PGP Corporation

Infobox_Company
company_name = PGP Corporation
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2002, technology 1991
location = Menlo Park, Salt Lake City, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo
industry = Computer Software
products = Encryption applications and management platform
num_employees = 225 (2006)
homepage = [http://www.pgp.com/ www.pgp.com]

PGP Corporation, co-founded by Jon Callas and Phil Dunkelberger, is based in Menlo Park, California [ [http://www.pgp.com/company/contact/contactoffices.html PGP Corporation Office Locations] ] . The company is the current owner of the Pretty Good Privacy codebase, which was originally developed by Phil Zimmermann. [ [http://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html Philip Zimmermann - Why I wrote PGP] ] Originally written in 1991, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) was one of the first freely and publicly available implementations of public-key cryptography. It was originally used to allow individuals to communicate securely through bulletin board systems. PGP has since been standardized and supported by many other applications, including email. PGP Corporation acquired the code and rights to the name from Network Associates (NAI) in 2002. [ [http://www.pgp.com/newsroom/mediareleases/2002/assets.html PGP Corporation purchase of PGP desktop and wireless assets from Network Associates] ] The company released version 9 of the software in 2005.

PGP Corporation's focus has shifted towards the corporate market. President and CEO Phil Dunkelberger has said that transparency of use and manageability are the focus of company development efforts. [cite news |title=PGP reborn makes its pitch for the mainstream |author=John Leyden |publisher="The Register" |date=2002-08-22 |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/22/pgp_reborn_makes_its_pitch/ |accessdate=2008-03-21] In 2004 the company announced plans to integrate with Symantec anti-virus technology. [cite news |title=PGP to integrate anti-virus defences |author=John Leyden |publisher="The Register" |date=2004-04-16 |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/16/pgp_adds_av/ |accessdate=2008-03-21]

References

External links

* [http://www.pgp.com/ PGP Corporation home page]
* [https://keyserver.pgp.com/ PGP Global Directory]