SECURE64 DNS ENHANCEMENT ELIMINATES SERVER DOWNTIME DURING RELOADS

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Enables service providers to improve DNS performance and differentiate their Service Level Agreements

Greenwood Village, CO – December 11, 2007 – Secure64 Software Corporation, a software developer with the only Genuinely Secure™ software technology and server applications, today announced it has enhanced Secure64 DNS to allow service providers to significantly improve the performance of their authoritative DNS and the service level agreements they offer to their customers. Unlike widely-deployed BIND-based DNS solutions, Secure64 DNS is “always on,” and remains responsive to DNS queries even while adding or deleting zones.

“Service providers are always looking for new ways to generate revenue,” stated Steve Merkel, CIO, Data393, “and providing a premium, high performance, high availability DNS service that would be backed up by strict service level guarantees is one request we have had from many customers. Unfortunately, conventional DNS solutions have not allowed service providers like us to provide this type of service. Secure64 DNS now provides an attractive alternative that improves the end-user experience while providing a new revenue-generating opportunity for service providers.”

This latest enhancement to Secure64 DNS is significant in that it fills a major gap in the DNS server market. Companies that deploy DNS servers and commercial appliances based on BIND – the most widely-used DNS software in the market today – are required to restart their servers when adding or deleting zones, which happens whenever customers are added or deleted. During the restart, the DNS server is unavailable to answer queries, thus negatively impacting the performance of the DNS. The problem gets worse for large service providers with many records that operate highly dynamic DNS environments, as the DNS servers require more time to restart and the restarts occur more frequently.

“The only way for standard BIND-based DNS servers to incorporate new zone information is to stop serving DNS requests, reload the entire data set, and then start serving requests. Unfortunately, performance is hampered every time this recycling process occurs,” stated Mark Beckett, vice president of marketing, Secure64. “Secure64 DNS continues serving requests during a restart, which means businesses can guarantee the performance of their DNS. By combining high performance with industry-leading security and availability, Secure64 DNS offers Internet-dependent businesses the perfect DNS trifecta.”

Secure64 DNS is a groundbreaking DNS application that has built-in denial-of-service protection features that help ensure Internet-dependent businesses are always accessible. Based on Secure64’s Genuinely Secure SourceT® micro OS, Secure64 DNS remains highly available during network attacks and is immune to compromise from rootkits and malware. Third-party research has determined that Secure64 DNS is the most secure DNS application in the market, and the latest enhancements make Secure64 DNS an even more compelling solution for Internet-dependent businesses.

Today Secure64 is also announcing the successful results of an independent analysis of SourceT conducted by Matasano Security, a renowned security research and consulting firm. More information on the results of the Matasano study, SourceT and Secure64 DNS can be found by visiting the Secure64 Web site at www.secure64.com/products.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software developer providing secure, self-protecting, high performing server applications. Secure64’s core technology is SourceT®, a patent pending Genuinely Secure™ micro OS designed from the ground up to make the micro OS and any applications running on it immune to rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks. Unlike conventional operating systems with insecure architectures, SourceT does not need to be hardened, patched and protected to minimize exposure to vulnerabilities.

SourceT applications such as Secure64 DNS do not require protection from firewalls, intrusion prevention or DDoS mitigation devices. By simplifying and consolidating network infrastructures, SourceT-based applications help IT professionals reduce costs and risks while achieving unparalleled levels of reliability and performance. For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

Company Contact

Mark Beckett

Vice President, Marketing

Secure64

(303) 242-5899

mark.beckett@secure64.com

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SECURE64 DEVELOPS FIRST AUTOMATED DNSSEC SIGNING APPLICATION TO HELP SECURE THE INTERNET WORLDWIDE

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Secure64 DNS Signer Enables Long-Term Solution to Critical DNS Flaw Recently Identified by Dan Kaminsky

Denver – July 30, 2008 – Secure64 Software Corporation has developed a product that dramatically simplifies the implementation and management of DNSSEC. Secure64 DNS Signer™ is the first and only product that addresses each of the obstacles that have slowed the widespread deployment of DNSSEC zone signing, including the need for simplicity, security, auditability and scalability. While recent patching efforts have mitigated the impact of the cache poisoning vulnerability identified by Dan Kaminsky and widely reported by the media, deployment of DNSSEC is widely regarded as the only viable long-term solution to securing the Domain Name System (DNS).

