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Route1 Positions for Market Leadership with New Appointments Focused on Security
Route1 Positions for Market Leadership with New Appointments Focused on Security.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nRoute1 Appoints New Chief Information Security Officer; Promotes Senior\nResearcher to Chief Scientist and Director of Applied Research\n\nTORONTO, Nov. 14 /CNW/ - Recognizing the growing need for highly secure,\nanywhere access to enterprise resources for business continuity planning,\nglobal travel and desktop consolidation strategies, Route1 Inc.(TM)\n(TSX-V: ROI), today announced that it has appointed Rene McIver to the newly\ncreated position of Chief Information Security Officer. In this role, McIver -\na leading authority on information security - will be responsible for ensuring\nthat MobiNET continues to deliver the highest levels of security possible. She\nwill also guide the development of new cryptographic security initiatives,\ndata security procedures and privacy policies, certificate authority\noperations and conduct ongoing threat analysis.\nRoute1 also announced that Yamian Quintero has been promoted to the role\nof Chief Scientist and Director of Applied Research. Quintero has been with\nRoute1 since 2004 and has played an instrumental role in the development of\nMobiNET, Route1's service delivery platform for secure identity management,\nand MAP - the MobiNET Administrative and Provisioning portal. In this newly\ncreated role, he will lead the teams responsible for developing a number of\ncore technologies for Route1 MobiNET and other related products and services.\nHe will also take responsibility for expanding the company's intellectual\nproperty portfolio.\n\nTaking Military Grade Security to the Next Level\n\"The recent spate of corporate and government security breaches are\nforcing organizations to re-think their security strategies and adopt new\ntechnologies that can cost-effectively provide secure access to digital\nresources,\" said Andrew White, CEO of Route1. \"At Route1, we take security\nseriously and continue to focus our efforts on creating best-in-class, highly\nsecure, identity management solutions. We welcome Rene to our team and are\nconfident that her background in cryptography and biometrics will enable us to\ncontinue to deliver impenetrable solutions. We also recognize the tremendous\ncontributions that Yamian has made to our organization thus far, and look\nforward to his valuable insights as we begin developing the next generation of\nour offering.\"\nRoute1 solutions offer ...