Certicom

Certicom Corp. is a cryptography company founded in 1985 by Gordon Agnew ^[2], Ron Mullin and Scott Vanstone.

The Certicom intellectual property portfolio includes over 350 patents and patents pending worldwide that cover key aspects of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC): software optimizations, efficient hardware implementations, methods to enhance the security, and various cryptographic protocols.^{[citation needed]}

The National Security Agency (NSA) has licensed 26 of Certicom's ECC patents as a way of clearing the way for the implementation of elliptic curves to protect US and allied government information.^[3]

Certicom's current customers include General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion and Unisys.^{[citation needed]}

On January 23, 2009, VeriSign entered into an agreement to acquire Certicom.^[4] Research In Motion put in a counter-offer, which was deemed superior. ^[5] VeriSign did not match this offer,^[6] and so Certicom announced an agreement to be acquired by RIM,^[7]. Upon the completion of this transaction, Certicom became a wholly-owned subsidiary of RIM, and was de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange on March 25, 2009.

See also

• SECG
• ECC patents

References

1. ^ "Company Profile for Certicom Corp (CA;CIC)". http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=CA;CIC&page=quotesearch. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
2. ^ "Technology Transfer Partners of University of Waterloo". University of Waterloo web site. http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/Partnership/CurrentPartners/TechnologyTransfer/. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 
3. ^ The Case for Elliptic Curve Cryptography
4. ^ https://press.verisign.com/easyir/customrel.do?easyirid=AFC0FF0DB5C560D3&version=live&prid=468323&releasejsp=custom_97
5. ^ http://www.certicom.com/index.php/2009-press-releases/59-2009-press-releases/721-certicom-determines-that-3-per-share-rim-offer-is-a-superior-proposal
6. ^ http://www.certicom.com/index.php/2009-press-releases/59-2009-press-releases/722-certicom-receives-notification-from-verisign-that-it-will-not-match-rim-offer
7. ^ http://www.certicom.com/index.php/2009-press-releases/59-2009-press-releases/723-certicom-announces-agreement-for-acquisition-by-rim-for-c300-per-common-share

External links

• Certicom website

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