Latest Entrust IdentityGuard Release Marries Authentication Platform, Digital Certificates

Entrust IdentityGuard 9.2 now available, includes support for digital certificates, mobile SMS soft tokens 


DALLAS, June 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hosted PKI solutions and strong authentication platforms provide different, and proven, ways of enabling strong authentication for governments, financial institutions and enterprises. Now, Entrust, Inc., (NASDAQ:ENTU) marries the two, giving security-conscious organizations the option to have a complete strong authentication solution without the perceived complexity of deploying an in-house PKI.

"Digital certificates, particularly for strong authentication, represent an extremely high level of security and can now be deployed on one platform from a single security vendor," said Entrust President and CEO Bill Conner. "In an effort to make this level of security accessible for all, Entrust IdentityGuard 9.2 is now designed to seamlessly integrate with standard X.509 digital certificates - even if they were purchased from a third-party vendor."

Entrust's investment in providing interoperability between Entrust IdentityGuard 9.2 and the company's affordable hosted PKI product - Entrust Managed Services PKI - further extends a versatile authentication platform that already provides one of the widest ranges of authenticators on the market today. Now, organizations, regardless of size, can use digital certificates for strong authentication, but also leverage Entrust IdentityGuard's full range of authenticators.

Compatible with any X.509 digital certificate - whether from Entrust's managed digital certificate service or a third party - organizations may use Entrust IdentityGuard 9.2 as their central authentication platform to smartly match security to the appropriate level of risk. This scalability not only helps in strengthening enterprise security but can also help to improve an organization's return on investment. The digital certificates can be stored locally or on secure devices like smart cards or USB tokens.

Providing additional benefits from the investment, the same digital certificates can be deployed to secure mobile enterprise users. Compatible with the latest Apple iPhone operating system, Entrust IdentityGuard customers can use their existing X.509 digital certificates for strong remote access authentication to a Web-based application - and all from a single affordable authentication solution.

The combination also helps provide a high level of IP-based encryption for transmission of sensitive company information. Employees can authenticate via password, two-factor token or digital certificate. iPhone also supports WPA2 Enterprise with 802.1X authentication - the standard for Wi-Fi network protection.

"It's really a unique opportunity to be able to extend digital certificates, specifically for strong authentication, to help secure all facets of an enterprise environment," said Conner. "Making these two platforms interoperable was logical and provides additional methods for organization looking to improve their ROI."

Also new to this version, the platform's out-of-band authentication capabilities have been enhanced with the inclusion of one-time-passcode (OTP) SMS soft tokens. This useful feature enables organizations to send a configurable number of OTPs to a mobile device for use during authentication. Automatically replenished as needed, this dynamic soft-token approach delivers the strength of out-of-band authentication without the concern for constant network availability, delivery timing or software deployment to a mobile device.

Entrust IdentityGuard enables organizations to layer security - according to access requirements or the risk of a given transaction - across diverse users and applications. The platform's authentication options include strong username and password, IP-geolocation, device, questions and answers, out-of-band one-time passcode (delivered via voice, SMS or e-mail), grid cards, eGrid cards and a range of one-time-passcode tokens. Entrust IdentityGuard also provides multiple methods of supporting mutual authentication, including picture and caption replay.

About Entrust

Entrust provides trusted solutions that secure digital identities and information for enterprises and governments in 2,000 organizations spanning 60 countries. Offering trusted security for less, Entrust solutions represent the right balance between affordability, expertise and service. These include SSL, strong authentication, fraud detection, digital certificates and PKI. For information, call 888-690-2424, e-mail  or visit http://www.entrust.com/.

Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Entrust, Inc. or Entrust Limited. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. 

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