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SecureRF's Disruptive Security Gets Kudos at Conference

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Disruptive isn’t always a bad thing. Especially when it comes to cryptography.

Westport, Conn.-based SecureRF’s new lightweight cryptography security was recognized as a disruptive technology at the Embedded Systems Conference 2006 this week in Boston.

The new security algorithm is reportedly “thousands of times more efficient than other commercial solutions and delivers high security,” according to the folks at SecureRF.



SecureRF Recognized as a Disruptive Technology

WESTPORT, CT – (MARKET WIRE) – September 26, 2006 – SecureRF’s new lightweight cryptography security was recognized as a disruptive technology at the Embedded Systems Conference 2006 today in Boston. The new security algorithm is thousands of times more efficient than other commercial solutions and delivers high security.

The company plans to start disrupting immediately by creating the world’s first secure, EPC Gen 2 compliant, RFID tag solution. SecureRF will target high value asset tracking, monitoring and anti-counterfeiting applications in the pharmaceutical, defense and homeland security sectors.

The event organizers, CMP Technology’s Electronics Group, featured SecureRF’s breakthrough in the “Disruption Zone,” along with other high impact innovations. “These are the companies that are shaping our future through new technologies that could change the electronics industry,” said David Blaza, publisher of Embedded Systems Design.

In announcing the prestigious selection, CMP Technology’s Electronics Group emphasized the dramatic reduction in computing resources made possible by the new SecureRF cryptographic algorithm. “Security is everywhere but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Most embedded systems have limited CPU horsepower, memory space and power requirements. Where’s the extra overhead supposed to come from? This company makes cryptography easy and painless, suitable for even the smallest embedded system,” CMP stated in its news release.

Mike McGregor, formerly a lead RFID chip designer at Alien Technology Corp and one of the world’s top RFID chip designers, is in charge of designing chips, tags and systems based on the new security technology. SecureRF’s founders include three world-class mathematicians/cryptographers who developed the cryptographic algorithm.

About SecureRF

SecureRF Corporation provides secure radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions for high value asset tracking, monitoring and anti-counterfeiting applications in the pharmaceutical, defense and homeland security sectors. The company’s technology, based on a breakthrough in cryptography that is lightweight yet highly secure, provides authentication and data protection security for passive, semi-active and active RFID tags that meet both EPCglobal and ISO standards. SecureRF solutions provide additional features for cold chain management and can also be licensed as a software toolkit, gates for a chip, or even a chip itself, addressing a wide range of applications and environments. More information about SecureRF can be found on its Web site at www.SecureRF.com. [end] 

RSA Security executives spelled out the company’s product strategy for 2012, announcing that it would focus on mobile, anti-threat and cloud security.

As reported in Network World, RSA wants to develop tools that can help businesses improve data protection on mobile devices by separating personal and corporate data and improving mobile device authentication. RSA’s strategy includes adding more factor options to multi-factor authentication and embedding SecurID technology in mobile phones.

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Atlanta-based Echoworx, a credential management and managed encryption service provider, has opened up its Security Cloud to the industry at large, including MDMs, MEAPs, cloud services and other organization. By plugging into the cloud, they can enable PKI integration across multiple platforms and devices.

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The Rising pan-European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE) Project has announced it will be concluding its biometrics conference covering responsible research and innovation in biometrics on December 1 - 2.

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Zenius Solutions has been awarded the the top innovation prize in the

Disruptathon Mobile Enterprise competition for its NFC-based mobile wallet solution.

Hosted by CTIA Enterprise and Applications in San Diego, the Disruptathon was judged by an audience of approximately 200 industry professionals, investors and app developers. Each finalist firm was granted five minutes to explain its technology’s concept, business model, disruptive potential and user experience.

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Over the next two months, the Smart Card Alliance will be hosting some events geared toward the financial services and security industries.

The first is a webinar designed to help merchants and acquirers adapt from magnetic stripe cards to EMV chip cards. This free webinar, entitled EMV for Merchants and Acquirers: U.S. Migration Considerations, will take place on Thursday, October 6 at 1 p.m. EDT.

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Dates: March 5-7, 2012

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Venue: Mirage Hotel

URL: Click here

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