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* S/390 PR/SM Receives ITSEC E4 Security Certification
  After completing extensive analysis and testing by a German government licensed evaluation facility, IBM received an E4 security certificate for its Processor/Resource/Systems Manager (*) (PR/SM*) product on the S/390 G6 Family of CMOS Processors.
* Broad support from ISV's for Tivoli's SecureWay Policy Director (January 18, 2000)
  Tivoli Systems Inc., an IBM company, announced top IT industry independent software vendor (ISV) support for Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director, a leading authorization service for securing IT enterprises.
* IBM Makes MARS Algorithm Available Under Royalty-Free License World-wide (January 18, 2000)
  IBM announced the immediate availability of its MARS encryption algorithm under a royalty-free license, worldwide from Tivoli Systems Inc.
* Formation of PKI Forum (December 13, 1999)
  The PKI Forum is an international, not-for-profit, multi-vendor alliance whose purpose is to accelerate the adoption and use of Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) and PKI-based products and services.
* AS/400 V4R4 Receives C2 Security Rating (October 18, 1999)
  At the National Information Systems Security Conference in Arlington, Virginia, the IBM AS/400 V4R4 formally received a C2 security rating from the Federal Government.
* Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft Announce Open Alliance to Build Trust and Security into PCs for e-business (October 11, 1999)
  The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) is an industry group focused on building confidence and trust of computing platforms in e-business transactions by creating an industry standard for security technologies in personal computing environments.
* NIST Selects IBM's MARS as AES Finalist (August 9, 1999)
  IBM was named as one of the five finalists for the Advanced Encryption Standard, a powerful new method intended for organizations and companies to secure sensitive computer data.
* IBM Payment Server earns SET Mark (June 9, 1999)
  In May, IBM was awarded the SET™ Mark by SET Secure Electronic Transaction LLC™ for the IBM Payment Server.
* Consortia Join Forces to Unify Biometrics Industry Standards (March 29, 1999)
  The BioAPI™ Consortium and the Human Authentication Application Programming Interface (HA-API) Working Group announced today that they would merge their biometrics Application Programming Interface (API) development efforts.
* IBM's AIX is First Operating System in a 64-bit Environment to Receive C2 Security Certification (January 20, 1999)
  IBM's AIX is the first UNIX operating system supporting a 64-bit environment to be certified at the C2 level of trust classification, meeting the growing needs for secure operating environments for both government and business.
* IBM Receives Top Honors for Security Products (October 18, 1999)
  The U.S. government's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) added the IBM S/390 CMOS Cryptographic Coprocessor and the IBM 4758 PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor to its Cryptographic Modules Validation list.
* IBM's AIX is First Operating System in a 64-bit Environment to Receive C2 Security Certification (January 20, 1999)
  IBM's AIX is the first UNIX operating system supporting a 64-bit environment to be certified at the C2 level of trust classification.
* IBM Awarded SET™ Mark for Consumer Wallet (October '98)
  IBM was awarded the SET Mark by SET Secure Electronic Transaction LLC for the IBM Consumer Wallet.
* IBM completes first secure product evaluation using the new Common Criteria (CC) standard (September '98)
  The IBM Commercial Evaluation Facility recently completed the first secure product evaluation using the Common Criteria (CC).
* BioAPI Welcomes Contributors (September '98)
  The BioAPI Consortium announces the addition of nine Contributors.
* Object Management Group Outlines CORBA 3.0 Features (September '98)
  Prominent vendors and customers announce CORBA initiatives at Comdex Enterprise '98/Object World Conference.

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