Greater Automation Designed to Boost Ease of Integration, Setup and Management
BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with next week's
RSA Conference 2000, RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS), the most trusted name
in e-security, today announced RSA Keon(TM) Certificate Server 5.5, its
digital certificate management system for building public key infrastructures
(PKI) that bring trust in e-business applications. RSA Keon(TM) Certificate
Server 5.5 software is designed to make it easier for administrators to
automatically register and maintain users and integrate the server into
existing IT infrastructures.
With the debut of this latest version of the RSA Keon Certificate Server
5.5, RSA Security introduces the RSA Keon OneStep feature, an automated
"bootstrap" process that is intended to expedite issuing new digital
certificates during installation by allowing administrators to take advantage
of existing authenticatp
request, verification and approval process, the RSA Keon OneStep feature is
designed to automatically issue certificates to authenticated users -- all in
one step, greatly reducing administrator effort. The RSA Keon OneStep feature
is designed to work out of the box with the RSA SecurID(R) two-factor
authentication system, and can be customized to support other authentication
techniques.
"Today's announcement sets the tone for the direction RSA Security is
taking with all its RSA Keon products, placing greater emphasis on automation
and ease of use, both for administrators and users," said Scott Schnell,
senior vice president of marketing for RSA Security. "RSA Keon OneStep is
designed to take advantage of the security that is already in place in more
than 5,000 organizations worldwide to enable authenticated users to quickly
and easily take advantage of digital certificates with no additional burden on
administrators."
The RSA Keon Certificate Server is part of RSA Security's open,
vendor-independent approach to building and deploying secure e-commerce
applications across the enterprise and Internet. It combines critical
certificate authority, LDAP certificate repository and registration authority
functions in a single system to automate and centralize the management of
cryptographic keys and digital certificates, enabling enterprises to establish
and administer the trust relationships vital to e-commerce and e-business.
The RSA Keon Certificate Server is designed to be installedd across a range of PKI-enabled
applications, including: Web access using SSL; Virtual Private Networks using
IPSec; and secure e-mail using S/MIME. The product is also designed to be used
in custom enterprise applications, third-party directory services, routers,
firewalls and other network, application and system products.
Administrators can now approve large numbers of user certificate requests
with just a few mouse clicks using the new RSA Keon Certificate Server
5.5 batch request feature. A single, simple administrative Web display allows
administrators to select and approve certificate requests for groups of user
certificate requests.
The product is also designed to permit large organizations to distribute
certificate administration through the RSA Keon Certificate Server's support
for hierarchical certificate authorities. Registration and approval can be
handled on a local basis, by geography or corporate structure, which is
intended to improve scalability while boosting security through local
certificate management.
Software developers, Internet-based e-business service providers and OEMs
who need embedded security services for their own applications can integrate
the RSA Keon Certificate Server through clearly documented application
programming interfaces for direct access to all server functions. When used in
conjunction with RSA Security's suite of RSA BSAFE(R) development components,
the RSA Keon Certificate Server is designed to provide enterprise developers
and OEMs with an integrated security system to create PKI-independent
e-commerce applications that incorporate public key security and certificate
management features.
The RSA Keon Certificate Server 5.5 product is also designed to provide
tight integration with a broad range of Cisco routers, firewalls and other
networking products using Cisco's new Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
(SCEP), an efficient way for these Cisco products to quickly obtain digital
certificates from the server.
Availability
The RSA Keon certificate Server 5.5 product is scheduled to be available
within 90 days. For more information about, RSA Keon Certificate Server
software or other RSA Keon products, please visit http://www.rsasecurity.com, or call
800-NOWKEON.
About RSA Keon
RSA Keon is a family of interoperable, standards-based PKI products
designed to manage digital certificates and provide an environment for
authenticated, private and legally binding electronic communications and
transactions. Whether deployed as a robust, standalone certificate authority
or a comprehensive PKI solution, RSA Keon is designed to provide a common
foundation for securing Internet and e-business applications.
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc., The Most Trusted Name in e-Security(TM) helps
organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-businesses through its
RSA SecurID(R) two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE(R) encryption and RSA
Keon(TM) public key management systems. With nearly a half billion RSA
BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than six million RSA SecurID
users and almost 20 years of industry experience, RSA Security has the proven
leadership and innovative technology to address the changing security needs of
e-business and bring trust to the new, online economy. RSA Security can be
reached at http://www.rsasecurity.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to RSA
Security's release of its RSA Keon Certificate Server v.5.5. Such statements
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such
forward-looking statements are technical difficulties in connection with the
engineering, quality assurance and/or documentation phases of the product
development cycle, software bugs and errors, changes in customer requirements,
general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in
Security Dynamics' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation RSA's Annual
Report on Form 10K (File No. 000-25120), filed on March 31, 1999 and on RSA's
most recent Form 10Q, filed on November 15, 1999.
NOTE: BSAFE and SecurID are registered trademarks, and Keon, RSA and The
Most Trusted Name in e-Security are trademarks of RSA Security Inc. All other
products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.
SOURCE RSA Security Inc.
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CONTACT:
Patrick Corman of Corman Communications,
650-326-9648, or patrick@cormancom.com, for RSA Security Inc.; or
Richard Mack of RSA Security Inc., 781-301-5344, or
rhmack@rsasecurity.com
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