Digital Credentialing Solutions ensure strong authentication.March 7, 2006 -
Featuring user-oriented security profile, True Credentials® Enterprise ID(TM) delivers suite of digital credentialing solutions for employee, customer, and partner authentication, digital signing, and encryption. It integrates PKI digital certificate technology with smart card management tools for network security and enterprise management. Offered as managed service, solution helps organizations reduce risks of identity and information theft as well as ensure regulatory compliance.
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Original Press release
GeoTrust, Inc.
117 Kendrick St.
Needham, MA, 02494
USA
GeoTrust Launches the Industry's Most Advanced Suite of Digital Credentialing Solutions for Strong Authentication
Company Introduces True Credentials Enterprise ID, Providing Advanced Smart Card and PKI Management Tools in an Easily Deployed and Cost-Effective Managed Services Solution
SAN JOSE, Calif., RSA Conference, Booth #1137, Feb. 13 - GeoTrust, Inc., the leader in identity verification, credentialing and validation solutions, today announced the general availability of the industry's most advanced suite of digital credentialing solutions for employee, customer and partner authentication, digital signing and encryption. GeoTrust True Credentials(R) Enterprise ID(TM) integrates PKI digital certificate technology with the industry's most advanced smart card management tools to deliver strong network security and streamlined management capabilities for medium and large enterprises. This new managed services solution complements GeoTrust's existing client certificate solutions, True Credentials(R) Express and True Credentials, which are designed for smaller and simpler organizational deployments.
"With an increasing emphasis on stronger forms of authentication than user names and passwords, the time is right for organizations to adopt digital certificate solutions which provide not only higher levels of security, but new capabilities such as digital signing and encryption," said Neal Creighton, CEO of GeoTrust. "Recent industry mandates and government regulations are driving organizations to begin deploying smart cards and tokens. Our True Credentials Enterprise ID technology, developed by our European subsidiary, TC TrustCenter, is currently in use at some of Europe's largest financial institutions, utilities and government agencies. We are excited to bring this state-of-the-art technology to North America and the rest of the world, as market adoption begins."
True Credentials Enterprise ID is offered as a managed service, simplifying deployment and reducing the costs that are often associated with internally developed solutions to manage users and associated digital credentials, tokens or smart cards. The solution will help organizations reduce risks of identity and information theft, ensure regulatory compliance and increase business advantages.
True Credentials Enterprise ID benefits include:
o Flexible workflow management and Professional Services expertise, enabling customization to meet the needs of individual organizations
o Integrated lifecycle management of digital certificates (soft tokens) and physical devices (USB tokens, smart cards), supporting both flexible user authentication options and ease of deployment
o Advanced administration capabilities, such as smart card and user profile personalization, dual management control, and flexible certificate request process
o User-oriented security profile, making it simple to issue and manage multiple certificates per user for authentication, encryption and signing
o LDAP directory integration with organizations' existing user databases
o Highly scalable architecture, capable of supporting the largest of organizations with tens of thousands of users
o Industry leading Service Level Agreements
o Cost effective and expandable solution for identity management of individuals
"By 2007, 80 percent of organizations will reach the password breaking point and will need to strengthen user authentication with alternative security methods," according to recent research from Gartner's Ant Allan. "All organizations should look to use stronger authentication in high-risk situations, such as remote access now, and consider wider use of stronger authentication by the end of 2007."(1)
True Credentials Enterprise ID has been in production for over three years in Europe, and was part of the technology acquired in GeoTrust's recent purchase of TC TrustCenter, one of Europe's largest suppliers of advanced certificate management solutions. Existing TC TrustCenter customers include HBOS (Halifax Bank of Scotland), Siemens, SAP, Airbus and many government agencies.
Pricing & Availability
GeoTrust True Credentials Enterprise ID is available immediately and is priced based on the configuration and number of users. Please visit http://www.geotrust.com/, or call 866-511-4141 for more details.
About GeoTrust, Inc.
GeoTrust is the leader in identity verification, credentialing and validation solutions, and the fastest growing Certificate Authority, according to market research firm Netcraft. Its products include web security services for secure e-commerce transactions, identity verification for consumers, managed security services for enterprises, digital signing for documents and computer code, and TrustWatch (http://www.trustwatch.com/), a free toolbar and search site that helps consumers recognize whether a site has been verified and is safe for the exchange of confidential information. With more than 100,000 companies worldwide using its technology for online security, GeoTrust has rapidly become the second largest digital certificate provider in the world. The company recently acquired TC TrustCenter, a leading German Certificate Authority and provider of advanced enterprise security and smart card solutions. Visit http://www.geotrust.com/ for more information.
GeoTrust and True Credentials are registered trademarks of GeoTrust, Inc. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
(1) Gartner Research "Best Practices for Managing Passwords in Their Twilight Years" by Ant Allan. December 16, 2005.
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