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) provides authentication of the origin of DNS data, assurance of data integrity, and authenticated denial of existence – the three elements necessary to increase the security of the Internet’s DNS infrastructure. With DNSSEC, internet users can know with certainty that they are at the correct site and that there is no man in the middle spying on them. Without DNSSEC there is a much higher risk of fraud, loss of confidentiality, and identity theft. FISMA Act encourages U.S. government agencies to configure their DNS servers to the DNSSEC security specifications set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and it has been reported that the federal government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plans to begin enforcing DNSSEC requirements through an auditing process, setting the standard for DNS best practices. For more information about DNSSEC, visit www.dnssec-deployment.org.

The Secure64 DNS Signer:

  • Deploys in days rather than months
  • Automates all key management activity securely
  • Offers compatibility with existing provisioning systems/slave architectures
  • Scales to millions of records and hundreds of thousands of zones
  • Supports highly dynamic environments with minimal signing latency
  • Utilizes a Genuinely Secure, Trusted Computing Platform

“Organizations that have been working to deploy DNSSEC are frustrated by the amount of time required to understand and implement it correctly, securely and in a way that is repeatable. Early adopters often devote several months or more to deploy DNSSEC by integrating open source tools, scripts, cryptographic hardware and homegrown code. Then they have to devote significant IT resources to ongoing maintenance and administration. Secure64 DNS Signer addresses the market’s need for a simple yet secure approach to deploying DNSSEC” said Mark Beckett, vice president of marketing, Secure64.

Beckett added, “This product solves the biggest remaining technical hurdles to broad-scale deployment of DNSSEC in the industry: signing DNS zones quickly and easily while ensuring the signing keys aren’t compromised. Overcoming these hurdles marks a major milestone in helping secure the Internet infrastructure around the world.”

According to Olaf Kolkman, CEO of NLnet Labs and chair of the Internet Architecture Board, “DNS is used in almost every situation where users want to access a service somewhere on the Internet, and DNSSEC provides protection of that utility.”

Secure64 DNS Signer simplifies the complex process of DNSSEC zone signing by automating all key generation, key rollover, and zone signing and resigning processes, and reduces risk by eliminating signing errors that make network resources unreachable. Secure64 DNS Signer also addresses the need to scale to extremely large, dynamic environments by providing both incremental and bulk zone signing with extremely high signing performance.

“DNSSEC is a critical topic for top level domain registries wishing to enhance the security of their domain,” said Ram Mohan, Chief Technology Officer at Afilias, one of the leading registry services provider in the world supporting over 13 million domains. “Secure64 has designed a product that promises to be secure and reliable.  We look forward to evaluating their DNS Signer solution, which we anticipate will provide efficiency and cost savings in the DNSSEC rollout for the registries that Afilias supports.”

Secure64 DNS Signer is priced starting at $14,995 and will be available in September 2008. For additional information, contact Secure64 at (303) 242-5890 or visit www.secure64.com.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software developer providing secure, self-protecting, high performing server applications. Secure64’s core technology is SourceT®, a patent pending Genuinely Secure™ micro OS designed from the ground up to make the micro OS and any applications running on it immune to rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks. Unlike conventional operating systems with insecure architectures, SourceT does not need to be hardened, patched and protected to minimize exposure to vulnerabilities. For more information, visitwww.secure64.com.

 

Company Contact

Mark Beckett

Vice President, Marketing

Secure64

(303) 242-5899

mark.beckett@secure64.com

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emonaghan@trippecompany.com

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Trippe and Company

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rmiller@trippecompany.com

SECURE64 SIGNS ALLIANCE WITH EUROPEAN DNSSEC EXPERTS

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Sweden-based Kirei to Recommend and Implement Secure64 DNS and DNSSEC-related Products for International Clientele

DENVER, CO and GÖTEBORG, SWEDEN – November 18, 2008 – Secure64 Software Corporation announced today that it has completed an alliance with one of Europe’s most respected and influential experts in DNSSEC deployment, Swedish-based consulting firm Kirei (www.kirei.se). Kirei’s principals, Jakob Schlyter and Fredrik Ljunggren, are widely acknowledged as two of the world’s pre-eminent experts on successful DNSSEC deployments. Through this agreement, Kirei will recommend, deploy and configure Secure64’s line of DNS products – Secure64® DNS Signer, Secure64® DNS Authority and future products – as a primary component of Kirei’s DNSSEC implementations.
“We are thrilled that Schlyter and Ljunggren reached out to Secure64 because our products fill a critical need for trustworthy and secure DNS solutions,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO and Director of Secure64. “Schlyter and Ljunggren have played a leading role in some of the biggest DNS security projects and DNSSEC deployments including the one for Sweden’s .se domain, and they know how complex, time-consuming and costly it can be for organizations to try to develop home-grown solutions to deploy DNSSEC. This agreement is a tremendous validation of our solutions and a great opportunity for Secure64 to begin expanding internationally.”

