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RSA CONFERENCE EUROPE 2007/LONDON, UK— RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today announced an expansion of its solutions designed to make information security a reality for organizations worldwide, and to help them solve their most sensitive and complex security challenges.

Key to this expansion are RSA's moves to provide organizations with a comprehensive and effective means of recognizing, assessing and mitigating the risks that information is exposed to throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used. Armed with a holistic view of risk related to information across the enterprise - and a complete picture of the ever-changing nature of information's value and associated threats - organizations can more aggressively address business challenges, and explore new markets, partnerships, business models and innovations with greater confidence.

RSA's announcements at RSA® Conference Europe include an extended technical partnership with Symbian - along with the availability of the RSA SecurID® Software Token 2.2 for Symbian OS™ and UIQ. This will help enable businesspeople using smartphones based on UIQ and Symbian OS to leverage their devices to access protected corporate information securely, eliminating the need to carry a separate, stand-alone authenticator. RSA also unveiled the findings of a new Datamonitor study conducted amongst European financial services organizations. The research demonstrates how these organizations are addressing the challenges associated with managing information, and the risks information is exposed to as it flows throughout the enterprise.

"RSA's drive to re-focus information security onto the information itself - via a continuous and holistic view of information risk throughout the lifecycle - is resonating with our customers and partners," said Art Coviello, EVP, EMC Corporation and President of RSA, The Security Division of EMC. "This speaks to the market's recognition that information security is an information management problem, and one that needs to be approached not just strategically but culturally within organizations. Addressed in this way, security can provide the platform for innovation and other, dynamic new business behaviors - and help organizations achieve their full potential."

RSA's information-centric approach matches the desire it is seeing from customers to get out of the reactive phase when it comes to information security. Protecting information is one of the core elements of EMC's information infrastructure strategy, and RSA's charter - to bind security directly to information and the people who need it - supports the strategy through the delivery of end-to-end protection.

Traditional approaches - which focus on network and perimeter security to reduce risk to critical business information - can open the door to other forms of information risk that have the potential to undermine key business initiatives. Using a combination of RSA and EMC technologies, new services, best practices and a strategic partner ecosystem, RSA's comprehensive information risk management solution is designed to enable businesses to place controls where they are needed across the entire information lifecycle, helping to ensure that information is always an asset and never a liability.

"Information security is becoming a fundamental component in the design of business systems and processes. A holistic approach is required that addresses the needs of information availability, accessibility, authenticity, integrity and protection from misuse," said Graham Titterington, Principal Analyst at Ovum. "This can only be achieved by designing them in to our systems and processes. Security is no longer a bolt-on extra."

Today's Announcements

RSA is today making the following announcements on how it is continuing to build out the information-centric security strategy - and facilitate business acceleration through a focus on secure data and a holistic approach to managing information risk; please see the individual press releases for more detail:

RSA-Datamonitor Research reveals Information Risk Management is high on the EMEA banking agenda - but progress remains slow

Findings from RSA's European Information Risk Management survey, conducted by Datamonitor, demonstrate that banks are keenly aware of the importance of managing information risk at a strategic level. However, in practice, there is still much confusion around how to best to address the issue on a holistic and practical basis.

The research was designed to gain insight into how banks currently address information risk in a climate where high profile security breaches occur on a weekly basis - and in an environment where robust data protection is critical to maintaining customer loyalty and business reputation. Two-thirds of respondents surveyed said that it is important to approach Information Risk Management at an enterprise level; however, much progress remains to be made as only 32% indicated that they have already addressed the initial stage of removing silos for managing information security.

RSA Delivers Authentication Choice to More Smartphone Users

The release of RSA SecurID® Software Token 2.2 for Symbian OS™ and UIQ further broadens the reach of RSA SecurID two-factor authentication; RSA also offers mobile software authenticators for RIM® BlackBerry™, Windows Mobile® 5 and 6, Java™ Micro Edition and Palm® devices. The ability to use more mobile devices as authenticators allows enterprise IT managers to strengthen security while maximizing smartphone investments and making authentication simple and convenient for users.

Germany's quirin bank Selects RSA's Strong Authentication to Protect Sensitive Customer Data and Accelerate its Business

Berlin-based quirin bank has selected and deployed the RSA SecurID® two-factor authentication solution for thousands of the bank's private and institutional investors, as well as for its financial advisors. Customized two-factor authentication tokens - featuring the quirin bank logo - have been fully integrated with quirin's web portal for customers and staff, with both systems supplied by the bank's technology partner ITREXS.

More information on RSA's announcements and related initiatives may be found online at www.rsa.com/rsaconferenceeurope2007. In addition, RSA's information-centric security solutions will be featured in Booth #1 at RSA Conference Europe 2007, October 22-24, 2007, at ExCel London in the United Kingdom.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used.

RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control, encryption & key management, compliance & security information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit www.RSA.com and www.EMC.com.