Internet security leaders RSA Security and SafeNet have announced that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement to create wireless VPN clients for the mobile marketplace based on RSA Security technology.
The companies will contribute components of their field-proven technologies to provide end-to-end security for a variety of wireless Internet devices including personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones and pagers.
The powerful combination of RSA BSAFE software and SafeNet`s SecureIP Technology is designed to help set the standard and provide a foundation to build secure wireless applications. With approximately one billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, customers, end-users and OEMs can be assured that they are receiving the highest level of interoperability and connectivity available for wireless users trying to connect to access points.
According to Gartner Dataquest, shipments of PDAs and mobile phones will grow to a staggering 34 million by the year 2004. With the increase of organisations using wireless devices for vital business communications, the need for securing these m-commerce applications is emerging. Organisations must combat the new set of security threats that evolve with wireless communications including cloning, untrusted code, lost/stolen devices, theft of content and denial of service. The combination of these field-proven technologies will be designed to provide users with high-performance mobile communications and trusted security.
"This strategic partnership will allow both organisations to take advantage of established marketing channels and best-of-class technological foundations," said Peter Burgess, territory manager: sub-Saharan Africa at RSA Security. "As we continue to expand our security expertise into the new mobile world, SafeNet will help us meet this goal. We`ve partnered with SafeNet in the past to develop advanced solutions to integrate digital certificate technology with VPN technology. This latest agreement is the next logical step for the leaders in VPN and e-security to develop trusted security for mobile business communications."
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RSA Security Inc, the most trusted name in e-security, helps organisations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA SecurID two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE encryption and RSA Keon digital certificate management systems.
With approximately one billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than nine 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 www.rsasecurity.com.
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