DNSSEC Critical for Securing Internet Infrastructure

“DNSSEC is critical for securing Internet infrastructure around the world, but the process of implementing it has been complex because of the lack of good commercial solutions, said Jakob Schlyter, Principal and Co-founder of Kirei. ”Secure64’s DNS security solutions dramatically simplify the process of deploying DNSSEC, and save a significant amount of time and resources for companies that are seeking to comply with DNSSEC. Having Secure64’s products as part of Kirei’s DNSSEC solution set benefits everyone.”

Secure64 DNS Signer

Secure64 DNS Signer is the first and only product that addresses each of the obstacles that have slowed the widespread deployment of DNSSEC zone signing, including the need for simplicity, security, auditability and scalability. Secure64 DNS Signer simplifies the complex process of signing DNS zones by automating all key generation, key rollover, and zone signing and resigning processes, and reduces risk by eliminating signing errors that make network resources unreachable. Secure64 DNS Signer also addresses the need to scale to extremely large, dynamic environments by providing both incremental and bulk zone signing with extremely high signing performance.

Secure64 DNS Authority

Secure64 DNS Authority is authoritative name server software that provides comprehensive protection against network threats such as malware and DoS attacks. Secure64 DNS Authority is proven to be completely immune to malware and can withstand denial-of-service attacks while still responding to legitimate queries – unlike other DNS applications that fail during network attacks. In addition, its high speed network I/O stack dramatically improves DNS query performance, allowing Secure64 DNS Authority to achieve over 100,000 queries per second, the highest performance of any authoritative name server.

For more information about Secure64 DNS Signer and Secure64 DNS Authority, visit www.secure64.com.

 

About DNSSEC

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) provides authentication of the origin of DNS data, assurance of data integrity, and authenticated denial of existence – the three elements necessary to increase the security of the Internet’s DNS infrastructure. With DNSSEC Internet users know with certainty that their Internet-based communications such as web site visits and email correspondence actually connect to the parties they intend to reach. DNSSEC thwarts attacks such as pharming, cache poisoning and DNS redirection that have been used to commit fraud, distribute malware, or steal personal or confidential information. For more information about DNSSEC, visit www.dnssec-deployment.org.

About Kirei

Kirei AB (www.kirei.se), founded in 2005 by Jakob Schlyter and Fredrik Ljunggren, is a consultancy company with its main focus on information security management and network architectures.  The Kirei founders have been working with DNS and DNS Security within the IETF community since 1999 and have played an active role in the DNSSEC standardization process as well in the deployment of DNSSEC in several top level domains.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64 is a software developer providing secure, self-protecting, high performing server applications. Secure64’s core technology is SourceT®, a patent pending Genuinely Secure™ micro OS designed from the ground up to make the micro OS and any applications running on it immune to rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks. Unlike conventional operating systems with insecure architectures, SourceT does not need to be hardened, patched and protected to minimize exposure to vulnerabilities.

SourceT applications such as Secure64 DNS Authority and Secure64 DNS Signer do not require protection from firewalls, intrusion prevention or DDoS mitigation devices. By simplifying and consolidating network infrastructures, Secure64 applications help IT professionals reduce costs and risks while achieving unparalleled levels of reliability and performance. For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

Company Contact

Mark Beckett

Vice President, Marketing

Secure64

(303) 242-5899

mark.beckett@secure64.com

 

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SECURE64 SELECTED BY WEBAIR TO ENSURE SCALABILITY OF DNS INFRASTRUCTURE

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Secure64 DNS Authority Improves DNS Availability and Security While Decreasing Costs

DENVER, CO – November 25, 2008 – Secure64 Software Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with Webair, a premier Web hosting company, to deploy Secure64 DNS Authority across all of Webair’s data centers worldwide. Secure64 DNS Authority is authoritative name server software that will increase the availability and security of Webair’s DNS infrastructure, reduce its operational costs, and provide its customers with comprehensive protection against network threats such as malware and DoS attacks. Secure64 DNS Authority’s proven capability ensures that Webair’s DNS infrastructure will be immune to malware, always available, and able to withstand denial-of-service attacks while still responding to legitimate queries – unlike other DNS applications that fail during network attacks.

