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SPYRUS Announces Additional Patent For Enforcing Access to a Computing Resource Using a Licensing Attribute Certificate
San Jose, California – May 1, 2008 – SPYRUS, Inc., an innovator in identity management and high-security hardware and software cryptography, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted U.S. Patent No. 7,356,692 for technology that enforces access to a computing resource using a Licensing Attribute Certificate. Today’s patent is a continuation of SPYRUS Pat. No. 6,904,523. This technology is also patented by SPYRUS in Australia (Australian Patent No. 776027, issued December 9, 2004). This new patent adds to the broad patent portfolio that SPYRUS holds in the United States and abroad, and enables the unique security features of SPYRUS product solutions for secure authentication, conditional access, data protection, and rights management of digital content.
Many of these patents were filed prior to 2000 and are at the core of SPYRUS product solutions.
The invention covered by today’s patent provides a method for enforcing access by a computer application to a computing resource controlled by a trusted computing base, using standards-based public key techniques. The invention uses strong authentication to enforce that access control, thus overcoming the complexities in the data exchanges involved in previous systems. The invention also provides strong authentication in the use of a computing resource by a computer application, and eliminates most security risks associated with systems which implement secret key approaches.
This invention is the basis for certain unique proprietary features of the SPYRUS Signal Identity Manager™ and PKI System that enable control of the operation and expansion upgradability of field installed PKI systems and for customizing operation of the system and the use of the generated digital certificates to be optimized to reflect the business processes of each customer.
About SPYRUS, Inc.
SPYRUS, Inc., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, has pioneered portable security products and solutions for
the information security market since its inception in 1992. Our primary product lines of LYNKS Hardware
Security Modules, Rosetta Series II smart cards and USB security devices, Hydra Privacy Card® Series II
encryption and mass storage, Talisman/DS®Data Security Suite, and identity management products
(Signal Identity Manager™ and SPYRUS PKI) meet customer needs for high-assurance security.
Our mission is to set the standard for the new era of multinational information sharing and long-term
data and identity protection. SPYRUS, Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, CA.
See www.spyrus.com for further information.
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