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Art Coviello is retiring from his exec chairman role at the top of RSA, EMC's security business, leaving behind an acquisition that never bought in big bucks for the T Rex of the storage world, and was blighted by NSA backdoor revelations in 2013. RSA is known in the security world for its SecurID tokens and the fact that its …

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  1. William Donelson

    Ron Rivest was my bachelor's thesis advisor years ago, and I remember him working on the algorithm on a blackboard while I waited to meet with him.

    Pure genius!

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    PKI Partners really poisoned the well, though

    The way that they bullied US companies with the RSA patent really gave patents a bad name.

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    1. G.Y.
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      Re: PKI Partners really poisoned the well, though

      The arbitrator's decision when Publec Key Partners was wound up makes interesting reading

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  3. ThePhantom

    Security Dynamics bought RSA and took their name

    The two-factor authentication token that we all know and love was developed by Security Dynamics in the 1980's. SD bought RSA and took their name to get traction in the marketplace for their device.

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