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nCipher plc (LSE:NCH), a global leader in protecting critical enterprise
data, announces it has partnered with Certicom Corp. (TSX:CIC) to offer
the first commercially available hardware-based cryptographic security
platform for implementing Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) based on
Elliptic Curve Menezes-Qu-Vanstone (ECMQV). ECC is now recommended by
the U.S. Government and is increasingly being adopted by industry and
commerce to deliver high levels of security for protecting critical data.
By bringing together Certicom’s Suite B Power
Bundle of software tools for ECC with nCipher’s
tamper-resistant FIPS 140-2 validated hardware security modules (HSMs),
customers can rapidly comply with the U.S. Government’s
Suite B recommendations for advanced cryptographic algorithms. Suite B
recommendations were defined by The National Security Agency (NSA) in
2005 to define best practice security with new public key cryptosystems
for protecting classified and unclassified government communications and
are also widely referenced throughout industry.
ECC is an important algorithm within Suite B due to its computational
efficiency arising from the fact that it utilizes much smaller key sizes
compared with conventional public key encryption systems for a given
level of security. This delivers faster processing with lower power
consumption making it ideal for demanding enterprise security
applications, potentially reducing the number of servers required and
freeing up valuable data center resources. As with any system employing
cryptographic security it is deployment best practice to use HSMs to
protect keys from theft and misuse. As a result of this partnership
organizations can now satisfy both goals –
adoption of the latest encryption and signing techniques all within a
secure, tamper-resistant and easily managed environment. Furthermore,
nCipher’s HSMs are also the only devices on
the market to provide an acceleration capability for ECC, enabling
system capacity to be increased even further, once again maximizing
efficiency and reducing deployment costs.
“ECC security technology meets the
increasingly demanding requirements of not just the U.S. Government but
of public and private sector organizations around the world,”
said Bernard Crotty, president and CEO of Certicom. “The
nCipher partnership provides our customers with a range of deployment
options allowing them to develop end-to-end ECC solutions with the
highest performance implementations available and hardware protection
from the most trusted name in the market.”
“The sustained and rapid advance of
information technology increasingly relies on the use of cryptography.
With the increased prominence and adoption of ECC organizations now have
greater choice in planning their deployment strategy,”
says Dr Nicko van Someren, chief technology officer at nCipher. “Our
customers now have access to the highest levels of hardware protection
and the most advanced key management tools available for the complete
set of Suite B algorithms. The combination of our ECC-enabled HSMs with
Certicom’s Suite B Power Bundle of software
tools ensures that customers get the most efficient and secure
implementation of ECC available.”
Suite B is a set of cryptographic algorithms provided by the NSA to be
used for hashing, digital signatures, key exchange and encryption.
nCipher HSMs provide support for Suite B Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman
(ECDH) for key exchange and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
(ECDSA) for digital signatures. nCipher will be the first HSM vendor to
support the advanced Elliptic Curve Menezes-Qu-Vanstone (ECMQV)
algorithm, a more efficient signed key exchange mechanism developed at
Certicom. This support for ECC together with existing support for AES
and Secure Hash Algorithms SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 makes
nCipher HSMs the first hardware available to offer key management and
acceleration for all Suite B algorithms.
About Certicom
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
About nCipher
nCipher protects critical enterprise data for many of the world's most
security-conscious organizations. Delivering solutions in the fields of
identity management, data protection, enterprise key management and
cryptographic hardware, nCipher enables businesses to identify who can
access data, to protect data in transit and at rest, and to comply with
the growing number of privacy-driven regulations. nCipher plc is listed
on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:NCH). www.ncipher.com
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