Webair Secures Infrastructure with Secure64 DNS Authority

“Webair is growing quickly and the rapidly increasing number of domains we host for customers put too much of a burden on our previous DNS solution. By using Secure64 DNS Authority, we not only have nearly unlimited scalability with 100% availability, we have also been able to save money by dramatically consolidating our DNS servers from 35 to 8,” said Sagi Brody, CTO of Webair. “The most important reason for selecting Secure64, though, is security. It ensures that our customers will be protected no matter what.”

“The traditional approach to protecting DNS infrastructure is inefficient. That approach, which requires hardening, patching and protecting the DNS with security devices is costly, time-intensive and ultimately ineffective,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO and Director of Secure64. “By deploying Secure64 DNS Authority, Webair is securing its DNS infrastructure for the future and paving the way for continued growth of its business.”

About Secure64 DNS Authority

Secure64 DNS Authority delivers the security and availability required in today’s networks, without the cost and complexity of conventional solutions. Unlike “hardened” systems that require constant patching, maintenance, and investment to keep threats at bay, Secure64 DNS Authority is genuinely secure as a result of an architecture that is fully immune to compromise from rootkits and malware as well as completely resistant to network attacks. In addition, its high speed network I/O stack dramatically improves DNS query performance, allowing Secure64 DNS Authority to achieve over 100,000 queries per second, the highest performance of any authoritative name server.

Features and benefits of Secure64 DNS Authority include the following:

* Eliminates OS hardening and emergency vulnerability patching
* Eliminates the need for network security devices to protect DNS
* Responds to 100 percent of legitimate queries while under attack
* Remains available during restarts
* Consolidates DNS servers
* Is immune to rootkits and malware
* Supports DNSSEC

For more information about Secure64 DNS Authority, visit https://secure64.com/secure_dns.

About Webair

Webair (www.webair.com) provides affordable, managed web hosting solutions for companies of all types and sizes, including world-renowned musicians, manufacturers, media companies and professional services firms. Webair provides all of hardware, software and support necessary to meet their customers’ needs for co-location services, dedicated and virtual servers, content delivery networks, global load balancing, off-site backups and more. Webair operates its own fiber optic network and state-of-the-art datacenters located in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal and Amsterdam, and the company has a world-renowned reputation for providing the highly reliable Internet services.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software developer providing secure, self-protecting, high performing server applications. Secure64’s core technology is SourceT®, a patent pending Genuinely Secure™ micro OS designed from the ground up to make the micro OS and any applications running on it immune to rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks. Unlike conventional operating systems with insecure architectures, SourceT does not need to be hardened, patched and protected to minimize exposure to vulnerabilities.

SourceT applications such as Secure64 DNS Authority and Secure64 DNS Signer do not require protection from firewalls, intrusion prevention or DDoS mitigation devices. By simplifying and consolidating network infrastructures, Secure64 applications help IT professionals reduce costs and risks while achieving unparalleled levels of reliability and performance. For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES SECURE64 SOFTWARE

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DENVER, CO – February 3, 2009 – Secure64 Software Corporation announced today that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has purchased the company’s DNSSEC software — Secure64 DNS Signer — the first DNSSEC signing software that’s easy to implement, so organizations can deploy DNSSEC quickly, safely and correctly.

Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST’s mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve American’s quality of life.

“The federal government is one of our most important target markets,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO and Director of Secure64. “With more companies and federal organizations using the Internet as the backbone for all communications, security must be flawless. Our impenetrable micro OS and applications will help ensure no intruders compromise government DNS systems.”

Secure64 DNS Signer fully automates DNSSEC key generation, key rollover, zone signing and re-signing processes. It reduces deployment and administration costs while eliminating errors that can cause domains to become unavailable.

Secure64 DNS Signer, which is based on Secure64’s Genuinely Secure micro OS, SourceT, also scales to extremely large, dynamic environments by safely keeping DNSSEC signing keys online while providing incremental zone signing and extremely high signing performance.

For more information about Secure64 DNS Signer and the company’s other DNS products, visit www.secure64.com.

