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  British and US military agree secure email protocol - Computerworld UK - The Voice of IT Management 

  http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/security-products/authentication/news/index.cfm?newsid=6964

  January 14, 2008 British and US military agree secure email protocol Major defence manufacturers also back new PKI standard By Ellen Messmer The Ministry of Defence and US defence agencies have agreed ... specifications for secure e-mail and other electronic collaboration. The specifications were agreed through the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Programme, a shared effort between British and American defence agencies and aerospace partners. The TSCP secure e-mail specification is a public-key infrastructure-based technology that assures the identities of authorised users by means of digital certificates that can encrypt and verify e-mail content. TCSP participants include the US Department of Defence, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), Boeing, EADS, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Rolls-Royce. According to the TSCP, the US Defence Department intends to eventually make use of it to protect information classified under Defence Department guidelines as "Controlled but Uncla   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  digital certificate, communication, defence, defence agencies, defence manufacturers , email, email protocol, encryption, information security, ministry of defence, mod, pki, pki standard, public-key infrastructure, secure email, secure email protocol, security, tscp, verification   [More...] [Less...]