Secure Computing Named Exclusive Global Provider of Strong Authentication for NTT's FingerQuick Biometric USB Tokens
NTT Electronics Corporation selects Secure Computing SafeWord PremierAccess for strong authentication for fingerprint recognition token
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2004-- Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR), the experts in securing connections between people, applications, and networks(TM), today announced that the company's leading authentication solution, SafeWord(R) PremierAccess(TM), is the exclusive authentication software solution for FingerQuick(TM), a new fingerprint-recognition product of NTT Electronics Corporation. FingerQuick is a USB-compatible token that provides biometric finger print recognition, and will be distributed globally.
FingerQuick is a keychain-size token that reads and stores up to ten individual fingerprints, authenticates users, and connects to workstations through a USB interface. The NTT fingerprint certification technology was developed by the NTT Micro System Integration Laboratory. NTT Electronics Corporation produces the USB token with fingerprint recognition and a one-time password using Secure Computing's SafeWord PremierAccess technology.
"We selected Secure Computing as our partner to provide strong authentication integration because of the success and the advanced technology of the highly secure SafeWord Premier Access solution," said Yutaka Nishino, executive director of NTT Electronics Corporation. "Our partnership with Secure will provide our customers with highly secure technology, and extend our business in the global security enterprise market."
"We are pleased to be a partner with an important global provider of technology like NTT," said Vincent Schiavo, senior vice president of Secure Computing Corporation. "Customers in Asia and around the world will benefit from the convenient form factor, ease-of-use, and high security of this solution, which combines the near-universality of the USB interface with the high security of biometrics."
Availability
FingerQuick will initially be sold by the NTT Electronics Corporation throughout Japan, and in the future will be distributed globally.
About Secure Computing
Secure Computing (NASDAQ:SCUR) has been securing the connections between people and information for over 20 years. Specializing in delivering solutions that secure these connections, Secure Computing is uniquely qualified to be the global security solutions provider to organizations of all sizes. Our more than 11,000 global customers, supported by a worldwide network of partners, include the majority of the Dow Jones Global 50 Titans and the most prominent organizations in banking, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, public utilities, and federal and local governments. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has sales offices worldwide. For more information, see http://www.securecomputing.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the anticipated integration of SafeWord with NTT's FingerQuick, and the expected benefits of such technology and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays in product development and integration, undetected software errors or bugs, competitive pressures, technical difficulties, changes in customer requirements, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Secure Computing's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
Secure Computing Corporation
David Burt, 206-892-1130
David_Burt@securecomputing.com
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