Certicom
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Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC) is a cryptography company founded in 1985 by Gordon Agnew.[1]
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.[2]
Certicom's current customers include General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion and Unisys.[citation needed]
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- ^ Technology Transfer Partners of University of Waterloo. University of Waterloo web site. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ The Case for Elliptic Curve Cryptography