that customers may cancel their contracts with Certicom;
reliance on a limited number of customers; demand for ECC-based
technology; performance of Certicom's management team and
Certicom's ability to attract and retain skilled employees;
operating Certicom's business profitably; fluctuations in revenue
and foreign currency exchange rates; interest rate fluctuations and
other changes in borrowing costs; the ability to develop and
maintain strategic relationships; and other factors identified
under the heading "Risk Factors" in Certicom's annual information
form dated July 26, 2007 and filed on SEDAR at
http://www.sedar.com/. DATASOURCE: Certicom Corp. CONTACT: John
Conrad, Merritt Group, Inc., (703) 390-1538,
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