ORLANDO, Fla., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2008
-- RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today announced major
developments in its mission to deliver flexibility, choice and enablement in
enterprise deployments of strong authentication technology. The new RSA
SecurID(R) Token for BlackBerry(R) smartphones, available in late Q2 2008, is
designed to provide greater convenience to users and IT administrators, and
features more cost-effective deployment and management capabilities.
The latest fruits of the four-year technical relationship between RSA and
Research in Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) now allow BlackBerry
smartphones to be more easily activated and deployed for use as RSA SecurID
two-factor authenticators, and enable users to leverage enterprise wireless
networks for secure, no-cost access to corporate applications. RSA's
authentication solutions, including the RSA SecurID Token for BlackBerry
smartphones, are engineered to assure identities and mitigate risk according
to the value and criticality of the data, application or transaction.
"Aberdeen's latest benchmarking of best practices in strong user
authentication showed a very strong trend towards increasing diversity of form
factors as 'containers' for authentication credentials, underscoring the
market shift towards flexibility and choice," said Derek E. Brink, vice
president and research director for IT Security at Aberdeen Group. "RSA's
enhancements in provisioning, user support, and integration with the
BlackBerry Enterprise environment are well-aligned with the selection criteria
valued most highly by the companies in our research who achieved best-in-class
results."
New Features of RSA SecurID Token for BlackBerry smartphones:
The following new technology advancements will help enable organizations
to truly leverage employees' identities as a business asset, as well as
helping to increase convenience for administrators and end users and decrease
overall costs:
-- Direct Access to the BlackBerry Mobile VPN (Virtual Private Network)
-- This allows a user with a BlackBerry smartphone enabled with
Wi-Fi(R) technology to securely and easily connect to in-office
enterprise wireless network access points. Once connected, the user
can leverage their company's wireless connection for email and
application access, without accumulating charges on their data plans
that can get charged back to the business.
-- New Dynamic Seed Provisioning based on CT-KIP Protocol
-- This feature provides customers with a simplified process for a
BlackBerry smartphone to function as an RSA SecurID authenticator by
more easily provisioning the software tokens that produce one-time
passwords (OTP). This more cost-effective 'over the air' method of
token provisioning simplifies and automates the end user experience
that can result in reduced call volume to technical support
resources.
-- Tighter Integration with BlackBerry Enterprise Server
-- By implementing IT policies through BlackBerry Enterprise Server,
administrators of the RSA SecurID Token for BlackBerry now have an
increased ability to customize and configure the application for
better centralized control. For example, administrators can choose
to mask users' PINs and passwords to help enforce compliance with
corporate policies.
-- Support for Software Token Backup and Restoration Across New or Wiped
Devices
-- This new feature enables the automatic restoration of a software
token to a user's new or wiped handset, removing the time-consuming
task of deploying the software token - from scratch - to existing
and established customers facing this scenario.
"There is no 'one-size-fits-all' security solution, so RSA offers a full
range of solutions to authenticate and store credentials that balance cost,
end-user convenience and security. As BlackBerry smartphones have become
standard business devices, our joint customers are able to leverage integrated
two-factor authentication technology to streamline IT operations," said Sam
Curry, Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing, Identity
and Access Assurance Group at RSA. "By providing a more convenient and cost-
effective strong authentication mechanism, we can help our customers gain the
most value from their BlackBerry smartphone deployments by enabling more
seamless and secure access to sensitive assets."
About RSA
RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security
solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations
succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's
information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and
confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it
moves, who accesses it or how it is used.
RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access
control, data loss prevention & encryption, compliance & security information
management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of
user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is
generated. For more information, please visit www.RSA.com and www.EMC.com.
RSA and SecurID are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of RSA
Security Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EMC is a registered
trademark of EMC Corporation. WiFi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi
Alliance. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols
are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. All
other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are
the properties of their respective owners.
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Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk
factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic
or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology
spending; (iii) risks associated with acquisitions and investments, including
the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving
anticipated synergies; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to
pricing pressures and new product introductions; (v) the relative and varying
rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture
of product and services revenues; (vi) component and product quality and
availability; (vii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of
customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and
market change; (viii) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (ix) war or
acts of terrorism; (x) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified
employees; (xi) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xii) other one-time
events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time
in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC and
RSA disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements
after the date of this release.
SOURCE EMC Corporation
