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Entrust Extends Next-Generation Enhanced Internet Security Leadership with Launch of Entrust TruePass? 6.0 Software

Zero-footprint strong identification extended through additional options including smart cards, mobile phones and others to provide more flexible, efficient methods for customers to further leverage their investment

15 Apr 2002

DALLAS - Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a leading global provider of enhanced Internet security products and solutions, today launched Entrust TruePass? 6.0 software. The new version is a key component of the Entrust Secure Web Portal Solution, offering organizations the comprehensive enhanced Internet security required to help them manage trusted relationships with partners, employees and customers through high value Web portals. 

In support of today's announcement**, ActivCard, Datakey, GemPlus, Oberthur, Rainbow and Schlumberger are announcing plans to provide Entrust Ready Smart Cards that integrate with Entrust TruePass? software v6.0.

"There is no 'one size fits all' solution for user authentication. Even within one organization, it is unlikely that any one authentication method will be universally applicable," said Ant Allan, research director, Information Security, Gartner. "Organizations need the flexibility to deploy authentication methods as appropriate both to the particular needs and capabilities of different users and to the value of the information and services those users are accessing."

Entrust TruePass? 6.0 zero-footprint software can help organizations securely verify the credentials identity of the individuals who are visiting and using their Web portal and secure the associated transactions.  Entrust TruePass strongly authenticates end users, provides an auditable record of transactions through the use of digital signatures, and helps protect the privacy of information transmitted end-to-end from the browser to back-end servers.  Entrust TruePass, the first solution to offer both the deployment benefits of a JavaTM technology-based application with the assurance of the Federal Information Processing Standards and Publication (FIPS) 140-1 validation, provides industry-leading protection of information privacy and verification of online transactions.

The existing strong identification capabilities of Entrust TruePass have been extended in version 6.0 to include the use of the following additional methods of authentication to meet an organization's need for enhanced identification:

  • Roaming authentication with a local generation of the digital identity
  • Local workstation Digital ID storage
  • Mobile phone via SMS messaging with the optional PIN Server
  • Token support
  • Smartcard support

In addition to the expanded 2nd factor authentication support, key feature updates in Entrust TruePass include the following:

  • Support for 3rd Party Certificates: Entrust TruePass can now leverage Digital IDs issued from other Certificate Authorities.  This allows customers to leverage certificates issued by Trusted Third Parties (TTP) as well as enabling a smooth migration path for organizations looking to move to Entrust's industry leading solution. Client side key generation and storage is now supported through improved integration with Microsoft's built-in security framework.
  • Interoperability with non-Entrust Environments: Digital IDs used with Entrust TruePass software can be used to authenticate to other organizations' web portals leveraging standard SSL authentication.  This provides Entrust customers with much more flexibility, whether in enabling business-to-business transactions or allowing TTPs to extend their market opportunities.
  • Expanded Platform Support: Entrust TruePass software v.6.0 adds support for a wider variety of Application Servers, Web Browsers, any Web Server platform, and Server and Client Operating Systems.

"Entrust TruePass 6.0 helps strengthen our Secure Web Portal Solution by allowing businesses and governments alike to utilize its enhanced identification capabilities to enable more trusted relationships with partners and employees," said Mark Davis, chief marketing officer, Entrust, Inc. "Support for multiple methods of authentication, including smart cards, provides customers with efficient enhanced security that can be extended over time."

The new version is a key component of the Entrust Secure Web Portal Solution. This solution includes Entrust GetAccess? 4.6, Entrust Authority?, and the newly released Entrust TruePassTM 6.0 software. The Entrust Secure Web Portal Solution provides the identification, entitlements, verification, privacy and security management capabilities to provide the enhanced Internet security required for high value Web portals. It helps organizations manage trusted relationships with partners and employees by providing more secure, personalized Web access to relationship critical, sensitive content and applications. These organizations can realize new revenue and cost savings opportunities by establishing more trusted relationships with end user organizations or employees as they move transactions to the Web with appropriate levels of security.

Entrust is working with leading Web portal application providers including BEA, Plumtree Software, Sun Microsystems and TIBCO Software and to allow organizations to leverage existing investments and relationships by combining Entrust industry-leading security solutions with the portal application provider of their choice. Formal customer integration guides, are available directly from Entrust at http://www.entrust.com/resources/index.htm (see right hand side of Web page).

**Supporting Comments from Entrust Smart Card Partners

ActivCard
"Entrust TruePass v6.0 software, includes valuable new capabilities and a new level of flexibility. By combining ActivCard and Entrust solutions to take advantage of our joint strengths, customers enjoy a secure, ease-to-deploy, ease-to-use digital identity solution," said Jean-Luc Azou, Sr. Product Manager at ActivCard.  "As an Entrust Ready partner, ActivCard offers the industry leading smart card software solution, ActivCard Gold. Our solutions provide full support for Entrust's PKI solutions, leveraging multiple smart card platforms and authentication methods, to offer customers a full range of digital identity products that deliver a compelling return on investment."

Datakey
"As enterprises turn to the Web for conducting day-to-day business operations, trust and security are mandatory," said Tim Russell, vice-president and general manager, Datakey. "Entrust TruePass software and Datakey smart card technology represent an interoperable, flexible and secure solution that allow these organizations to leverage the Web as a medium for connecting business partners and users."

Gemplus
"As an increasing number of today's high-level business transactions take place in open web-based environments, PKI and smart cards are required for creating the appropriate level of trust for parties involved," said Olivier Chavrier, Director Gemplus Enterprise & Government Solutions. "In this context, Gemplus is pleased to complement the Entrust TruePass software with our GemSAFE smart card solutions, allowing enterprises to deploy secured, durable and convenient value-added services for their customers."

Oberthur
"In a continuous effort to facilitate the deployment smart card-based PKI solutions, actively supports the integration of its AuthentIC product range within the new Entrust TruePass 6.0 offer", said Marc Bertin, marketing director for the financial and ID sectors. "Oberthur Card Systems aims to reduce the technical and security entry barriers for its customers through a strategy based on open standards by associating with leaders in PKI solutions, such as Entrust."

Rainbow
"We are looking forward to the testing of Entrust TruePass software's integration with iKey being completed in the next few weeks," said David Lynch, vice president of marketing, Rainbow eSecurity.  "This solution's easy installation and easy deployment to even large enterprise environments will remove the complexity normally associated with deploying strong Web security technology.  We look forward to working on additional integration opportunities with Entrust for our growing Web security product family."

Schlumberger
"The Schlumberger DeXa.Badge solution provides customers with comprehensive enterprise security for both physical and logical access to resources", said Sanjaya Sood, vice president, Security Solutions at Schlumberger. "Integrating Entrust's True Pass client into a smart card enables Schlumberger DeXa.Badge to offer customers a vastly improved ease of deployment, eliminating the need for any client software, and streamlining the support and maintenance of enterprise security infrastructure. Our collaboration with Entrust has resulted in greater efficiency and value for customers operating in a  Windows 2000 environment".

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