Ciphertrust

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CipherTrust is an anti-spam email software company based in Alpharetta, GA (a suburb of Atlanta), although they have offices around the world. The company was co-founded by Jay Chaudhry and Lawrence Hughes (both formerly with VeriSign).[1] Chaudhry is the current CEO and Chairman of the Board.

Their main product is the highly successful IronMail™ is a gateway appliance that prevents leaks from outgoing transfers through the e-mail applications whether they be HTTP or FTP transfers.[2] CipherTrust is the current market leader in the e-mail security space according to Gartner and other industry analysts. CipherTrust has recently added a new product to secure Instant Messaging called IronIM™. Their CTO, Paul Judge, chaired the Anti-Spam Research Group or ASRG of the IRTF. One of the highly useful services provided by CipherTrust is tracking of Zombie computers, which are a primary source of Spam.[3]

In August 2006, Secure Computing Corp. bought CipherTrust shares for 273.6 M$ (2006 USD). In this purchase, the merged companies would still offer their exclusive technologies.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Vijayan, Jaikumar. "Security Vendors Say Merger Will Give Them More Financial Heft", Computerworld, September 21, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-20. (in English)
  2. ^ Garretson, Cara. "CipherTrust appliance protects corporate resources", Network World, November 14, 2005. Retrieved on 2006-10-20. (in English)
  3. ^ "CipherTrust Achieves Record Growth in Federal Sales During Second Quarter; Company Fuels Public-Sector Momentum by Signing Multiple New Federal Customers and Earning International Security Certification", Business Wire, July 27, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-20. (in English)

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