Company Consults With Warner Bros. on Encryption and Authentication Technologies for Action Thriller Starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and Don Cheadle
BEDFORD, Mass., June 8 /PRNewswire/ — RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security(TM), today announced that the company has provided expert consulting to Warner Bros. and will be featured in its latest action thriller, “Swordfish.” The movie, in which a charismatic and dangerous spy lures a superhacker to help him steal billions of dollars in illegal government funds, opens today in North America.
RSA Security experts advised Warner Bros. officials on various identity authentication and information encryption technologies so they would know how a computer system’s security could be protected, as well as compromised, or “hacked.” The film, starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and Don Cheadle, is a dark, counter-espionage action thriller about power, money, sacrifice and 21st century breaking and entering. “It may be Hollywood, but the computer security issue
s and technology featured in ‘Swordfish’ are real,” said Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing and corporate development at RSA Security. “We’re honored that our expertise and products were of value to the producers, and are pleased that the seriousness of data security is hitting the mainstream. RSA Security and its strategic partners are focused on making the world safe for e-commerce.”
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RSA Security Inc., the most trusted name in e-security, helps organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA SecurID(R) two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE(R) encryption and RSA Keon(R) digital certificate management systems. With approximately one billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than eight million RSA SecurID authentication users and almost 20 years of industry experience, RSA Security has the proven leadership and innovative technology to address the changing security needs of e-business and bring trust to the online economy. RSA Security can be reached at http://www.rsasecurity.com.
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