SAN FRANCISCO, Moscone Center, February 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

IT security and data protection company Sophos and its hardware security experts will host free HSM (hardware security modules) workshops at this year's RSA Conference, from February 28th to March 1st. The workshops are being conducted by world-leading cryptographers Dr. Whitfield Diffie, Dr. Peter Landrock and Arshad Noor, who will present on Sophos hardware-based crypto solutions and the benefits they bring not only to cloud applications and edge devices, but also to countless business processes.

• Tuesday's session, delivered by Diffie, chief cryptographer at Revere Security, spotlights securing RFID tags, smart meters, industrial controllers and automative microchips.
• Wednesday's session, presented by Cryptomathic's Landrock, focuses on secure back-up, data retention and compliance, as well as how to master the challenge of key management. Landrock will also discuss the Dual Control principle and give examples of e-passport, digital signatures.
• Thursday's session, given by StrongAuth's Noor, highlights a new approach in securing sensitive data in the cloud by enabling RC3 architecture.

For more detailed information on the workshops, registration, and other logistics, please visit hsm.utimaco.com/rsa2012.

About Sophos

More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing complete security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers.

Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at http://www.sophos.com.

Contact:
Tanja Tölke
Marketing Manager HSM
Tanja.Toelke@aachen.utimaco.de
Mobile: +49-173-9080499

SOURCE Utimaco Safeware AG

Back to top