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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes DigiCert, Inc. with the 2011 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement. With best-in-class product solutions, competitive pricing and award-winning customer support, DigiCert provides excellent customer value in the market. DigiCert's Wildcard certificate, for example, is unlike any other...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SonicWALL, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent network security and data protection solutions, today announced that it is positioned in the Visionaries quadrant of the December 2011 Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs by Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. In his report, Gartner analyst John Girard highlighted the importance of SSL VPN for remote access, business...

DALLAS, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrust, Inc., a global leader in securing online identities and information, applauds the Certification Authority/Browser (CA/B) Forum for establishing the first minimum standards for the operation of Certification Authorities (CAs) issuing SSL certificates. The recently approved baseline requirements, which will become effective on July 1, 2012, leverage best practices from across the SSL sector to provide clear standards for CAs. The new...

DALLAS, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --The CA/Browser Forum has released the "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates," the first international baseline standard for the operation of Certification Authorities (CAs) issuing SSL/TLS digital certificates natively trusted in browser software. SSL/TLS digital certificates are used to authenticate the ownership of websites and other online resources, as well as to...

DALLAS, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrust, Inc. chief marketing officer David Rockvam is a featured guest at the 2011 CISO Summit in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 6-7. Rockvam, who also serves as the general manager of Entrust Certificate Services, will address attendees during a CIO Thought-Leadership session at 9:45 a.m. MST Wednesday. Rockvam's presentation, "Leveraging Mobile Devices for Identity-Based Security," will explore the growing trend of employees using consumer...

SEATTLE, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader of business security solutions, today announced that it is now shipping its most powerful security appliance, the WatchGuard XTM 2050, a next-generation firewall (NGFW) that provides enterprise-class security for large enterprises and data centers that require high-performance firewall, application control and intrusion prevention system (IPS) to protect against data theft, malware and security...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 604 million unique IP addresses connect to Akamai Intelligent Platform in Q2 2011The Netherlands takes top spot for high broadband connectivityTaiwan is origin of most attack traffic during the quarterAkamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released its Second Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report....

Google said on Tuesday that it is rolling out a default encryption using SSL on searches for users signing in with their accounts. The move comes a year after Google first introduced an encrypted search service and made SSL the default setting for Gmail. "As search becomes an increasingly customized experience, we recognize the growing importance of protecting the personalized search results we deliver," Evelyn Kao, Google's Product Manager, said in a blog post. Kao also said the...

GlobalSign welcomes cPanel users to view live demonstrations of its newest SSL Technology, OneClickSSL, in Austin,Texas October 10-12 Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 10, 2011 GlobalSign (http://www.globalsign.com), a specialist in SSL partner programs and security automation technologies, today announced that it will be demonstrating the OneClickSSL plug-in for cPanel at the Automation Bootcamp cPanel Conference, held in Austin, Texas from October 10th- 12th. Demonstrations of the OneClickSSL...

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) announced today the addition of open source support for SSL and IPsec to their family of security processors and Express DX acceleration cards. This includes OpenSSL support for SSL and strongSwan and OpenSwan support for IPsec. The addition of these new protocols provides hardware-accelerated security solutions for Web, Cloud and Network applications. The cloud and the ever increasing number of web based...