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Wave goodbye to cyber security concerns

Visitor to Wave Mobile Solutions’ booth can see the latest authentication, encryption and verification system based on the Elliptic Curve Integrated Scheme. Produced by Virgil Security and integrated into Wave’s solutions, the system uses standardsbased cryptography with an open, global key management system to enhance security while protecting privacy. Virgil’s encryption libraries and services, along with the accompanying public key management infrastructure, are said to work seamlessly in the backgrou
June 13, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Visitor to 8436 Wave Mobile Solutions’ booth can see the latest authentication, encryption and verification system based on the Elliptic Curve Integrated Scheme. Produced by Virgil Security and integrated into Wave’s solutions, the system uses standardsbased cryptography with an open, global key management system to enhance security while protecting privacy.

Virgil’s encryption libraries and services, along with the accompanying public key management infrastructure, are said to work seamlessly in the background and be easy to implement.

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