Certicom

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Certicom Corp. is a cryptography company founded in 1985 by Gordon Agnew.^[1]

The Certicom intellectual property portfolio includes over 350 patents and patents pending worldwide that cover key aspects of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC): software optimizations, efficient hardware implementations, methods to enhance the security, and various cryptographic protocols.^{[citation needed]}

The National Security Agency (NSA) has adopted 26 of Certicom's ECC patents for classified and sensitive but unclassified government communications.^{[citation needed]}

Certicom's current customers include General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion and Unisys.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• SECG
• ECC patents

[edit] References

1. ^ Technology Transfer Partners of University of Waterloo. University of Waterloo web site. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

[edit] External links

• Certicom website