CipherTrust was an

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company based in

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, GA (a suburb of

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), although they had offices around the world. The company was co-founded by

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and Lawrence Hughes (both formerly with SecureIT). Chaudhry was CEO and Chairman of the Board of SecureIT until it was acquired by

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in August 1998. Since August 2006 it is part of Secure Computing Corp for 273.6 M$ (2006 USD), which was subsequently acquired by

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in 2008.

Products

Their main product is the IronMail, a gateway appliance that prevents leaks from outgoing transfers through the

e-mail Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices. Email was thus conceived as the electronic ( digital) version of, or counterpart to, mail, at a time when "mail" mean ...

applications whether they be

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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

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(ASRG) of the IRTF. One of the services provided by CipherTrust is tracking of

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s, which are a primary source of spam. One of the innovations by the company was the invention of

TrustedSource TrustedSource is an Internet reputation system originally developed by CipherTrust and now owned by Intel Security. It provides reputation scores for Internet identities, such as IP addresses, URLs, domains, and email/web content. Reputatio ...

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.

Acquisition by Secure Computing

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.

References

External links

CipherTrust, Inc.

TrustedSource
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