Company to Receive World's First Common Criteria EAL4 Rating for Its Product
Category at Tuesday Ceremony; Wednesday AM Breakfast Meeting Examines Role Of
Leading Security Certifications in Enterprise Security Compliance
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- MOSCONE CENTER, BOOTH 1501 --
Pointsec Mobile Technologies, a subsidiary of IT security company Protect Data
and a global leader in enterprise security software for laptops, desktops,
PDAs and smart phones, today announced two key events at RSA Conference 2004
to mark the company's landmark Common Criteria security certification:
-- A formal awards ceremony on Tuesday, February 24, 5:45-6:15 PM in
Room 112 of Moscone North. Peter Larsson, President of Pointsec
Mobile Technologies, will accept the certification on behalf of
Pointsec;
-- A "Breakfast with the Experts" Reception for members of the media
and other select invitees, hosted by Pointsec, will spotlight the
FIPS, Common Criteria, and BITS certifications and their role in
regulatory compliance and security policies. Speakers will include
-- Alex von Keszycki, special counsel with Washington DC law firm
KMZR;
-- Andrea Hoy, president of the Information Security Systems
Association (ISSA);
-- Peter Larsson, President, Pointsec Mobile Technologies.
The breakfast will be held Wednesday, February 25, 7:30-10:00 AM at
the W San Francisco hotel, 181 Third Street.
Pointsec's flagship full hard disk encryption mobile product, Pointsec(R)
for PC, is receiving the world's first Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4)
ranking for its category under the Common Criteria, a leading international IT
security standard. The Common Criteria (CC), established in 1996, defines
concepts and principles of IT security evaluation that meet the needs of
governments across the industrialized world. Initially supported by the
United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, and the Netherlands,
the CC has since been adopted by 19 nations. It has also been codified as ISO
Standard 15408.
"Among the governments of the world's leading industrialized nations,
there is no higher data security standard than the Common Criteria," noted
Larsson. "Certification at EAL4, the highest possible level for
generally-available commercial products, is a strong validation of Pointsec's
data protection technologies. We look forward to using RSA 2004 as a platform
for presenting the critical issues surrounding the Common Criteria, BITS, and
FIPS certifications, and their importance for the modern enterprise, at RSA
2004."
Joint Exhibit
Pointsec is exhibiting its products at RSA 2004 with the cooperation of
one of its key solution partners, Aladdin Knowledge Systems. Aladdin
( http://www.ealaddin.com ), a leader in digital security, markets eToken, a
smart-card-enabled USB token offering strong physical user authentication.
Pointsec and Aladdin have combined their technologies to offer a two-factor
(token/password) security solution for PDAs, laptops, smart phones, and
desktop PCs that offers enforceable mandatory access control, automatic
real-time encryption of all hard drive data, and centralized administration.
Pointsec and Aladdin are presenting their joint technologies from
Aladdin's exhibit, Booth 1501 at Moscone Center. For more information about
Pointsec and its security software for desktop and mobile computing
environments, log on to http://www.pointsec.com .
About Pointsec Mobile Technologies
Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Protect
Data AB. The company develops and markets access-controlling and encrypting
systems for stationary and portable computers, palmtop computers, WAP
telephones, etc. Pointsec Mobile Technologies has 47 employees and offices in
San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington DC in the USA, Cambridge in the United
Kingdom, Dusseldorf in Germany, and Stockholm, Falun and Sundsvall in Sweden.
Visit our web site at: http://www.pointsec.com .
About The Protect Data Group
The Protect Data Group offers tailor-made IT security solutions to large
companies and organizations. The company focuses on four business areas:
digital identities and resource security, network security, anti-virus and
content security, and consultancy services for information security. Within
these areas, the company offers comprehensive IT security solutions based on
aspects such as access control and encryption systems, anti-virus systems,
digital sentry services, firewalls, user identification and content control,
secure VPN and PKI solutions, digital signatures and systems for secure
transactions. Protect Data is the market leader in its business area in the
Nordic region and has subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the
United Kingdom, and the USA. Protect Data has approximately 100 employees and
is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Visit our web site at:
http://www.protectdata.com .
Pointsec is a registered trademark of Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB.
All other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners.
SOURCE Pointsec Mobile Technologies
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Related links:
http://www.protectdata.com
http://www.ealaddin.com http://2004.rsaconference.com
http://www.pointsec.com
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Roxanne Pascente, roxanne@sspr.com , or Tony
Keller, tony@sspr.com , both of S&S Public Relations, Inc.,
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