PKWARE eNewsletter This October/November 2008 edition of PKWARE’s eNewsletter brings you customer successes, new product information, PKWARE® in the news, and a white paper that sets the record straight on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) management.

At PKWARE, we help thousands of companies around the world do business more efficiently and securely with our industry-leading data file compression and security solutions, PKZIP® and SecureZIP®. We hope this eNewsletter, in a small way, provides you with information that does a bit of the same. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and questions at editor@pkware.com

Product News: New SecureZIP® Partner Platform Allows Easy Exchange of Secure Files with Business Partners
To help companies and their business partners more easily exchange secure files, PKWARE® is pleased to announce an extension to our PartnerLink® platforms, supplementing the interfaces currently available for all major enterprise server platforms. We’ve introduced SecureZIP Partner for Windows® Desktop, an easy-to-use, desktop client interface. Read More >>

In the News: Computer Technology Review Publishes Data-centric Email Security Article by PKWARE®
Read the Computer Technology Review article, authored by PKWARE’s Jeff Cherrington and Jim Peterson, about inherent email security risks and nine guidelines for reviewing email data protection solutions. Read More >>

Success Story: SecureZIP® Helps Global IT Service Provider Secure Sensitive Data to Tape, Establish Multiplatform Security Standard, Meet PCI Mandates
One of the world’s largest information technology service providers needed a data security solution that would meet three key security initiatives: encrypting and compressing sensitive data to tape using the X.509 standard; securely exchanging information across multiple operating platforms; and achieving PCI compliance. With only one solution, SecureZIP, the company was able to meet all three objectives. Read More >>

Government Product News: SecureZIP® Brings FIPS 140-2 Module to Windows® Desktop
If you run Microsoft® Windows XP with Service Pack 3, you can easily be FISMA-ready on the desktop. The operating system provides a FIPS 140-2 validated module, which PKWARE leverages with our SecureZIP software. Read More >>

White Paper: Data Security Mythbusters: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Even in today’s current risk environment, many companies have failed to adopt Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), a necessary component for truly durable data protection. This complimentary white paper provides an overview of PKI and dispels common myths associated with PKI management. Read More >>

Success Story: Federal Regulatory Agency Addresses FIPS 140-2 Desktop Security, Supports PKI with SecureZIP® [PDF]
Tasked with finding an encryption solution that would meet FIPS 140-2 requirements, as well as support Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), this Federal Regulatory Agency quickly learned that its WinZip® software couldn’t meet either need. With SecureZIP, the Agency found a “win-win” solution. Read More >>