 

About DNSSEC

DNSSEC protects against DNS cache poisoning, pharming and redirection attacks by providing authentication of the origin of DNS data, assurance of data integrity, and authentication of denial of existence – the three elements necessary to increase the security of the Internet’s DNS infrastructure. In recognition of the importance of DNSSEC to the U.S. government infrastructure, the Office of Management and Budget issued a DNSSEC mandate that all federal agencies must deploy DNSSEC by December 2009.

 

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software company offering high-performance DNS server software that makes the DNS trustworthy and secure. Secure64 currently offers two DNS server applications based on SourceT® – the company’s patent pending Genuinely Secure™ micro OS. Secure64 DNS Signer is the first software to make DNSSEC deployment simple and secure. Secure64 DNS Authority is DNS server software that is available at all times — even during network attacks or restarts.

By using Secure64 software, organizations can break the costly and reactive patch management and OS hardening cycle because only Secure64 software is immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks that are the source of today’s most serious security threats. For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

Company Contact
Mark Beckett
Vice President, Marketing
Secure64
(303) 242-5899
mark.beckett@secure64.com

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Trippe & Company
(303) 379-1181
ktrippe@trippecompany.com

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emonaghan@trippecompany.com

SECURE64 WINS GOVERNMENT SECURITY AWARD

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Secure64 DNS Signer Named Top Security Software Product at FOSE 2009

DENVER, CO – March 18, 2009 – Secure64 Software Corporation announced today that the company has won Government Computer News’ Best of FOSE Award for 2009 in the security software category. FOSE is the largest annual conference and expo in the Unites States focused on information technology for the federal government. The award recognizes “outstanding and innovative information technology products for government” according to Government Computer News magazine. The award was given to the Secure64 high performing and secure Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) signing application, Secure64 DNS Signer.

Secure64 DNS Signer has been positively received by the government market sector as evidenced by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security and a contract with the National Institute of Standards & Technology. Other prestigious customers are expected to be announced in the next few months.

“This award comes at a great time for Secure64 considering the momentum of DNSSEC within the federal government,” said Tom Chalk, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Secure64. “With the increased focus on cyber security, recognition from such an important luminary as Government Computer News should help raise awareness of the breadth and depth of protection offered by Secure64 DNS Signer.

Domain Name Security (DNS) acts as the phone book of the Internet by mapping names that people can remember – such as www.mybank.com – to numbers that computers can process – such as 192.168.0.1. But a flaw discovered last year in DNS architecture has rendered it insecure making it open to attack by hackers. By redirecting email or web site visits to servers they control, hackers can steal personal or financial information. DNSSEC adds a unique “signature” to each address in the DNS phone book. Before sending a response to an email or website visit, the signature is authenticated by the receiving server, making it impossible for attackers to redirect email or web site visits.

DNSSEC has not been widely deployed because adding and maintaining signatures is difficult and time consuming. Secure64 DNS Signer uses patent-pending technology to automate and simplify the DNSSEC process thereby making the Internet much more trustworthy and secure.

Due to its importance, the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a DNSSEC mandate that all federal agencies must implement DNSSEC by December 2009.

For more information about automated DNSSEC signing, Secure64 DNS Signer and the company’s other DNS products, visit www.secure64.com.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software company offering high-performance DNS server software that makes the DNS trustworthy and secure. Secure64 currently offers two DNS server applications based on SourceT® – the company’s patent pending Genuinely Secure™ micro OS. Secure64 DNS Signer is the first software to make DNSSEC deployment simple and secure. Secure64 DNS Authority is DNS server software that is available at all times -– even during network attacks or restarts.

By using Secure64 software, organizations can break the costly and reactive patch management and OS hardening cycle because only Secure64 software is immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks that are the source of today’s most serious security threats. For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

Company Contact
Mark Beckett
Vice President, Marketing
Secure64
(303) 242-5899
mark.beckett@secure64.com

Press Contacts
Karla Trippe
Trippe & Company
(303) 379-1181
ktrippe@trippecompany.com

Elisabeth Monaghan
Trippe & Company
(303) 514-8383
emonaghan@trippecompany.com

Rich Miller
Trippe & Company
303-379-1181
rmiller@trippecompany.com

QWEST PURCHASES SECURE64 DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM SOFTWARE

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Company Deploys DNS Signer and DNS Authority to Increase Security and Resiliency

DENVER, CO – March 24, 2009 – Secure64 Software Corporation announced today that Qwest Communications, Inc. is quickly implementing the company’s Secure64 DNS Signer and Secure64 DNS Authority products to increase security of its Internet infrastructure, including DNS services.  The Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for translating host names to IP addresses (and vice versa) and is critical for the normal operation of internet-connected systems.

