New Solutions Deliver Ease-of-Use and Flexibility for Financial Services
Institutions, Enterprises and Consumers
RSA CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RSA
Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS) today unveiled two new authenticators -- RSA
SecurID(R) Toolbar Token and RSA SecurID(R) SID900 Transaction Signing Token -
- which provide businesses and consumers with greater flexibility and choice
in deploying stronger security for online information and transactions. These
solutions extend RSA Security's range of authentication options and help
customers create a layered approach to security in which authentication
mechanisms are deployed based on the level of risk and the value of data
involved.
RSA SecurID Toolbar Token
RSA SecurID Toolbar Token is an easy-to-use strong authentication option,
delivered in the familiar browser toolbar format. The solution supports RSA
Security's efforts to enable strong authentication within a range of devices,
software platforms and online services. After downloading the toolbar, users
simply navigate to the Web site protected by RSA SecurID technology, and then
utilize the token code appearing in the toolbar. The solution supports
Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox(R) browsers.
RSA SecurID Toolbar Token offers consumer-facing organizations a simple
way to arm their customers with stronger protection online, while businesses
may use the solution to cost-effectively protect shared resources (e.g.,
business-to-business portals). For enterprises, RSA SecurID Toolbar Token
provides ease-of-use for organizations offering Microsoft Outlook(R) Web
Access or SSL VPNs protected by stronger authentication. Features include:
* Simple download and installation: RSA SecurID Toolbar Token was
designed to deliver a quick and easy download and install experience.
* Fraud prevention: The solution enables administrator-defined "trust
lists," which help ensure that users supply the RSA SecurID token code
only to trusted Web sites.
* Multi-site capabilities: End-users may leverage the same RSA SecurID
Toolbar Token to authenticate up to twenty different Web sites.
* Auto-fill capabilities: With one click, end-users can supply the token
code to the requesting Web site.
* Secure remote seeding: The toolbar token leverages the Cryptographic
Token Key Initialization Protocol (CT-KIP) to simultaneously generate
seed records at both the client and server, ensuring the user
credential is never transmitted or mistakenly stored.
* Software development kit (SDK): An SDK will enable organizations to
embed the RSA SecurID Toolbar Token functionality in their own toolbar
application.
RSA SecurID SID900 Transaction Signing Token
RSA SecurID SID900 Transaction Signing Token provides organizations such
as financial institutions the ability to supply businesses and consumers with
a secure means of digitally signing online transactions. In addition,
customers may also leverage this one-time password-based technology for user
authentication. Using the credit card-sized RSA SecurID device with a PIN
pad, a user simply enters a transaction value, and is then prompted with a
unique identifying code. The user submits the code online, and this
"signature" is attached to the transaction, verifying authenticity.
RSA SecurID SID900 Transaction Signing Token enables financial
institutions to improve business and high net worth customers' confidence in
conducting high-value transactions online, while helping to reduce online
fraud. In addition, RSA SecurID SID900 authenticators provide an attractive
alternative to public key infrastructure (PKI) deployments. The solution
serves as a dedicated security device to perform online signatures and is
ideally suited for corporate and small business banking environments, as well
as high net worth individuals. Additional features and benefits include:
* Easy-to-carry design: RSA SecurID SID900 Transaction Signing Token is
thin and compact, making it easy for people to carry.
* Easy to use: The new authenticator provides an extremely simple user
experience, ensuring organizations place no undue burden on their
customer base.
* RSA SecurID Authentication Engine support: RSA SecurID SID900
Transaction Signing Token operates with RSA SecurID Authentication
Engine software.
"As businesses and consumers seek to protect themselves against wide-
ranging security threats, the market has begun to seek a broader range of
stronger authentication options. To meet this need, RSA Security continues to
deliver a continuum of authentication options for our customers, ranging from
those that are invisible to the user to solutions that are more interactive,"
said Karl Wirth, director of product management, authentication, at RSA
Security. "There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and RSA Security's
extended line of RSA SecurID authentication options provides customers the
ability to deploy the solution that best meets the needs of both the
organization and its customers."
Availability
RSA SecurID Toolbar Token and RSA SecurID SID900 Transaction Signing Token
will be available worldwide in Q2 2006.
More information on this and other RSA Security announcements related to
RSA Conference 2006 may be found at http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsaconference/.
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc. is the expert in protecting online identities and
digital assets. The inventor of core security technologies for the Internet,
the Company leads the way in strong authentication and encryption, bringing
trust to millions of user identities and the transactions that they perform.
RSA Security's portfolio of award-winning identity & access management
solutions helps businesses to establish who's who online -- and what they can
do.
With a strong reputation built on a 20-year history of ingenuity,
leadership and proven technologies, we serve approximately 20,000 customers
around the globe and interoperate with more than 1,000 technology and
integration partners. For more information, please visit
http://www.rsasecurity.com
RSA Security, RSA and SecurID are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of RSA Security Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective
companies.
For more information:
Jessica Hawks Dave Howell
OutCast Communications RSA Security Inc.
(646) 442-3770 (781) 515-6303
rsa@outcastpr.com dhowell@rsasecurity.com
SOURCE RSA Security Inc.
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CONTACT:
Jessica Hawks of OutCast Communications,
+1-646-442-3770, rsa@outcastpr.com; or Dave Howell of RSA
Security Inc., +1-781-515-6303, dhowell@rsasecurity.com
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