Headline speakers from Bell Canada, Intertrust, Visa International and XM Satellite Radio show how elliptic curve cryptography helps solve security issues and meet government standards
MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 22 /CNW/ - The growing demand for secure, smart devices, crypto modernization in government and new financial applications are driving the adoption of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), whose combined efficiency and strength make it the ideal public-key technology to meet these security needs. With this in mind, Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC), the authority for strong, efficient cryptography, is hosting the second annual Certicom ECC
Conference on October 3-5, 2005 in Toronto, Canada to discuss applications and implementation strategies for ECC. During the conference, experts will discuss
two of the hottest topics in the industry today - digital rights management (DRM) and the National Security Agency's (NSA) cryptography recommendations for secure but unclassified information.
This year's key note speaker, David Maher, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Intertrust, will discuss DRM by drawing on his extensive experience in secure computing and his current responsibility for research and development at Intertrust. Intertrust develops and licenses
intellectual property for DRM, digital policy management (DPM), and trusted computing.
Also on the agenda for discussion is the U.S. Government's Cryptographic Modernization Program and in particular the NSA's advanced cryptography algorithms strategy and recommendations for securing sensitive and
unclassified, known as Suite B. The recommendations name ECC as the exclusive key agreement and digital signature standard to protect sensitive but unclassified information. In 2003, the NSA named ECC as the public-key technology to protect mission critical information.
Other speakers from financial, commercial and government organizations at the forefront of security will also share their experiences and knowledge in using ECC. Organizations that will be represented include: Visa International,
XM Satellite Radio, Avanza Technologies, Bell Canada, Eracom Technologies, and nCipher. Executives from the Standard for Efficient Cryptography Group (SECG)and Certicom, including Dr. Scott Vanstone, Certicom founder and EVP strategic
technology, will give presentations on evolving standards and protocols that include ECC.
"Although ECC has been around for many years, we're now witnessing a sharp increase in its adoption for building trusted platforms for both constrained and unconstrained environments," said Dr. Vanstone. "Anyone who
has interest in the application and implementation of public-key cryptography should be at this conference to benefit from the vast expertise and experience of the speakers and participants."
ECC is used in a growing number of applications including consumer electronics, mobile handsets, embedded devices, government communication and financial services. It is considerably more efficient than legacy public-key
schemes making it ideally suited for resource-constrained environments such as mobile and embedded devices. Its strength and size also allow it to scale more
efficiently over time, as stronger security is required.
Software developers, hardware engineers, and anyone responsible for buying or implementing cryptographic systems will benefit from this conference and the exchange of practical ideas and real-world lessons.
To register or for more information, visit
www.certicom.com/conference2005.
About Certicom
Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC) is the authority for strong, efficient
cryptography required by software vendors and device manufacturers to embed
security in their products. Adopted by the U.S. government's National Security
Agency (NSA), Certicom technologies for Elliptic-Curve Cryptography (ECC)
provide the most security per bit of any known public-key scheme, making it
ideal for resource-constrained environments. Certicom products and services
are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including Motorola, Oracle,
Research In Motion, Terayon, Texas Instruments and Unisys. Founded in 1985,
Certicom is headquartered in Mississauga, ON, Canada, with offices in Ottawa,
ON; Reston, VA; San Mateo, CA; and London, England. Visit www.certicom.com.
Certicom, Certicom Security Architecture, Certicom CodeSign, Security
Builder, Security Builder API, Security Builder BSP, Security Builder Crypto,
Security Builder ETS, Security Builder GSE, Security Builder IPSec, Security
Builder NSE, Security Builder PKI and Security Builder SSL are trademarks or
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listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.
Except for historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a difference
include, but are not limited to, those relating to the acceptance of mobile
and wireless devices and the continued growth of e-commerce and m-commerce,
the increase of the demand for mutual authentication in m-commerce
transactions, the acceptance of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology
as an industry standard, the market acceptance of our principal products and
sales of our customer's products, the impact of competitive products and
technologies, the possibility of our products infringing patents and other
intellectual property of fourth parties, and costs of product development.
Certicom will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential
factors that could affect Certicom's financial results is included in the
documents Certicom files from time to time with the Canadian securities
regulatory authorities.
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