Qwest is the choice of 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies, offering a full suite of network, data and voice services for business customers and government agencies.  Additionally, Qwest participates in Networx, the largest government communications services contract in the world.  The Qwest network covers the continental United States with one of the largest fiber footprints capable of supporting 40Gbps data transmission rates.

According to Melodi Gates, chief information security official at Qwest, “Qwest is implementing Secure64 software because the technology is inherently secure – the security features in the operating system are baked in, not bolted on.”

“Having Qwest purchase our DNS products demonstrates that our technology really works to help secure the Internet infrastructure,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO and Director of Secure64.  “We see Qwest’s adoption as the final stamp of approval for our software.”

Secure64’s suite of DNS products includes Secure64 DNS Signer, a software product that fully automates Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) key generation, key rollover, zone signing and re-signing processes.  It reduces deployment and administration costs while eliminating errors that can cause domains to become unavailable.  The software also scales to extremely large, dynamic environments by safely keeping DNSSEC signing keys online while providing incremental zone signing and extremely high signing performance.

Due to its importance, the United States Office of Management and Budget issued an OMB mandate that all federal agencies must implement DNSSEC by December 2009.

The company’s other DNS product, Secure64 DNS Authority, is an authoritative name server software product that’s available at all times – even during network attacks or restarts.  It delivers the availability and security required in today’s networks, without the cost and complexity of conventional solutions.

For more information about Secure64 DNS Signer and Secure64 DNS Authority, visit www.secure64.com.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software company offering high-performance DNS server software that makes the DNS trustworthy and secure. Secure64 currently offers two DNS server applications based on SourceT® – the company’s patent pending Genuinely Secure™ micro OS.  Secure64 DNS Signer is the first DNSSEC signing software to make DNSSEC deployment simple and secure.  Secure64 DNS Authority is secure DNS server software that is available at all times -– even during network attacks or restarts.

By using Secure64 software, organizations can break the costly and reactive patch management and OS hardening cycle because only Secure64 software is immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks that are the source of today’s most serious security threats.  For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

Company Contact

Mark Beckett
Vice President, Marketing
Secure64
(303) 242-5899
mark.beckett@secure64.com

Press Contacts

Karla Trippe
Trippe & Company
(303) 379-1181
ktrippe@trippecompany.com

Elisabeth Monaghan
Trippe & Company
(303) 514-8383
emonaghan@trippecompany.com

SECURE64 EARNS IPV6 READY GOLD CERTIFICATION FOR ALL DNS AND DNSSEC PRODUCTS

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Certification Critical for Products Purchase by U.S. Government Agencies and International Markets


DENVER, CO – May 19, 2009 – Secure64 Software Corporation today announced the company has received IPv6 Ready gold certification from the IPv6 Forum for its family of DNS and DNSSEC products.

IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched internetworks and the Internet. Many international markets have already adopted IPv6. Within the U.S., the Office of Management and Budget issued a mandate requiring federal agencies to be IPv6-enabled on their network backbones by June 2008, and further recommending that agencies only procure new IT products that are IPv6 compliant. However, the government has been challenged by the lack of IPv6-enabled security devices and software applications available in the commercial marketplace.

“Secure64 has strived from the beginning to be the ‘gold standard’ in DNS software,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO and Director of Secure64. “Achieving this latest certification provides our federal and international customers with even greater confidence that our DNS products are state of the art, while providing the highest level of security and performance available.”

History of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched internetworks and the Internet. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) designated IPv6 as the successor to version 4 by the publication of a Standards Track specification,RFC 2460, in December 1998.

The difference between IPv6 and IPv4 is the address space. IPv6 uses a 128-bit address, whereas IPv4 uses only 32 bits. This expansion provides flexibility in allocating addresses and routing traffic and eliminates the primary need for network address translation. IPv6’s 128-bit addresses can support a virtually unlimited number of devices and also can provide additional security and network management features to support mobile computing. IPv6 also implements new features that simplify aspects of address assignment (stateless address autoconfiguration) and network renumbering (prefix and router announcements) when changing Internet connectivity providers thus making Internet management and routing more efficient.

IPv6 was developed in order to address the shrinking number of remaining IPv4 addresses, which were predicted to run out in 2012. This would have prevented more devices from being IP-enabled and capable of connecting to the Internet. IPV6 offers an unlimited number of addresses and therefore supports continued growth of Web-based computing and mobile devices.

