Mid-Florida Regional MLS Successfully Deploys RSA Security Solutions;
Strategic Partners planetRE and Solid Earth Secure North American Real Estate
Organizations
BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RSA Security Inc.
(Nasdaq: RSAS) today launched RSA Security Real Estate Solutions, a new
program that delivers cost effective and easy to use online security
technologies that protect sensitive real estate data online and ensure this
information is accessible only to authorized users. RSA Security also
announced strategic partnerships with two leading real estate industry
technology providers -- planetRE and Solid Earth, Inc. -- to offer real estate
organizations broad access to RSA Security Real Estate Solutions. The program
will launch at the 2005 REALTORS(R) Conference & Expo this week in San
Francisco.
RSA Security solutions enable members of the real estate industry,
including Multiple Listing Service (MLS) organizations, to establish -- with
certainty -- the identity of a person accessing MLS and transaction data
online. A cornerstone of this program is RSA SecurID two-factor
authentication solution, which organizations offer to members via a small
device (called a "token") that fits on a keychain and displays a six-digit
numeric passcode that changes randomly every 60 seconds. Users enter the
passcode along with a traditional password to access data online. Because
users provide something they know (their password) and something they have
(the token's random passcode), the system ensures data are available only to
authorized users.
Mid-Florida Regional MLS Secures Data with RSA Security Real Estate
Solutions
The Mid-Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) recently deployed RSA SecurID
technology as an "MLS LoginKey" to provide subscribers across central Florida
with secure access to MLS data. The solution was delivered in conjunction
with real estate industry experts the Secure Content Group, a company founded
in 1998 to provide solutions for the trusted exchange of all forms of digital
content along a services continuum that extends from content strategy and
requirements evaluation through security integration and program management.
The MFRMLS solution was successfully implemented in just weeks and delivered
significant benefits, including:
-- Ease of Issuance and Management: MFRMLS delivered RSA SecurID tokens
to over 12,000 members in one week, and 25,000 members in three weeks -
online enrollment was simple, and the MFRMLS help desk successfully
fielded calls from members with questions about the system.
-- Cost Savings: By choosing RSA Security technology, MFRMLS expects to
save more than $1,000,000 over three years, compared to competitive
solutions.
-- An End to MLS Password Sharing and an Increase in Revenue: RSA SecurID
technology enabled MFRMLS to reduce password sharing by non-members,
and MFRMLS attributes a 2% - 4% increase in paid subscribers to the
program.
-- Flexibility for the Future: MFRMLS anticipates the MLS LoginKey system
will eventually be used by its subscribers to access several other
local real estate applications and services.
"It was critical for us to create a system that better protected the
private realty data we're entrusted with," said Belton Jennings, chief
executive officer of Orlando Regional REALTOR(R) Association. "RSA Security's
technology is cost effective and incredibly easy for our members to use. Most
importantly, though, the program has met our objective of ensuring that we're
limiting MLS access to only authorized users."
RSA Security Partners with planetRE and Solid Earth to Secure Real Estate
Data
As part of the RSA Security Real Estate Solutions launch, the company also
announced strategic partnerships with two leading real estate industry
technology providers:
-- planetRE: planetRE is the first company to offer transaction
management software for the real estate industry that may be protected
by two-factor authentication technology. By enabling real estate
offices to leverage RSA SecurID technology, planetRE is helping to
ensure the security of high-value real estate information beyond MLS
data -- including loan documents, property financial information,
broker financial information and appraiser proposals. planetRE has
already delivered RSA SecurID technology to realty offices throughout
the country as part of the company's hosted application service
provider (ASP) solution, which enables these organizations to ensure
that their most critical and sensitive business documents are secure.
-- Solid Earth, Inc.: A leading software provider to MLS organizations,
Solid Earth provides MLS service to more than 50,000 users in 19
markets nationwide. Founded in 1998 and ranked as one of Inc.
magazine's fastest growing private companies, Solid Earth will now
offer MLS organizations the ability to leverage stronger security --
through RSA SecurID technology -- when deploying Solid Earth's LIST-
IT(R) MLS platform. RSA SecurID technology will be hosted by Solid
Earth, providing a seamless and cost-effective option to help MLS
organizations protect vital data.
RSA Security Real Estate Solutions: Technology for Now and the Future
RSA Security Real Estate Solutions were designed with flexibility and the
future in mind. With RSA SecurID technology as the first step in protecting
online information, real estate organizations may look to RSA Security for
additional security solutions that further leverage investments in two-factor
authentication. RSA Security solutions such as web access management,
federated identity management and digital certificates will empower members of
the real estate community to further protect information, and manage access to
data throughout a single organization and across the industry.
"RSA Security Real Estate Solutions offer cost effective and proven means
for the real estate industry to ensure the security of private data," said
John Worrall, vice president of worldwide marketing at RSA Security. "RSA
Security looks forward to delivering solutions to the industry that protect
data and effectively manage access to that vital information now and in the
future."
More information regarding RSA Security Real Estate Solutions may be found
online at http://www.rsasecurity.com/realestate. RSA Security Real Estate
Solutions will be on display at the 2005 REALTORS(R) Conference & Expo --
October 28-31, 2005 in San Francisco (booth #2613 -- South Exhibit Hall).
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 more than 18,000 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 and RSA are 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:
Courtney Hohne Dave Howell
OutCast Communications RSA Security Inc.
(415) 392-8282 (781) 515-6303
courtney@outcastpr.com dhowell@rsasecurity.com
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CONTACT:
Courtney Hohne of OutCast Communications,
+1-415-392-8282, courtney@outcastpr.com; or Dave Howell of RSA
Security Inc., +1-781-515-6303, dhowell@rsasecurity.com
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