PRESS RELEASE
: May 24, 2004
Voltage Security Co-Founder and Inventors of Identity-Based Encryption Win 2004 InfoWorld Innovators Award
Palo
Alto, CA., May 24, 2004 -- Voltage
Security Inc.,
a leading provider of secure business communication solutions,
today announced that Drs. Dan Boneh and Matt Franklin are
recipients of the 2004 InfoWorld Innovators award for their
invention of Boneh-Franklin Identity-Based Encryption (IBE).
Dr. Boneh is a board member and co-founder of Voltage Security
and continues to lead the advanced cryptography group at
Stanford University where he is an Associate Professor
of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Dr. Franklin
is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at University
of California, Davis. InfoWorld, a leading business-to-business
technology brand (www.infoworld.com),
announced the recipients of its 2004 Innovators Awards
in the May 24th, 2004 edition of InfoWorld magazine.
The article can be found online at www.infoworld.com/1416.
By using well-known identities
as public keys, IBE eliminates the need for certificates
and greatly reduces the complexity and high cost of administration
usually associated with PKI. Voltage Security delivers
the power and simplicity of IBE as part of a broad platform
of communication security solutions for enterprises to
protect customer privacy, and for compliance with federal
privacy regulations.
“We are extremely honored to have Matt and Dan selected
as InfoWorld Innovators. Their contribution changes the way
we view secure communications, making it extremely easy to
bring confidence in dealing with private customer and partner
information. Already, leading organizations in financial
services, insurance, healthcare, and government are using
the Voltage Security platform to comply with privacy standards,
streamline business processes and secure critical communications,” said
Sathvik Krishnamurthy, president and CEO of Voltage Security,
Inc.
“By cracking the problem of identity-based encryption,
Dan Boneh and Matt Franklin have fundamentally changed the
dynamics of secure communications. No longer will ordinary
users be forced to hassle with the certificates required
by a traditional PKI system, so that people will actually
begin to employ advanced encryption as a matter of course.
By any definition, this is truly an outstanding innovation.
We are proud to have Dan and Matt in our 2004 class of InfoWorld
Innovators,” said Eric Knorr, executive editor-at-large
of InfoWorld.
About InfoWorld Innovators Awards
The InfoWorld Innovators awards honor top technology innovators whose work,
creations, and ideas have changed the way we look at technology and have
had a significant impact on the evolution of the tech world. In addition
to being added to the Innovators Hall of Fame, InfoWorld also honors several
up-and-coming leaders as Ones to Watch. Innovators selections are made by
the InfoWorld senior editorial staff and are open to outside nominations.
About InfoWorld
Media Group
For 25 years, InfoWorld Media Group has
provided cutting-edge coverage and evaluation of IT products
and services for technology experts in senior management.
Through integrated channels including print, online, events
and demand generation, InfoWorld reaches the most influential
senior-level information technologists -- those who drive
their enterprises' strategies and technology purchases. Powered
by a continued investment in an independent Test Center,
InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis
and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding
emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.
About Voltage Security
Voltage Security, Inc. provides the market leading
Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management Platform™, a
breakthrough foundation for securing all forms of digital
business communication flowing into and outside an organization.
Based on a revolutionary breakthrough called IBE, or Identity-Based
Encryption, the Voltage Enterprise Privacy Management Platform
greatly simplifies the use and administration of traditional
security systems. Voltage Security markets its own enterprise
solutions including the Voltage SecureMail Gateway™,
Voltage SecureMail™ and secure mobile messaging solutions
for RIMs BlackBerry® and Microsoft Windows Mobile-based
Pocket PCs and Smartphones, and partners with other leading
companies such as CipherTrust, FrontBridge Technologies (a
Microsoft company) and Proofpoint to serve the expanded security
needs of the enterprise. Third-party and corporate developers
can secure customer applications with the Voltage IBE Toolkit™.
Voltage Security customers include leading corporations and
governmental agencies from around the globe including XL
Global Services, Waterfield Mortgage, QVC Japan and Hitachi.
messaging and web services forthcoming. Voltage serves leading
enterprise customers and regulated industry segments such
as financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and government.
For more information on Voltage Security and to learn more
about IBE, please visit www.voltage.com.
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Notes: Voltage SecureMail, Voltage SecurePolicy Suite and
Voltage SecureFile are either trademarks or registered trademarks
of Voltage Security, Inc. All other product names and trademarks
are the property of their owner.
