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Dear Clients and Partners!
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K N OW-HOW
CodeMeter in Plant Automation
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T E C H N O LO G Y
CodeMeter speaks X.509
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PR ODUCT
CodeMeter License Central 2.10
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PR ODUCT
Blurry Box® Technology
PR ODUCT
WebDepot 14.12.
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PR ODUCT
CmDongles with flash memory
for unique new possibilities
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I NF O R M AT IO N
Latest news summary
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S U C C ESS STO RY
Case Study Faceware Technologies, Inc.
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I NF O R M AT IO N
Wibu-Systems informs
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“Hackers costing the economy €300 billion.”
The headline of Germany’s FAZ on 30 December
was stark. Cybercrime has reached a new level:
be it straightforward snooping and spying, the
manipulation of production management systems,
public infrastructure, or the Sony hacks. The 31C3,
the annual meeting of the Chaos Computer Club
in Hamburg, has again revealed new methods
used for illicit ends. This is not the reserve of
the criminal underworld alone: secret services
everywhere are ramping up their capabilities.
Governments, East and West, are preparing for
the cyber wars of the future.
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security
(BSI) speaks of a veritable flood of attacks
in its annual report and laments the ‘digital
carelessness’ of the people making the decisions
in business. There is no such thing as absolutely
airtight protection, but that is no excuse for not
doing anything. We have spent the last year
adding more and more talent to our team. Our
new Blurry Box® technology has been awarded
the coveted German IT Security Prize of the
Horst Görtz Institute – an honor and another
motivation for us to keep one step ahead of the
hackers. It encourages us to continue to provide
you with simple-to-use solutions to protect you
against the worst threats. Minimum effort for
maximum security. Come and speak to us about
your protection, licensing, and security needs. By
the way: A study conducted by BITKOM Research
shows that the IT industry is becoming more
attractive than ever before: 32 percent of all high
school graduates in Germany expressed interest
in a future in IT – coming close on the heels of
engineering careers. This is a trend we all have
reason to celebrate.
Read this KEYNote and let yourself be stimulated
with new ideas about how CodeMeter is used
in production automation, about the PKCS#11
and CSP-compliant storage of certificates, about
innovative features for our License Central, and
about the use of CmDongles with Flash memory.
Finally, I would like to invite you to come and visit
us at one of our events this spring – I am always
looking forward to meeting likeminded people. I
wish all of you a happy and successful 2015!
Yours, Oliver Winzenried
CEO