Boosts Availability of Smart Card Access Management Solutions
For Visa Member Financial Institutions
SAN FRANCISCO, RSA(R) CONFERENCE, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa U.S.A. has
selected Securify, Inc., a leading provider of security technologies and
services for connected businesses, to manage its smart Visa Access Provider
Qualification Program. Visa's Access Provider Qualification Program is a
process designed to increase the number of qualified security solutions Visa
Member financial institutions can employ to provide secure Web services.
Through its suite of Access Management Services, Securify has implemented the
qualification program as part of its larger role in helping Visa manage and
roll out its entire smart Visa Access platform. smart Visa is Visa U.S.A.'s
smart card platform.
Securify is offering a comprehensive qualification program for technology
providers interested in joining the smart Visa Access program to help guide
them through the entire qualification process. Access management solutions,
consisting of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Access Control, and Smart Card
Systems qualified under the program will be made available to all Visa Member
financial institutions for integration with their applications. In addition
to creating and managing the smart Visa Access Provider Qualification Program,
Securify developed the smart Visa Access system architecture, performed
comprehensive project management to develop the reference implementation, and
maintained ongoing product and reference lab management roles.
"By boosting the availability of qualified smart Visa Access solutions for
their Member financial institutions, Securify is making it easier for Visa
Members to quickly expand and enhance their traditional trust relationships
with customers through Internet-based services," said Charles Walton, senior
vice president, Securify. "Our unbiased expertise in PKI, access control, and
smart card products and technologies uniquely qualify us to head up this
program for Visa, and we look forward to working with technology providers to
help them qualify their solutions."
Authentication is the process of positively identifying an individual (or
another computer) attempting to gain access to a network or application. Once
they are identified, access management enables an organization to manage what
they can do.
"Through our experience with Securify in planning, designing, deploying
and managing our smart Visa Access infrastructure, we have the highest
confidence they will manage our smart Visa Access Provider Qualification
Program efficiently and effectively," said Patrick Gauthier, senior vice
president, smart Card Applications, Visa U.S.A. "The Securify Access
Management Services have helped us tremendously in providing our Member
financial institutions with the security infrastructure they need to roll out
their next-generation online products and services."
About Securify Access Management Services
Implementing authentication and access management solutions today is still
a complex, costly, and time and resource consuming process. Securify's Access
Management Services help financial institutions choose among myriad security
technologies and products to achieve the best authentication and access
management solution to meet their business requirements. Working with a wide
range of partners, Securify consultants apply their in-depth knowledge of PKI,
smart card and access management vendors, technologies and products to act as
unbiased, trusted advisors. Securify provides support over the entire life
cycle of deployment, serving as advocates on behalf of customers throughout
the entire implementation process. Securify's team provides the qualified
expertise and manpower necessary to plan, evaluate, design and implement the
entire solution.
About Securify, Inc.
Securify technologies and services help connected businesses reduce their
security risks and improve their trust relationships. The Securify
SecurVantage suite of managed security services quantifies the Quality of
Security Service (QoSS) for cost effectively managing overall network security
across an Intranet as well as between e-business partners. Securify Access
Management Services offer consulting and integration assistance that
simplifies the deployment of cost-effective, vendor-neutral enterprise
authentication and access management solutions. Securify customers include
major financial institutions, healthcare agencies, managed service providers
and other Fortune 1000 organizations. Securify has built a world-class staff
of qualified network security, authentication and access management
specialists to provide customers with a high level of expertise to augment
existing resources. The company has its headquarters in Mountain View, CA.
For more information, please call (650) 812-9400 or visit the Securify Web
site at http://www.securify.com.
Securify is a registered service mark of Securify, Inc. All other
trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their
respective owners.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Patrick Corman of Corman Communications,
650-326-9648, patrick@cormancom.com, for Securify, Inc.; or
Denise Barton of Securify, Inc., 650-812-9400, x4261,
dbarton@securify.com
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