SecureWare Inc., founded in 1986 developed software and encryption technology for securing Unix-based

operating systems An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ef ...

. Its secure operating system was used to help secure the world's first internet bank,

Security First Network Bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) was the first pure Internet bank in the United States. It had no physical branch bank offices and could only be accessed online. It was founded in Pineville, Kentucky, in October 1995 by James (Chip) S. Maha ...

(S1 Technologies). SecureWare also worked closely with HP's federal division to develop security products, such as the trusted operating system, used by the U.S. Department of Defense for certain military information. In 1996, SecureWare's internet system security division was sold to

Hewlett Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components ...

. The rest of SecureWare was acquired by

later that same year.

References

* http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_Dec_4/ai_17799106/
"SecureWare sells Internet system security to HP, concentrates on Internet application security.."
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