CipherTrust

CipherTrust was an anti-spam email software company based in Alpharetta, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, with offices around the world. It was cofounded by Jay Chaudhry and Lawrence Hughes (both formerly with SecureIT).{{cite news |first=Jaikumar |last=Vijayan |title=Security Vendors Say Merger Will Give Them More Financial Heft | publisher=Computerworld | date=2006-09-21 }} Since August 2006 it is part of the Secure Computing Corporation, which was acquired by McAfee in 2008.

Products

CipherTrust's main product is the IronMail, a gateway appliance that prevents leaks from uploading HTTP or FTP transfers through e-mail applications.{{cite news |first=Cara |last=Garretson |title=CipherTrust appliance protects corporate resources | publisher=Network World | date=2005-11-14 }} It added a product to secure Instant Messaging called IronIM. The CTO, Paul Judge, chaired the Anti-Spam Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force. The firm also tracks zombie computers, a primary source of spam.{{cite news |title=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 | publisher=Business Wire | date=2006-07-27 }}

CipherTrust invented the TrustedSource reputation system that provides reputation scores for Internet identities, such as IP addresses, URLs, domains and email/web content. This became part of all its products and a main reason for its eventual buyout.

Buyout

In August 2006, the Secure Computing Corporation bought CipherTrust shares for US$273.6 million. The new company still offered previously exclusive technologies.

References

External links

[https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/encryption/data-security-platform CipherTrust, Inc.]
[http://www.trustedsource.org TrustedSource]

Category:Software companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Defunct software companies of the United States