Addresses Privacy, Integrity and Identity Requirements for Conducting Business
Over Wireless Networks
BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- In advance of next week's RSA
Conference 2000, RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS), the most trusted name in
e-security, today announced its comprehensive product and partnering strategy
to address the e-security needs of the wireless market, the next generation of
Internet commerce and communications. As one of the world's preeminent
software and e-security vendors, RSA Security intends to leverage its
widely-deployed product lines, global resources and strong ties to the
networking, telephony and Internet service provider (ISP) communities to help
drive standards and deliver solutions that secure and bring trust to wireless
communications and transactions.
RSA Security is working toward a future where mobile phones will play a
pivotal role in e-business, delivering a range of services in addition to
basic communications. The company expects businesses to broadly use mobile
phones to access the Internet, provide a secure platform for digitally signing
e-commerce transactions, and serve as a trusted form of authentication for
information security.
To this end, RSA Security has been working with standards organizations
and leading providers of mobile phones, embedded operating systems and
telecommunications to help specify and provide ubiquitous security
technologies that satisfy the strict processing requirements and storage
limitations of wireless environments. Current RSA Security initiatives
include contributions toward security standards in the WAP (Wireless
Application Protocol) and Bluetooth specifications, definition of the PKCS #15
token information format standard and business relationships with wireless
industry leaders including Phone.com and Symbian. Today, with the
introduction of new RSA BSAFE(R) protocols, expanded relationship with
Ericsson and planned announcement with VeriSign, Inc. at next week's RSA
Conference 2000, RSA Security continues to extend its presence in wireless
markets.
"Security technologies will be critical for building user confidence and
facilitating broad market adoption of next-generation wireless e-business
solutions," said Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing at RSA
Security. "Today's announcements reaffirm RSA Security's commitment to
pioneering wireless e-security technologies that help people conduct secure
e-business anywhere, at any time."
RSA Security's wireless product strategy includes extending its RSA BSAFE
encryption, RSA SecurID(R) authentication and RSA Keon(TM) digital certificate
solutions to secure a broad spectrum of wireless devices, including mobile
phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and pagers as well as Web servers
that support wireless devices.
Highlights of new RSA Security wireless initiatives include:
-- New RSA BSAFE Wireless Encryption Protocols -- RSA Security has added
two new RSA BSAFE protocol components that are specifically optimized
for wireless and embedded applications. RSA BSAFE(R) SSL-C 1.1 and RSA
BSAFE WTLS (Wireless Transport Level Security) tools are designed to
help developers quickly add cryptographic technologies to their
wireless applications, devices and systems. See today's related
announcement "RSA Security Expands Wireless Security Offerings."
-- RSA Security and Ericsson -- RSA Security has broadened its existing
relationship with Ericsson Mobile Communications to include the
development of innovative solutions for Ericsson smartphones. The two
companies are working toward integrating their respective technologies
and intend, as the first deliverable, to offer the Ericsson smartphone
R380 that features authentication for secure corporate access. See
today's related announcement "RSA Security and Ericsson Work Together
to Secure Wireless Communications."
-- RSA Security and VeriSign in Wireless PKI -- RSA Security and VeriSign
plan to announce initiatives to accelerate wireless e-commerce.
Additional information on the relationship will be made available at
next week's RSA Conference 2000.
-- Wireless User Authentication -- RSA Security is working with leading
wireless vendors to extend RSA SecurID authentication technology to
wireless devices such as such as mobile phones, PDAs and pagers. In
1999, RSA Security introduced a wireless version of RSA SecurID for the
Palm Computing Platform that is designed to positively identify users
and prevent unauthorized access to networks and systems.
RSA Security technologies and standards are widely used in a variety of
wireless standards and products, including the Cellular Digital Packet Data
(CDPD) protocol for cellular data transmissions, IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN
protocol, the widely used Mobitech network, and most recently the Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP) standard designed to secure current and future
generations of Internet-capable devices.
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.
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.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the
planned expansion of RSA Security's product lines and the anticipated release
of new products. 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 delays
in product development, technical difficulties, software bugs and errors,
competitive pressures, changes in customer requirements, failure to develop or
maintain strategic partner relationships, market acceptance of new
technologies, technological changes in the computer industry and the risk
factors detailed from time to time in RSA Security's periodic reports and
registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including without limitation RSA Security's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
on March 31, 1999 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
November 15, 1999.
SOURCE RSA Security Inc.
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Related links:
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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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