About the IPv6 Forum

The IPv6 Forum is a worldwide consortium that provides technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. One of its key functions is providing certification of IPv6-ready products that conform to IPv6 specifications, support the protocol, and ensure interoperability with other IPv6 products and technologies. The certification and IPv6 Ready Logo program is managed by a global team of technical members of the IPv6 Forum, including equipment vendors, service providers, academic institutions, IPv6 organizations, members from the TAHI Project (Japan), the University of New Hampshire InterOperability (UNH-IOL)(USA), IRISA/INRIA (France), European Telecommunications standardization Institute ETSI (Europe), Telecommunication Technology Association TTA (Korea), Beijing Internet Institute BII (China), ChungHwa Telecom Labs CHT-TL (Taiwan) and Japan Approvals Institute for Telecommunications Equipment JATE (Japan).

Secure64 DNS Products

Secure64’s suite of DNS products includes Secure64 DNS Signer, a software product that fully automates Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) key generation, key rollover, zone signing and re-signing processes. It reduces deployment and administration costs while eliminating errors that can cause domains to become unavailable. The software also scales to extremely large, dynamic environments by safely keeping DNSSEC signing keys online while providing incremental zone signing and extremely high signing performance.

The company’s other DNS product, Secure64 DNS Authority, is an authoritative name server software product that’s available at all times – even during network attacks or restarts. It delivers the availability and security required in today’s networks, without the cost and complexity of conventional solutions.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software company offering high-performance DNS server software that makes the DNS trustworthy and secure. Secure64 currently offers two DNS server applications based on SourceT® – the company’s patented Genuinely Secure™ micro OS. Secure64 DNS Signer is the first DNSSEC signing software to make DNSSEC deployment simple and secure. Secure64 DNS Authority is secure DNS server software that is available at all times -– even during network attacks or restarts.

By using Secure64 software, organizations can break the costly and reactive patch management and OS hardening cycle because only Secure64 software is immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks that are the source of today’s most serious security threats. For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

Company Contact

Mark Beckett
Vice President, Marketing
Secure64
(303) 242-5899
mark.beckett@secure64.com

Press Contacts

Karla Trippe
Trippe & Company
(303) 379-1181
ktrippe@trippecompany.com

Elisabeth Monaghan
Trippe & Company
(303) 514-8383
emonaghan@trippecompany.com

SECURE64 DNS PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD BY HP

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Secure64 Products Address DNS Vulnerabilities, Simplify Deployment of DNSSEC, and Speed Compliance with OMB Mandates

 

DENVER, CO – June 16, 2009 – Secure64 Software Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with HP wherein HP will resell Secure64’s DNS products, including its 2009 FOSE Award-winning DNSSEC software appliance, Secure64 DNS Signer.

“HP Integrity has been our server of choice due to their unique understanding of the power of the Itanium platform,” said Tom Chalk, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Secure64. “HP’s worldwide sales and support organization will help Secure64 penetrate a larger client base that will positively benefit both companies’ bottom line.” Secure64 products run on the entry-class HP Integrity rx2660 and rx3600 servers. These cost-effective and versatile HP platforms provide customers with the performance and capacity to easily handle business-critical applications and heavy-transaction workloads.

“Customers, including government organizations and telecommunication businesses, can significantly improve the security of their online transactions by reducing risks associated with DNS threats,” said Jennifer Millier, vice president of Mission Critical Business Solutions, Business Critical Systems, HP. “The combination of highly-scalable HP Integrity servers and Secure64 DNS Signer provides an easy-to-deploy platform to mitigate vulnerabilities across the data center infrastructure.”

Secure64 DNS Products

Secure64’s suite of DNS products includes Secure64 DNS Signer, a software product that fully automates Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) key generation, key rollover, zone signing and re-signing processes.  It reduces deployment and administration costs while eliminating errors that can cause domains to become unavailable.  The software also scales to extremely large, dynamic environments by safely keeping DNSSEC signing keys online while providing incremental zone signing and extremely high signing performance.

The company’s other DNS product, Secure64 DNS Authority, is an authoritative name server software product that’s available at all times – even during network attacks or restarts.  It delivers the availability and security required in today’s networks, without the cost and complexity of conventional solutions.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software company offering high-performance DNS server software that makes the DNS trustworthy and secure. Secure64 currently offers two DNS server applications based on SourceT® – the company’s patented Genuinely Secure™ micro OS.  Secure64 DNS Signer is the first DNSSEC signing software to make DNSSEC deployment simple and secure.  Secure64 DNS Authority is secure DNS server software that is available at all times -– even during network attacks or restarts.

