Ciphertrust
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CipherTrust was an anti-spam email
software company based in Alpharetta, GA (a suburb of Atlanta), although they had offices around the world. Since August 2006 it is part of Secure Computing Corp
, which was acquired by McAfee
in 2008. The company was co-founded by Jay Chaudhry and Lawrence Hughes (both formerly with SecureIT). Chaudhry was CEO and Chairman of the Board of SecureIT until it was acquired by VeriSign in August 1998.
Their main product is the IronMail, a gateway appliance that prevents leaks from outgoing transfers through the e-mail
applications whether they be HTTP or FTP transfer
s. CipherTrust is the current market leader in the e-mail security space according to Gartner and other industry analysts. CipherTrust has recently added a new product to secure Instant Messaging called IronIM. Their CTO, Paul Judge, chaired the Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the IRTF
. One of the services provided by CipherTrust is tracking of Zombie computer
s, which are a primary source of spam.
One of the innovations by the company was the invention of TrustedSource
reputation system that provides reputation scores for Internet identities, such as IP addresses, URLs, domains, and email/web content. This technology became an integral part of all of CipherTrust's products and one of the main reasons for its eventual buy-out.
In August 2006, Secure Computing Corp. bought CipherTrust shares for 273.6 M$ (2006 USD). In this purchase, the merged companies would still offer their exclusive technologies.
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
software company based in Alpharetta, GA (a suburb of Atlanta), although they had offices around the world. Since August 2006 it is part of Secure Computing Corp
Secure Computing
Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, was a public company that developed and sold computer security appliances and hosted services to protect users and data...
, which was acquired by McAfee
McAfee
McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion...
in 2008. The company was co-founded by Jay Chaudhry and Lawrence Hughes (both formerly with SecureIT). Chaudhry was CEO and Chairman of the Board of SecureIT until it was acquired by VeriSign in August 1998.
Their main product is the IronMail, a gateway appliance that prevents leaks from outgoing transfers through the e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
applications whether they be HTTP or FTP transfer
Transfer
Transfer may refer to:* Transfer * Transfer * Transfer DNA, the transferred DNA of the tumor-inducing plasmid of some species of bacteria such as Agrobacterium tumefaciens* Transfer...
s. CipherTrust is the current market leader in the e-mail security space according to Gartner and other industry analysts. CipherTrust has recently added a new product to secure Instant Messaging called IronIM. Their CTO, Paul Judge, chaired the Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the IRTF
Internet Research Task Force
The Internet Research Task Force focuses on longer term research issues related to the Internet while the parallel organization, the Internet Engineering Task Force , focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards making...
. One of the services provided by CipherTrust is tracking of Zombie computer
Zombie computer
In computer science, a zombie is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a cracker, computer virus or trojan horse and can be used to perform malicious tasks of one sort or another under remote direction. Botnets of zombie computers are often used to spread e-mail spam...
s, which are a primary source of spam.
One of the innovations by the company was the invention of TrustedSource
TrustedSource
TrustedSource is an Internet reputation system originally developed by CipherTrust and now owned by McAfee. It provides reputation scores for Internet identities, such as IP addresses, URLs, domains, and email/web content....
reputation system that provides reputation scores for Internet identities, such as IP addresses, URLs, domains, and email/web content. This technology became an integral part of all of CipherTrust's products and one of the main reasons for its eventual buy-out.
In August 2006, Secure Computing Corp. bought CipherTrust shares for 273.6 M$ (2006 USD). In this purchase, the merged companies would still offer their exclusive technologies.