Entrust Provides Security Foundation for Three of the Top Four E-Governments
Accenture study ranks leading e-governments in delivery of advanced electronic citizen services
03 May 2005
DALLAS – Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a world-leader in securing digital identities and information, is pleased to announce that Entrust solutions provide the security foundation for three of the top four e-governments, as ranked by the latest Accenture global study. These governments include Canada, Denmark and Singapore. In addition, Entrust has deployments in over 60 Federal agencies and departments within the United States government, ranked second out of the 22 surveyed governments.
The study, "Leadership In Customer Service: New Expectations, New Experiences", ranked the Government of Canada as number one among 22 world governments, for the fifth year in a row, in the delivery of e-government services and customer satisfaction. The Government of Canada is a premier Entrust customer, employing the company's solutions to help transform the way citizens access and use government services. The Government of Canada’s Secure Channel infrastructure, a leading factor in Canada’s e-government success, is made possible due to Entrust security technologies.
“We are extremely proud that the world's top e-governments – being recognized for citizen-centered, outcome-oriented and cost effective services – are our customers,” said Bill Conner, President, Chairman and CEO of Entrust. “For the governments we work with, and the millions of citizens they serve, the results of this study demonstrate that Entrust is a trusted leader for securing global on-line government services and citizen information.”
The Accenture study ranked governments based on four facets of leadership in customer service: citizen-centered, multi-channel, cross-government and proactively communicated interactions. Canada ranked highest overall, followed by the United States, both ranked as e-government “trendsetters”. Denmark, Singapore, Australia, France, Japan, Norway and Finland were ranked in the second tier category as “challengers”.