News & Press

December 06, 2007

ProtectStar Group outlines its planned activities for the 2008 business year

Bradenton, FL, USA & London, UK 06/12/2007 – Christopher Bohn, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ProtectStar™, the independent IT and communications security specialist active worldwide, recently outlined in London the planned activities of the ProtectStar™ group of companies for 2008.

Bohn started by summarising the goals achieved in 2007. Particular mention was made of the successful establishment of ProtectStar™ Research & Development (R&D) – the independent research and development department of the ProtectStar Group.

The initiatives of the non-profit ProtectStar™ Foundation with regard to the European Media and Event Academy in Baden-Baden, Germany, rounded off the corporate activities for 2007.

Following this, the focal points of the individual company divisions for the coming year were presented:

ProtectStar™ Testlab:

• The ProtectStar™ Testlab will increase the number of benchmark tests it carries out on hardware and software solutions from the IT and communications industry.
• Revised requirements for awarding the “ProtectStar AWARD 2008”
• Further development of new and transparent test and check routines
• Start of the ProtectStar™ Comlab
• Further recruitment for the test team at the ProtectStar™ Testlab

 

ProtectStar™ Research & Development:

• Further development of data deletion algorithms (with the ProtectStar Secure Deletion Algorithm as an example)
• Further development of encryption algorithms (with the ProtectStar AES Algorithm as an example)
• Development of security systems for the automobile industry

 

ProtectStar™ Foundation:

• Increased awareness of the ProtectStar Foundation
• Increased acquisition of donations for the ProtectStar Foundation’s aid projects

 

ProtectStar™ Solutions:

• Expansion of consulting and quality management (IQMM) activities in Russia, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland
• Development of security software for Windows, Linux and Mac
• Launch of the ProtectStar™ Data Shredder v2.0
• Presentation of the ProtectStar™ CryptPhone

 

Further information can be found at the following websites:
www.protectstar.com / www.protectstar-group.com
www.protectstar-research.com
www.protectstar-testlab.org
www.protectstar-foundation.org