RSA Security has announced RSA SecurID Card Studio, a cryptographic smart card personalisation system that enables a single card to be programmed for network access, digital credentials, physical building access and corporate identification. It is designed to enable organisations to deploy smart cards quickly and effectively throughout the enterprise by allowing them to securely personalise and manage the deployment of their smart cards.
The newest addition to the RSA Single Sign-on Portfolio, it is designed to allow customers to sign on to their system once and gain access to multiple applications. RSA SecurID Card Studio significantly reduces administrative and security costs by providing businesses with the functionality to personalise their own RSA SecurID 3100 Smart Cards, issue new cards and easily replace lost cards. It also simplifies the user experience by combining multiple applications, such as system access, corporate IDs and building access, onto a single smart card.
"RSA Security offers a comprehensive secure smart card solution to improve security, increase the overall return on investment and enhance the protection of the customer`s single digital credential through single sign-on," said Peter Burgess, territory manager: sub-Saharan Africa at RSA Security.
The RSA SecurID Card Studio management system includes an electronic Smart Card personalisation system that automatically formats chips for RSA Keon PKI, generates key pairs, requests certificates from the RSA Keon Certificate Server, and creates a photo ID for smart cards. It also includes imaging software, camera and printer for designing and producing cards, and provides an integrated magnetic stripe reader and supports pre-programmed proximity access cards for use with physical building access readers.
RSA SecurID Card Studio adds to the RSA Single Sign-on Portfolio of products by enhancing the protection of digital credentials. It also demonstrates the company`s commitment to delivering trusted smart card solutions. Both RSA SecurID Card Studio and RSA SecurID 3100 Smart Cards are designed to provide secure single sign-on to the desktop, the network and to applications through seamless integration with RSA Keon Advanced PKI and RSA BSAFE toolkits.
"The RSA SecurID Card Studio improves the convenience of deploying a single cryptographic smart card for secure authentication to multiple applications," said Charles Kolodgy, research manager for International Data Corporation (IDC). "We believe that smart cards are becoming a critical component of e-security initiatives within enterprises. With the RSA SecurID Card Studio, it will be easier for enterprises to administer and deploy smart card solutions. Cards allow complete credential portability and can be used for single sign-on login access to the desktop, the network and the applications."
Pricing and availability
RSA SecurID Card Studio is available immediately through RSA Security. For more information, please visit www.rsasecurity.com/products/securid
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RSA Security, 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 public key management systems. With more than a half billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than seven 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.