BEDFORD, MA.— RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security, today announced that its RSA SecurID® authentication technology has helped enable Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars to securely migrate its dealer extranet to the Internet and achieve significant cost and efficiency benefits.
Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars provides its worldwide dealership network with online car ordering, chassis database facilities and detailed information on warranties and parts. It is essential to ensure that only bona fide dealers are accessing this commercially valuable and detailed technical data.
"RSA SecurID authentication software has helped enable us to use the Internet as a secure, cost-effective and efficient extension of our corporate network and has given us confidence that we know exactly who is accessing our systems," said Mike Mayer, technical support manager at Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars.
In addition, migrating the extranet to the Internet from a private X25-based system has reduced infrastructure costs for the company, lowered connection costs for dealers, eliminated the requirement for additional hardware or software at the dealership, and facilitated and expedited the exchange of information.
"A principal barrier hindering greater use of the Internet for genuine business-to-business e-commerce is security," said Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing and corporate development at RSA Security. "RSA SecurID authentication software is designed to provide a simple, cost-effective and strong security mechanism that helps organizations know who they're doing business with in the wired world."
Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars is now rolling out the solution across its entire network of dealerships based in more than 80 countries worldwide and is evaluating RSA SecurID authentication technology as a standard security mechanism for remote access to its corporate local area network (LAN).
About RSA SecurID® Authentication Software
RSA SecurID® authentication software is a leading solution for two-factor
user authentication. RSA SecurID software is designed to protect valuable
network resources by helping to ensure that only authorized users are
granted access to e-mail, Web servers, intranets, extranets, network
operating systems and other resources. RSA SecurID authenticators function
similarly to ATM cards, requiring users to identify themselves using
a combination of two unique factors - something they have (the authenticator)
and something they know (a PIN) - before they gain access to network
resources. The RSA SecurID family offers a wide range of easy-to-use
authenticators, from time-synchronous tokens to smart cards, that help
to create a strong barrier against unauthorized access, helping to safeguard
network resources from potentially devastating accidental or malicious
intrusion.
About Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars
For further information, please contact Deborah Risby, Corporate PR
Manager on +44 1270 535189 or deborah.risby@rrmc.co.uk.
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc., The Most Trusted Name in e-Security™, helps organizations
build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA SecurID®
two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE® encryption and RSA Keon® digital
certificate management systems. With more than a half billion RSA BSAFE-enabled
applications in use worldwide, more than seven million RSA SecurID authentication
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.
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