ChosenSecurity Issuing On-Demand Digital Certificates for Adobe AIR Applications

Business Wire, Oct 7, 2008

Ensures the Authenticity of AIR Applications From Global Developers

NEWTON, Mass. -- ChosenSecurity, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand digital certificate management services, today announced that it is issuing digital certificates for applications built on Adobe[R] AIR[TM] software to ensure users that these innovative applications can be globally trusted and are safe to use.

Adobe AIR offers companies a new way to engage customers with branded, rich Internet applications outside of the browser without requiring changes to existing technology, people, or processes. AIR applications are built using proven Web technologies and can be deployed across all major operating systems. Adobe AIR helps ensure safe installations by requiring digital signatures on each AIR application that identify the application and its creator before installation. According to Adobe, there have been more than 25 million installations of applications deployed on Adobe AIR in the first six months since its release.

ChosenSecurity thoroughly vets AIR developers globally and, once it is confident that they can be trusted, issues them digital certificates. Digitally signing AIR applications with a certificate issued by a recognized commercial certificate authority, such as ChosenSecurity, provides significant assurance to users that the application they are installing has not been accidentally or maliciously altered and identifies the signer (publisher). Adobe AIR displays the publisher name during installation when the AIR application has been signed with a trusted certificate. ChosenSecurity adds additional value by providing high-quality support for its certificates.

"ChosenSecurity is part of the Adobe Certified Document Services network and a valued partner," said Luis Polanco, senior product manager for Adobe AIR at Adobe. "We are excited that ChosenSecurity has further expanded its Adobe support and is now issuing code signing certificates for Adobe AIR."

"ChosenSecurity is pleased to expand our relationship with Adobe", said Steve Pace, senior vice president of worldwide operations, ChosenSecurity. "ChosenSecurity has extensive experience with application and code signing through our relationships with Symbian and other vendors. We are emerging as a leader in global signing because of our track record of success, our unique delivery model, and the economics we can pass along to the end user."

AIR application certificates are available to purchase for developers around the world at http://www.chosensecurity.com/products/tc_publisher_id_adobe_air.htm beginning at $199.

ChosenSecurity, Inc. (www.chosensecurity.com)

ChosenSecurity provides digital trust between employees, clients and suppliers doing business electronically through on-demand certificate management services. The company's solutions enable a wide range of digital trust applications to provide strong authentication, secure e-mail, digital signatures, data encryption and support compliance with privacy and other regulations. ChosenSecurity was the first to provide digital certificate management through a Software as a Service model and remains the leader through its breakthrough economics, versatility and implementation speed for enterprises. Unlike traditional PKI and private certificate authority options, ChosenSecurity solutions can be implemented in 70% less time and 70% less cost.

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