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Aladdin and OpenTrust Announce Collaboration |
The two companies form an alliance, producing a single, global trust platform for large companies.
London & Paris, April 4, 2007 - Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALDN), the leader in Digital Rights Management, strong authentication and content security solutions, and IDEALX, publisher of OpenTrust™, the market’s #1 Open Source Trust and Security Infrastructure, today announced their collaboration and guarantee interoperability of their respective solutions eToken (Token PKI) and OpenTrust (Card Management System, PKI ,digital signature and proof management).
This combined offer will be presented at Infosecurity Europe, 24-26 April 2007 in London.
The partnership combines the most advantageous aspects of the solutions proposed by two of the leading publishers in the information systems security market. Aladdin and IDEALX guarantee full interoperability of their solutions for smart card and/or USB drive management, Single Sign On and PKI implementation.
Innovations of IDEALX and Aladdin along with the combination of Aladdin’s eToken and IDEALX’s OpenTrust™ suite, form a chain of trust with a guaranteed a high level of security, a tool vital to the global security of the information systems of large companies.
As part of their agreement, the two publishers propose an integrated solution which combines the securing of data with eToken, the management of token distribution (Card Management System) and a PKI. This solution guarantees an extremely secure environment for authentication, encryption and digital signatures.
Aladdin and IDEALX: Combining the strengths of solutions:
Aladdin eToken is the world leader for USB-based authentication solutions. Strong user authentication and password management solutions enable organizations to easily and efficiently expand business opportunities with secure network access, to improve data security through reinforced encryption and digital signatures and to lower costs and vulnerabilities through efficient password management.
OpenTrust™, IDEALX’s security and trust infrastructure is a secure solution for managing the life-cycle of certificates and cryptographic tokens. OpenTrust-SCM, the OpenTrust smart card manager, is a solution for deploying tokens and multi-use smart cards (PKI, SSO, Access Control, Electronic purse etc.) throughout enterprises, including those with decentralized structures. OPENTRUST-SCM provides all applications and services necessary for managing the life-cycle of smart cards. Such services include issuance & renewal, card replacement, remote unlocking as well as the secure management of compromised cards by alerting all concerned applications. A truly integrated strong authentication and encryption SSO solution, the OpenTrust™ infrastructure also provides enterprises with digital signature and proof management solutions.
To deploy legally recognized authentication, encryption and signature certificates, companies must use a PKI combined with a solution for managing the life-cycle of the devices on which the certificates are stored. To this end, several key European accounts have already chosen solutions proposed by Aladdin and IDEALX to guarantee the security and non-repudiation of transactions.
"Our OpenTrust offer associates smart card and PIN code and provides a solution that is both highly secure and easy to use, based on a security concept familiar to end users. This PIN code method of securing of credit/debit card payments is now increasingly commonplace in the UK. The alliance between OpenTrust™ and Aladdin will provide a global infrastructure that is easy to maintain” declared Olivier Guilbert, CEO of IDEALX.
“Our increasing number of customer references and this very alliance clearly demonstrate that it is by focusing on products that combine the latest technologies with convenience and ease of use for administrators and end users that enterprises are choosing our solutions” said Julien Champagne, Responsible of Enterprise Department at Aladdin France.
About Aladdin
Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALDN), founded in 1985, is a global provider of security solutions. Its security products are organized into two segments: Software Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Enterprise Security. Aladdin’s Software DRM products allow software developers and publishers to protect their intellectual property, increase revenues through licensing, and reduce losses from software piracy. Aladdin’s Enterprise Security solutions enable organizations to secure their information technology assets by controlling who has access to their networks (identity and password management) and what content their users can utilize (proactive content security). Aladdin has offices in 10 countries, a worldwide network of channel partners and holds numerous industry awards for innovation and reliability. For more information, please visit the Aladdin Web site at www.Aladdin.fr .
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