RSA ClearTrust software helps partners, sales and inventory staff to quickly access critical Web resources in a secure environment
Bedford, MA— RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security®, today announced that Hershey Foods has chosen the RSA ClearTrust Web access management solution to deploy a single sign-on (SSO) application for its extranet. The implementation allows users to securely access multiple resources and applications while logging on only once per session, because the user's profile and privilege information is carried over from the main portal. This seamless authentication provides for a better user experience, particularly important in Hershey's customer- and partner-facing e-business applications.
In addition to SSO capabilities, RSA ClearTrust software gives Hershey a single, central-management solution for controlling all users' access. RSA ClearTrust software was designed to provide IT departments the ability to control access to specific Web resources, based on definable user attributes, business rules and security policies that directly reflect an organization's e-business objectives.
"We needed to improve our e-business efficiency and Web-resource security by combining a number of server sites and establishing an extranet with controlled access through user privilege management," said lead e-business systems architect, Steve Hendrie, Hershey Foods. "The RSA ClearTrust solution was the most logical choice for user privilege management and Web SSO because of its platform flexibility and fast implementation, which resulted in significant time and cost savings for us. Now, our partners, brokers, sales force and inventory staff can easily get the information they need while we control the information they can access."
RSA ClearTrust software is an easy-to-deploy, rules-based authorization solution that is designed to centrally control and manage user access privileges to Web resources based on definable user attributes, business rules and security policies that directly reflect the objectives of an organization's e-business infrastructure. Security managers decide who gets to access which Web resources, and then the RSA ClearTrust solution enforces these corporate policies consistently across the e-business infrastructure.
"We're pleased to help Hershey streamline access to its e-business services through RSA ClearTrust software," said Bill McQuaide, senior vice president of marketing at RSA Security. "RSA ClearTrust software helps Hershey establish a comprehensive user-privilege policy that gives users easy access by logging in just once per session, yet tightly secures the organization's Web resources. This level of enablement and security from a single vendor makes us a strategic partner for the long haul."
About Hershey Foods
Hershey Foods Corporation (NYSE : HSY) is the leading North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and non-chocolate confections and chocolate-related grocery products and has a variety of international operations.
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 ClearTrust® Web access management, RSA BSAFE® encryption and RSA Keon® digital certificate management product families. With approximately one billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide, more than ten 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 online economy. RSA Security can be reached at www.rsasecurity.com.
