Leading Supplier of Security Components and Leading Provider of Trust Services
to Offer Complete Security Solutions for Wireless E-Commerce
SAN JOSE, Calif., RSA CONFERENCE 2000, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA
Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security, and
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of Internet trust
services, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver tools that enable
developers and service providers to more easily create trusted and secure
end-to-end wireless e-commerce solutions. As part of the arrangement, RSA
Security has named VeriSign its preferred provider of wireless trust and
validation services, and VeriSign has named RSA Security its preferred
supplier of software security tools for wireless developers.
RSA Security will build its RSA BSAFE(R) SSL-C and RSA BSAFE WTLS products
to be compatible with VeriSign's wireless trust offerings and will embed
VeriSign's digital certificate root keys in its products. In addition, RSA
Security plans to support VeriSign's Wireless Personal Trust Agent technology
in RSA BSAFE SSL-C and RSA BSAFE WTLS. RSA Security will also provide support
for VeriSign's short-lived WTLS certificates to address the need for
validation and revocation of certificates in the wireless world.
"For wireless e-commerce to succeed, application developers and service
providers must deliver at least the same degree of trust and security which
people have come to expect from the wired Internet world," said Stratton
Sclavos, president and CEO of VeriSign. "Our alliance with RSA Security is
designed to enable just that, providing world-class, globally available and
supported tools and services working together seamlessly to create complete,
end-to-end e-commerce solutions."
By offering developers convenient, one-stop shopping for all their
wireless security needs, including the critical tools necessary to build an
interoperable bridge between the wireless and wired worlds, these two industry
leaders hope to accelerate the development of wireless e-commerce.
"Though still in their infancy, wireless e-commerce applications promise
to become pervasive in a relatively short time, touching everyone, and may
profoundly change the way we conduct our day-to-day lives," said Art Coviello,
president of RSA Security. "Our alliance with VeriSign will help propel
wireless e-commerce from today's isolated pockets of innovation to a
convenient way of life for people everywhere."
As an initial step to boost wireless solution development, RSA Security is
offering VeriSign developers and service providers free RSA BSAFE software
development kits, which are designed to be used with VeriSign's free wireless
(WAP) server digital certificates and VeriSign's range of wireless trust
services (see related press releases dated Jan. 17, 2000 at http://www.verisign.com)
to provide complete wireless client and channel security.
Both RSA Security and VeriSign are active participants in the WAP Forum,
the global industry association that has developed a leading world standard
for wireless information and telephony services on digital mobile phones and
other wireless terminals.
About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. is the leading provider of Internet trust services
-- including authentication, validation and payment -- needed by Web sites,
enterprises and e-commerce service providers to conduct trusted and secure
electronic commerce and communications over IP networks. VeriSign's trust
services for Web sites, developers and individuals are available through
http://www.verisign.com and through a growing number of ISPs and Web hosting
companies. The company's digital certificate services for enterprises and
electronic commerce service providers are available through regional account
representatives, resellers, and global affiliates.
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. VeriSign
is a registered trademark exclusively licensed to VeriSign, Inc. All other
products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among
other things, the anticipated release of new RSA Security products, the
results of the strategic alliance of RSA Security and VeriSign and the future
of wireless e-commerce applications. 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, 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 and the risk factors referred to in the final
prospectus for VeriSign's follow-on offering dated January 26, 1999 and
VeriSign's reports filed with the SEC. Neither RSA Security nor VeriSign
assumes any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in
this press release.
SOURCE RSA Security Inc.
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CONTACT:
Patrick Corman of Corman Communications,
650-326-9648, or patrick@cormancom.com, for RSA Security; or
Richard Mack of RSA Security Inc., 781-301-5344, or
rhmack@rsasecurity.com; or Jeff Wenker of Edelman Public
Relations Worldwide, 650-429-2768, or jeff_wenker@edelman.com,
for VeriSign, Inc.
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