- Authentium
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company_name = Authentium, Inc.
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company_type = Private
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foundation =March 2000
founder =John C. Sharp
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location =West Palm Beach ,USA
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key_people =John Sharp Douglas Brunt Helmuth Freericks
area_served =Computer security
industry =Computer software
products =Security
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homepage = [http://www.authentium.com Authentium.com]
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footnotes =Based in
West Palm Beach ,Florida , Authentium is aDelaware corporation that develops core operating system encapsulation, file and application defense, data interception and data analysis technologies. Authentium provides services to enterprise, government organizations, ISPs, and education institutions worldwide. The company's investors include Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE), Westbury Equity Partners, Bank of Middle East (Bahrain), andUnited Overseas Bank Venture Management. [cite |author=Staff Writer |title=Authentium Completes $15m |publisher=American Venture Magazine |date=2006-04-27 ]Authentium Inc acquired Command Software Systems Inc, developers of the Command Antivirus range of products, in September 2002. An
SDK based on the Command Antivirus technology is widely-licensed within the security software industry. Licenses includeSecure Computing , [cite |author=Staff Writer |title=CipherTrust Anti-Virus Powered by Authentium |publisher=TMCnet |date=2005-03-07 ] Postini, [cite |author=Staff Writer |title=Postini Joins with Authentium for Enhanced Anti-virus Service |publisher=Postini Press Center |date=2006-02-09 ]SurfControl , andMicrosoft . [cite |author=Staff Writer |title=Microsoft Antigen FAQ |publisher=Microsoft |date=2005-03-07 ]Authentium ESP (Extensible Security Platform) Enterprise Edition enables enterprise customers to manage multivendor antivirus,
antispyware , backup and other desktop security software. [cite |author=Ellen Messmer |title=Authentium Unveils ESP Enterprise for Security Management |publisher=Network World |date=2006-12-13 ]In July 2006, Authentium announced the release of VirtualATM, a technology designed to allow banks to create secure environments for online transactions, enable compliance with guidelines from the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council (
FFIEC ), and provide additional safeguards for their customers' critical financial information. [cite |author=Staff Writer |title=Authentium Introduces Online Banking Security System |publisher=Computer Business Review Online |date=2006-07-21 ]In October, 2006, Authentium researchers claimed that technology related to its Virtual ATM offering could bypass Microsoft's
Kernel Patch Protection technology. [cite news
first=Matt
last=Hines
title=Microsoft Decries Vista PatchGuard Hack
url=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2037052,00.asp
publisher=eWEEK
date=2006-10-25
accessdate=2007-07-30] Ordinarily Kernel Patch Protection would initiate a bug check and shut down the computer if the Windows kernel is modified in a manner not supported by Microsoft.cite web
url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/kernel/64bitpatching.mspx
title=Patching Policy for x64-Based Systems
publisher=Microsoft
date=2007-01-22
accessdate=2007-09-20] [cite web
url=http://uninformed.org/index.cgi?v=8&a=5&p=2
author=Skywing
title=Introduction
work=PatchGuard Reloaded: A Brief Analysis of PatchGuard Version 3
publisher=Uninformed
month=September
year=2007
accessdate=2007-09-20]On March 7th, 2007, the founder of Command Software Systems, Dyan Dyer, died after a prolonged illness. [cite |author=Mary Landesman |title=Dyan Dyer, Industry Diva (1949-2007) |publisher=about.com |date=2007-03-07 ]
References
External links
* [http://www.authentium.com/ Official Website]
* [http://blogs.authentium.com/virusblog/ Blog: Authentium Virus Blog]
* [http://authentium.blogspot.com/ Blog: In Security]
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