By using Secure64 software, organizations can break the costly and reactive patch management and OS hardening cycle because only Secure64 software is immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks that are the source of today’s most serious security threats.  For more information, visit www.secure64.com.
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Company Contact

Mark Beckett
Vice President, Marketing
Secure64
(303) 242-5899        
mark.beckett@secure64.com

Press Contacts

Karla Trippe
Trippe & Company
(303) 379-1181        
ktrippe@trippecompany.com

Elisabeth Monaghan
Trippe & Company
(303) 514-8383        
emonaghan@trippecompany.com

SECURE64 DNS PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH SEWP CONTRACT

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Alvarez & Associates to Resell Award-Winning Secure64 DNS Products to Federal Government

DENVER, CO – June 29, 2009 – Secure64 Software Corporation today announced that its DNS products are now available for purchase through SEWP government contracts. Through an agreement with Alvarez & Associates, a leading IT systems integrator for the federal government, customers can immediately purchase Secure64’s DNS products through the NASA SEWP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement) procurement process. Secure64’s DNS solutions, including its FOSE-award winning DNSSEC software appliance Secure64 DNS Signer, allow federal agencies to meet the OMB mandate for DNSSEC deployment and the NIST guidelines for DNS security.

Alvarez & Associates, a Washington based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, was recently awarded the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) IV contract under which the company will offer Secure64 DNS products. Several large federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have signaled their intention to begin using SEWP IV immediately for the procurement of IT hardware and software.

“We are pleased to offer Secure64’s DNS products to our government clients,” said Alvarez CEO and Founder Everett Alvarez Jr. “Their DNS products have proven to be unsurpassed in security and performance and the simplicity of design will make integration a simple and easy process.”

“Alvarez & Associates has a great reputation in the federal government market, and this agreement makes our DNS products available to federal agencies that will be facing the technical challenges of securing DNS infrastructure by implementing DNSSEC. Our DNS products greatly simplify deployment of a secure DNS infrastructure, allowing agencies to dramatically reduce the timeline and cost of complying with FISMA and OMB DNS mandates,” said Steve Goodbarn, CEO and Director of Secure64.

Secure64 DNS Products

Secure64’s suite of DNS products includes Secure64 DNS Signer, a software product that fully automates Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) key generation, key rollover, zone signing and re-signing processes.  It reduces deployment and administration costs while eliminating errors that can cause domains to become unavailable.  The software also scales to extremely large, dynamic environments by safely keeping DNSSEC signing keys online while providing incremental zone signing and extremely high signing performance.

The company’s other DNS product, Secure64 DNS Authority, is an authoritative name server software product that’s available at all times – even during network attacks or restarts.  It delivers the availability and security required in today’s networks, without the cost and complexity of conventional solutions.

About Alvarez & Associates

Alvarez & Associates LLC, is a Washington, D.C. based SDVO/SB focused on providing customers with easy access to cost effective IT solutions as well as warfightering and law enforcement tools. Since 2004, Alvarez & Associates has focused on executive management services and information technology. The company delivers quality, integrity, experience and commitment by adhering to the leadership attributes of company founder and CEO Everett Alvarez Jr., the first U.S. combat pilot shot down over Vietnam and held as a POW for more than eight years.

About Secure64 Software Corporation

Headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, Secure64® is a software company offering high-performance DNS server software that makes the DNS trustworthy and secure. Secure64 currently offers two DNS server applications based on SourceT® – the company’s patented Genuinely Secure™ micro OS. Secure64 DNS Signer is the first DNSSEC signing software to make DNSSEC deployment simple and secure. Secure64 DNS Authority is secure DNS server software that is available at all times -– even during network attacks or restarts.

By using Secure64 software, organizations can break the costly and reactive patch management and OS hardening cycle because only Secure64 software is immune to compromise from rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks that are the source of today’s most serious security threats. For more information, visit www.secure64.com.

Company Contact
Mark Beckett
Vice President, Marketing
Secure64
(303) 242-5899
mark.beckett@secure64.com

Press Contacts
Karla Trippe
Trippe & Company
(303) 379-1181
ktrippe@trippecompany.com

Elisabeth Monaghan
Trippe & Company
(303) 514-8383
emonaghan@trippecompany.com