CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCH SUPPORTS CHES 2005
Sponsorship of annual conference supports security research, smart card industry
San Francisco, Calif., August 29, 2005 - Continuing its commitment to support basic security research and the smart card industry, Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) today announced its sponsorship of the 7th annual Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES), the leading conference for cryptographic hardware and security in embedded systems. Organized by the non-profit International Association for Cryptologic Research, CHES is an annual gathering of leading security researchers from the academic, commercial and government communities.
“The CHES conference is the leading event for the world’s leading security experts to share their latest discoveries and theories,” stated Ken Warren, smart card business manager at Cryptography Research. “We remain an enthusiastic supporter of basic security research and applied technologies, such as smart cards, which bring improved security to governments, businesses and consumers.”
“Cryptography Research’s generous support of CHES allows us to provide a top notch environment for what has become the leading forum to share recent developments in tamper resistance and security” said Colin Walter, CHES Organizational Co-Chair. “We are grateful for their continued support of our event.”
Continuing its tradition of changing international venue, the 2005 edition of CHES will be held August 29th through September 1st at the Roxbourghe Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more details please visit the CHES website at http://islab.oregonstate.edu/ches/start.html
ABOUT CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCH, INC
Cryptography Research, Inc. provides technology and services to solve complex security problems. In addition to security evaluation and applied engineering work, CRI is actively involved in long-term research in areas including tamper resistance, content protection, network security and financial services. The company has a broad portfolio of patents covering countermeasures to differential power analysis and other vulnerabilities, and is committed to helping companies produce secure smart cards and other tamper resistant devices.
Security systems designed by Cryptography Research engineers annually protect more than $100 billion of commerce for wireless, telecommunications, financial, digital television and Internet industries. For additional information, please visit http://www.cryptography.com.