Released on = March 1, 2007, 10:21 am

Press Release Author = Comodo Group

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Press Release Summary = Dr Colin Walter\'s speech will focus on how solutions to side
channel attacks are ineffective in real-world implementation.

Press Release Body = Jersey City, NJ (Mar 01, 2007), Comodo, a leading provider of
Identity and Trust Assurance Management Solutions, is pleased to announce that Dr
Colin Walter, Head of Cryptography at Comodo\'s Digital Trust Research Lab, will
present the opening key note address at the 4th International Conference on
Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2- 4 April at the Orleans' Hotel,
Las Vegas, Nevada (http://www.itng.info).

Dr Walter\'s speech, Counter Intelligence against Side Channel Attacks, focuses on
inadequacies in existing counter measures to side channel attacks and emphasizes the
need for extreme care and expertise when designing hardware for containing secret
cryptographic keys.

In the field of cryptography, side channel attacks are the exploitation of
weaknesses in physical devices used to deploy cryptographic systems allowing the
attacker to decrypt sensitive data, such as private keys. For example, minute
variations in timing, power, and electro-magnetic radiation can be used to
reconstruct the secret keys used by a smartcard or cryptographic token when
performing authentication.

The speech will show how \"conventional wisdom\" in the mathematical world about the
security of counter measures such as data whitening, longer key lengths, and key
blinding can be insufficient when deployed onto real-world hardware.

Dr. Colin Walter is the Head of Cryptography at Comodo CA and Chairman of
Peripherals Working Group - Trusted Computing Group and Co-chair - Cryptographic
Hardware and Embedded Systems. He has achieved international recognition in the
design of hardware and algorithms for the implementation of RSA cryptography. A
senior member of the IEEE, Colin is most well-known to the international community
for his long term research into Montgomery modular multiplication. A selection of
his papers are available on the Comodo website at
http://www.comodo.com/research/crypto/publications.html

Full conference details and an itinerary can be found at the ITNG website
(http://www.itng.info)

About Comodo

Comodo is a leading global provider of Identity and Trust Assurance services on the
Internet, with over 200,000 customers worldwide. With global offices in the US, UK,
Ukraine and India, the company offers businesses and consumers the intelligent
security, authentication and assurance services necessary to ensure trust in online
transactions.

Comodo helps enterprises address digital ecommerce and infrastructure needs with
reliable, third generation solutions that improve customer relationships, enhance
customer trust and create efficiencies across digital ecommerce operations. Comodo\'s
solutions include integrated Web hosting management solutions, infrastructure
services, digital e-commerce services, digital certification, identity assurance,
customer privacy and vulnerability management solutions. For additional information
on Comodo - Creating Trust OnlineT - please visit: www.comodo.com.

About ITNG

The International Conference on Information Technology- New Generations (ITNG),
formerly known as ISNG, is an annual event focusing on state of the art technologies
pertaining to digital information and communication. The applications of advanced
information technology to such domains as astronomy, biology, education,
geosciences, and health care are among topics of relevance to ITNG. Visionary ideas,
theoretical and experimental results, as well as prototypes, designs, and tools that
help the information readily flow to the user are of special interest. The
conference features keynote speakers, the best student award, an open panel and
workshops/exhibits from industry, government and academia.

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