SECUDE’s FinallySecure Enterprise Achieves RSA Secured Partner Program Certification

SECUDE International AG announced today that its Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) and Full Disk Encryption (FDE) solution, FinallySecure Enterprise, received RSA Secured® technology partner program certification. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) February 16, 2009 - Zurich, Switzerland – SECUDE International AG today announces that it has joined the RSA Secured® Partner Program to certify interoperability between FinallySecure Enterprise and the RSA SecurID® SID800 Hybrid Authenticator produced by RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC). This certification signifies that a technical partnership has been established to increase enterprise security for joint customers. FinallySecure is a hybrid Full Disk Encryption (FDE) solution that supports both software- and hardware-based full disk encryption. FinallySecure enables early adoption and migration to the upcoming wave of hardware–based FDE technologies such as Seagate Momentus Full Disk Encryption disk drives.

The RSA SecurID SID800 hybrid authenticator and SECUDE FinallySecure Enterprise are now technically interoperable to help provide increased protection for pre-boot authentication and hard disk encryption. Users can store the keys necessary to unlock the encrypted data on their hard drive on an RSA SecurID hybrid authenticator, which is the same device that can be enabled to generate one-time passwords, and in combonation with a user’s PIN, provide two-factor authentication capabilties to gain secure access to networked resources throughout the enterprise.

“Cooperation is a cornerstone of security,”, says Tristan Kromer, VP and General Manager of the Data Protection Division at SECUDE. “The challenges of today’s IT environment require strong companies working together in a partnership that produces more than the sum of it’s parts. SECUDE is very pleased to be working together with RSA to help protect customer data.”

“We are pleased that SECUDE has achieved interoperability between RSA SecurID technology and FinallySecure Enterprise as it is more critical than ever for enterprises to increase the security and access to valuable corporate information no matter where it lives or how it is accessed,” said D.J. Long, Senior Director, Corporate Development at RSA. “The technical interoperability between our products is a natural fit as the RSA SecurID hybrid authenticator is engineered to combine the simplicity and portability of an RSA SecurID authenticator with the flexibility of a smart card to provide users with a unified master key for securing both remote access and an organization’s critical data assets.”

SECUDE's FinallySecure provides total Data-at-Rest (DAR) security with software- or hardware-based Full Disk Encryption (FDE). FinallySecure is the first link in the End-to-End authentication chain, providing an Adaptive Technology with Risk Management and Productivity gains for end-to-end security. This complete security umbrella protects against loss of data, fines from non-compliance, and destruction of brand value.

The RSA Secured Implementation Guide detailing usage with FinallySecure can be found here:
http://www.rsa.com/rsasecured/guides/imp_pdfs/Secude_and_RSA_SID800%5B1%5D.pdf

FinallySecure Enterprise with centralized management fulfills critical business needs by allowing customer migration not only within the Windows® world, but with regards to the next generation of hardware-based Full Disk Encryption (FDE) hard disk drives (HDDs) being created by Seagate, Hitachi, Fujitsu, and others. Partnering with hardware vendors for encryption unlocks advantages such as increased performance, secure cryptographic erase functionalities, and advanced key management. Customers can close the legacy gap between old operating systems and new hardware by deploying one solution designed to meet rigorous data protection compliance standards while providing a greater experience for users and IT administrators.

FinallySecure allows businesses to survive, adapt and grow in a heterogeneous IT eco-system.

Further information about FinallySecure Enterprise, visit: http://www.finallysecure.com

About the RSA Secured Partner Program:

The RSA Secured Partner Program is one of the largest alliance programs of its type, bringing over a dozen years of experience and hundreds of complementary solutions together. RSA SecurID®, RSA® Access Manager, RSA® Digital Certificate Manager, RSA® Federated Identity Manager and RSA® Key Manager certification programs bring added assurance to customers that the solutions they are deploying are certified as interoperable with industry leading products, helping them achieve faster time to deployment and lower overall cost of ownership. The RSA Secured Partner Program reflects RSA’s commitment to providing standards-based interoperability and mutual vendor support to customers using its identity assurance and access management solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.rsa.com.

About SECUDE

SECUDE International AG is a market leader in SAP Security and End-to-End Data Protection, delivering a higher level of IT Security to organizations around the world. SECUDE is a member of SECUDE AG and was founded in 1996 out of a partnership between SAP AG and the Fraunhofer Institute in Darmstadt, Germany. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, we have a world-wide partner and customer base and with offices in Europe, USA, Asia, and the Middle East.

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