RSA Security has announced the RSA BSAFE Micro Edition product line, a complete solution for developers building security into embedded and wireless devices.
The product line, which includes RSA BSAFE SSL-C Micro Edition, RSA BSAFE Cert-C Micro Edition and RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition, helps developers maintain the highest levels of interoperability between the wired and wireless worlds while securing constrained devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, new consumer electronic devices and wireless LAN or VOIP equipment.
Organisations must combat the new set of security threats that evolve with wireless communications, including cloning, malicious code attacks, lost or stolen devices, theft of content and denial of service.
Using the RSA BSAFE Micro Edition product line, software and hardware vendors can build products to overcome these risks in high-performance mobile communications. The software is also intended to offer developers the ability to rapidly add cryptographic security to wireless or embedded products, and maximise an organisation`s security investment by ensuring interoperability with the existing wired infrastructure.
The RSA BSAFE Micro Edition product line is designed to allow vendors to:
* Build digital signing, digital identity and payment features in one device.
* Build secure end-to-end communication channels essential for enterprise applications.
* Verify signed software code on the device to reduce the threat of malicious code attacks.
* Reduce theft and generate more revenue for services.
A renewed focus on security has centred on the importance of digital identity. Enterprise customers are looking for products that authenticate users and provide a bridge between the physical and virtual worlds. Vendors building next generation mobile solutions for the enterprise can use RSA BSAFE Micro Edition software to embed security functionality that creates personal trusted devices with digital signing capabilities.
The software is also designed to help developers support industry standards - WAP, IEEE and IETF - and alleviate the need to conduct extensive interoperability testing. By partnering with RSA Security, organisations can use RSA BSAFE Micro Edition software to help reduce development costs and help generate revenue by being first to market with features that deliver a real competitive advantage.
"The RSA BSAFE Micro Edition product line is designed to help developers overcome the hurdles of memory constraints, performance optimisations, time-to-market pressures and the complexities of making robust security fit in an embedded device," said Peter Burgess, territory manager: sub-Saharan Africa at RSA Security. "The new product family is based on our experience of working with customers like Matsushita, Ericsson, Nokia, Phillips, Palm, Thompson, Sony and Symbian."
Pricing and availability
The RSA BSAFE Micro Edition product will be available within 60 days at no charge for evaluation. Production use requires a commercial licence. For more information, please visit www.rsasecurity.com/products/bsafe
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