Entrust Delivers Seamless Strong Security for IBM WebSphere

Entrust® solution speeds integration and deployment of strong authentication, digital signatures and encryption for sensitive applications

20 Dec 2004

DALLAS – Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a world leader in Identity and Access Management solutions, announced today availability of the strong security of the Entrust TruePass™ system for IBM WebSphere*. The Entrust TruePass 7.0 system, a key component of the Entrust® Secure Identity Management Solution, provides easy to deploy strong authentication, digital signatures and encryption for IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0 and WebSphere Portal Server 5.0.

Strong security can help enable customers to expand the use of the Web for critical business applications by helping to protect sensitive information and transactions from unauthorized access. Demonstrating the ongoing commitment of Entrust and IBM to helping customers deploy business applications online, the Entrust Secure Identity Management Solution provides customers with a tightly integrated security solution for identity and access management.

The Entrust TruePass software is a zero-footprint, easy to deploy a solution for strongly authenticating users and protecting transactions with digital signatures and encryption. The Entrust TruePass system is FIPS 140-2 validated and deployed at leading organizations to protect sensitive applications.

Entrust and IBM have a long-standing history of providing global customers with complete and secure business solutions. This latest release of the Entrust TruePass system can help enable customers to easily add enhanced levels of security to their Web applications, which in turn can help to promote the use of Web applications in order to better streamline business operations.

To help customers speed their deployment, Entrust and IBM have published an integration guide that illustrates how to add strong authentication to IBM WebSphere using the Entrust TruePass solution. This integration guide is downloadable from the right-hand navigation menu located here: http://www.entrust.com/partners/profiles/ibm.htm

“Relationships are critical to Entrust’s success, and this announcement reinforces our strong history of collaboration with IBM,” said Chris Voice, Vice President, Secure Identity Management at Entrust. “The latest release of the Entrust TruePass product is an excellent example of how Entrust and its partners are working to provide customers with a tightly integrated secure identity management solution.”

The Entrust TruePass system is an integral component of the Entrust Secure Identity Management Solution and is available directly from Entrust or indirectly through authorized channels. The Entrust Secure Identity Management Solution is a comprehensive solution for securely managing identities and access for users, applications and devices across client-server, Web and Web service architectures. With the growing interest in Information Security Governance in the market today, the Entrust Secure Identity Management Solution can help organizations improve compliance with laws like Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, California Privacy SB1386, and FISMA.

*Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

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