Wireless Leaders Cooperate to Enable Personal Trusted Devices via Bluetooth;
RSA Labs Host Bluetooth Security Expert Meeting
RSA(R) CONFERENCE, SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 /PRNewswire/ --
RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security(TM),
today announced it will demonstrate with Ericsson the first use of digital
certificates stored in a mobile phone to authenticate, encrypt and digitally
sign online transactions in both the wired and wireless Internet worlds. This
demonstration of a critical enabling security technology for the new class of
Personal Trusted Devices will take place in RSA Security's Booth (# 801) at
the RSA Conference 2001 in San Francisco. Additionally, RSA Labs just hosted
the first face-to-face meeting of the Bluetooth security expert group.
As mobile commerce, business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer
(B2C) e-business continue to drive the need for secure public key
infrastructure (PKI), it is becoming increasingly necessary for organizations
to adopt the use of always available, ubiquitous devices that store digital
certificates in a secure, manageable and non-intrusive way.
"RSA Security and Ericsson are introducing a new way to store digital
credentials that will help organizations overcome barriers to the widespread
adoption of PKI," said Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing and
corporate development at RSA Security. "Through this collaboration, customers
will be able to use the phone as a multipurpose security device -- for
signatures, authentication, encryption, transaction integrity -- both in the
wired and wireless world."
"Together with RSA Security, Ericsson is happy to showcase this new way of
further utilizing the highest possible WAP security connecting the mobile
phone to the infrastructure provided by RSA Security," said Bo Albertson,
marketing director communications, Ericsson Mobile Communications. "This
demonstration is a natural step in the strategy of turning the mobile phone
into a personal trusted device allowing for secure transactions based
applications such as secure access being shown today."
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc., the most trusted name in e-security(TM), helps
organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA
SecurID(R) two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE(R) encryption and RSA Keon(R)
digital certificate management systems. With more than a half billion RSA
BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than eight 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, Keon, RSA and SecurID are registered trademarks, and The
Most Trusted Name in e-Security is a trademark 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
possible future release of a phone that functions as a multipurpose security
device. 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 failure of RSA
Security and Ericsson to enter into a definitive agreement for the
development, delays in product development, technical difficulties, software
bugs and errors, competitive pressures, changes in customer requirements,
market acceptance of new technologies, failure to develop or maintain
strategic partner relationships, 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 28, 2001.
SOURCE RSA Security Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.rsasecurity.com
CONTACT:
Patrick Corman of Corman Communications,
650-326-9648, or patrick@cormancom.com, for RSA Security Inc.; or
Karin Kosterlitz of RSA Security Inc., 781-301-5374, or
kkosterlitz@rsasecurity.com
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