Entrust Ships Seventh-Generation Market-leading Security Management Product
Entrust Authority? Security Manager 7.0 delivers privacy, accountability and audit
13 May 2003
DALLAS - Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a leader in securing digital identities and information, today announced the commercial availability of Entrust Authority? Security Manager 7.0 (Security Manager).
Version 7.0 extends Security Manager's position as the leading Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI), delivering new features that enhance its interoperability across a broader range of supported applications and customer environments, while continuing to drive down the cost of deploying and administering security. The latest release of Entrust Authority Security Manager also provides customers with more flexibility to meet the specific requirements of diverse security policies - including those mandated by privacy legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
"The strong interoperability and administration features in Version 7.0 continue to strengthen Entrust Authority Security Manager's position as the most comprehensive security management solution for PKI in the market today," said Ian Curry, vice-president and chief marketing officer at Entrust. "Governments and enterprises can count on Entrust Authority to deliver strong security capabilities that provide accountability and privacy across a broad range of business solutions."
Security Manager 7.0 provides comprehensive security management for native applications in the Microsoft Windows operating system, such as the Microsoft File Encrypting System, Smart Card login and others built on the Microsoft Cryptographic Application Protocol Interface (CAPI) - the interface between Windows desktop applications and security capabilities such as authentication, encryption and digital signatures.
"Enterprises which have a compelling need for the key management services a fully-featured PKI system can offer should expect the market leaders to improve functions and reports in order to meet organizational needs," said Victor S. Wheatman, Managing Vice President with Gartner, Inc. "Using the built-in PKI-dependent capabilities already within the Microsoft operating system makes economic good sense, particularly if you can manage them with better tools than are currently provided."
In addition, Security Manager 7.0 provides support for applications that require additional or dedicated key pairs for higher value transaction signatures, as required by the IETF RFC 3039 Standard. Furthermore, Security Manager 7.0 supports environments where the customer's policy demands that cryptographic key pairs be split between smart cards and disk storage, without compromising automated administration and user transparency.
Version 7.0 enables customers to reduce costs by integrating Entrust Authority system monitoring into existing system administration infrastructures. Customized XML-based audit logs and reports are published to third-party network management solutions using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
As an optional component, Version 7.0 offers an easy-to-use Web-based administrative console that enables organizations to delegate end user security administration to the local level, such as branch offices. All of the deployment and cost-savings benefits of this Web capability are delivered along with the necessary strong security to provide accountability and privacy for the complete spectrum of administrative actions.
About Entrust Authority Security Manager
Entrust Authority Security Manager is the common security management backbone for Entrust's broad portfolio of security solutions for Web portals, identity management administration, Web services, and desktop applications, including the recently announced Entrust Entelligence? Security Provider. Entrust Authority Security Manager manages the full lifecycle of Digital Identities required to transparently automate all security-related processes in an organization. It is the underlying security infrastructure that issues, manages and administers user keys and certificates and is the centralized, auditable policy manager that enforces policies automatically and in real-time.
First introduced to market in 1994, Entrust Authority Security Manager was the first product to receive Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-1 certification (1995) and Common Criteria certification (1999). With over 800 customers to date, Entrust Authority Security Manager has captured the largest market share in the PKI space, and year-after-year has been recognized through prestigious awards by leading security publications and organizations, including most recently the Information Security Excellence Award, InfoWorld Reader's Choice Award, and Network Computing Referenz Award.
More information about the entire Entrust Authority portfolio is available at our website at http://www.entrust.com/authority/index.htm
Product Availability
Entrust Authority Security Manager 7.0 is available directly from Entrust or indirectly through authorized channels.