We are taking the concept of the armored car, used to safely transfer large sums of cash between financial institutions, and moving it to the Information Superhighway.
Predictor: Cerf, Vinton G.
Prediction, in context:Vinton Cerf is quoted in a 1995 PR Newswire article. The article says: ”MCI and Information Resource Engineering Inc. today announced a joint marketing alliance to offer SafeNet, an Intenet security service … ‘We are taking the concept of the armored car, used to safely transfer large sums of cash between financial institutions, and moving it to the Information Superhighway,’ said Vinton G. Cerf, senior vice president of MCI data services and co-inventor of the Internet. ‘With this alliance, banks and other financial institutions can achieve the same level of secure communications they’ve come to expect on private networks, but at greatly reduced costs and greatly expanded connectivity via the worldwide Internet.'”
Date of prediction: September 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: PR Newswire
Title, headline, chapter name: MCI and IRE Announce Internet Security Service for Banking and Financial Applications; Mellon Bank Becomes First SafeNet Customer
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=baeaffc4c802326ac6d16890a4300fb2&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=ec0ae0e5dadc42a4aa2cde862d7d5b51
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Catalfumo, Cara J.