GSN 2011 Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors: Bill Conner, President and CEO, Entrust, Inc:

Entrust, Inc is an identity-based security company that focuses on government and enterprises, according to Bill Conner. The company had a big night at GSN’s 2011 Awards Program, being named Winner in “Best Certificate Management Solution”, “Best Smart Card Solution” and “Best Integrated Systems for HSPD-12/FIPS 201 Compliance”.  In the same week, Conner reports, the company also won a four-year GSA contract for PKI capability estimated at $4.5 million. Conner says these awards are based on the work that the company did with HSPD-12/FIPS 201 and with Interpol, involving chips, cards, certificates, component software that all needs to be bundled. But when you get compliance at that level, he adds, you’re only as strong as your weakest link, and that’s why Entrust is determined to make its solutions “best in class”. For many years companies have been trying to Web-enable their portals, says Conner, but today everyone is focused on mobile applications and how to make them secure.  In his final comments, Conner describes the many facets of the mobile phenomenon and how Entrust is zeroing in on identity-based solutions for government and enterprises in this next generation of security issues.