SSH Communications Security

SSH Communications Security Corp.
Native name
 SSH Communications Security Oyj
Public
Traded as Nasdaq Helsinki: SSH1V
Industry Cybersecurity
Founded 1995 (1995)
Founder Tatu Ylönen
Area served
 Worldwide
Website www.ssh.com

SSH Communications Security Corp. (Nasdaq Helsinki: SSH1V) is a cybersecurity company focusing on encryption and access control solutions to help its customers meet compliance requirements, improve their security posture, and save on operational costs.

The company particularly focuses on SSH key management. National Institute of Standards and Technology has published guidelines on SSH access management that outline the risks of unmanaged SSH keys.[1] The company's customers include many major financial institutions,[2][3] retailers,[4][5] and technology companies.[6]

The company was founded in 1995 Tatu Ylönen, who designed the first version of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol and software.[7] He continues to work for the company full-time. The current CEO is Kaisa Olkkonen.[8] The company has been listed on the Nasdaq Nordic since 2000.

One of the products of the company is PrivX On-Demand Access Manager aimed at securing machine-to-machine communication in large organizations replacing permanent access keys.[9]

References

  1. ↑ NIST IR 7966: Security of Interactive and Automated Access Management Using Secure Shell (SSH) (PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology. October 2015.
  2. ↑ "SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY RECEIVES A MAJOR NEW ORDER FOR UNIVERSAL SSH KEY MANAGER™". Nasdaq Globenewswire. 2016-04-26.
  3. ↑ "SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY RECEIVES A SIGNIFICANT ORDER FOR UNIVERSAL SSH KEY MANAGER™ SERVICES FROM A MAJOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION". Nasdaq Globenewswire. 2015-03-12.
  4. ↑ "SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY RECEIVES A MAJOR NEW ORDER FOR UNIVERSAL SSH KEY MANAGER™". Nasdaq Globenewswire. 2016-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Wal-Mart Selects SSH Tectia Solution to Secure Data-in-Transit". PR Newswire. 2007-08-15.
  6. ↑ "SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY RECEIVES A SIGNIFICANT ORDER FOR UNIVERSAL SSH KEY MANAGER™ FROM A MAJOR GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY". Nasdaq Globenewswire. 2015-07-09.
  7. ↑ Tatu Ylönen. "The new skeleton key: changing the locks in your network environment". Archived from the original on 2017-08-20.
  8. ↑ "SSH APPOINTS NEW CEO AND ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM". Nasdaq Globenewswire. 2016-12-30.
  9. ↑ Waterman, Shaun (2017-08-02). "SSH inventor analyzes tools the CIA wrote to exploit his protocol". CyberScoop. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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