ipsCA reports 80% growth in Digital Certificate sales in 2003

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 7, 2004 -- ipsCA, company specializing in digital signature solutions and the online provision of digital certificates has announced this 80% increase in digital certificate sales over 2002 results.

According to recent Nielsen/Net Ratings, 2.8 million Europeans made online digital certificate purchases in June of 2004, in comparison to the 2.1 million buyers during the same period of the previous year, representing an increase of 31%. A prime factor behind this growth is the increase of the public�s confidence in digital transactions due to governmental support for online security. Digital Certificates are employed within the online transaction, confirming an Internet user�s identification, providing authentication and encrypting the subsequent transmission. Secure purchases between the buyer�s PC and the seller�s website are now a reality.

Digital Certificate technology is consistent with EU secure electronic signature requirements, providing legal recognition to electronic signature processes, since it contributes the security necessary to irrefutably identify the certificate holder.

When applied to email, the ipsCA e-mail Certificates grant security to the electronic messages based on a standard S/MIME protocol. Through this application e-mails can be signed by the sender, validating his authorship, or configured to ensure that only the designated recipient may read the message. Further, Digital Certificates increase the security of and confidence in a client-servant Web � allowing the network nodes and the servers to authenticate each to the other. With total certainty, information residing on or moving around the corporate intranet is secure.

ipsCA�s certificates have passed the quality control requirements of major software development Companies including Microsoft, which has incorporated ipsCA Certificates within the default set of available Digital Certificates in all its Windows O/S and other relevant software solutions since 1998.

In addition, ipsCA provides Digital Certificate management utilities and Digital Signature plug-ins which offers greater functionality than other types of Digital Certificate/Digital Signature solutions, as well as total operability with popular internet browers and online communications tools (including IE3, IE4 and IE5, Netscape Navigator 3.x, 4.x and 4.5x, Operates, and S/MIME support for Eudora, Lotus R5, Outlook Express 2000, Netscape Messenger). These products are compatible with all leading Smart Card based digital certificate solutions