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IP: State Govt Will Use Datakey Smart Cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Mon Oct 5 11:43:10 1998
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 07:37:55 -0400
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Source: PR Newswire
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State Government Agency Will Use Datakey Smart Cards
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Datakey, Inc. (Nasdaq: DKEY), a
Minneapolis-based provider of information security systems, announced the
receipt of an initial order of 1,000 SignaSURE smart cards for a state
government agency digital signature application. A complementary order for
additional SignaSURE products is expected to follow this smart card order
shortly.
The state government agency will become a Channel Certification
Authority(TM) and will contract ID Certify, a Seattle-based certificate
authority, to manage their Public Key Infrastructure. The state will
implement ID Certify's complete Certification Authority infrastructure and
will use their services to train certificate registration agents, create
certificates, issue and personalize smart cards, and store the certificates
in the ID Certify repository.
The Datakey smart card stores digital certificates, generates the
public key pair used for the digital signature and performs the digital
signature function. Utilization of the Datakey smart card provides true
digital signature non-repudiation and portability of digital credentials.
"This is one of the states that is leading the country with progressive
strides in electronic trade technology. We are excited to be a part of this
landmark step," said Linda MacIntosh, ID Certify president. "We selected
Datakey's smart cards because of their state-of-the-art information
security technology."
The state-operated ID Certify Channel Certification Authority(TM) is
expected to be up and running by January 15, 1999. Over the next two years,
10,000 certificates with Datakey smart cards are expected to be deployed.
"This deployment of smart cards represents another positive step in the
growing worldwide utilization of this technology for information security,"
said Carl Boecher, president of Datakey. "Smart cards have long been used
in Europe as debit instruments, but are finally being recognized as the
safest way to secure personal email and attachments over the Internet."
Datakey, Inc. is an international supplier of electronic products and
services. The Company provides product, subsystem, and system solutions to
record, store, and transmit electronic information. Datakey provides
products and systems directed to the information security markets that
enable user authentication, secure data exchange, and information
validation. The Company also provides OEM products, consisting of
proprietary memory keys, cards and other custom-shaped tokens, that serve
as a convenient way to carry electronic information and are packaged to
survive in portable environments. Shares of Datakey's common stock are
traded on the Nasdaq-NNM under the symbol DKEY. Web address is
http://www.datakey.com. Datakey press releases are available by fax
through Company News On-Call at 800 758-5804, ext 231950, or at
http://www.prnewswire.com
SOURCE Datakey, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.datakey.com
Company News On Call: http://www.prnewswire.com or fax,
800-758-5804, ext. 231950
©1998 PR Newswire.
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com>
Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
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