TORONTO, Canada, April 30, 2007 – Diversinet Corp. (OTCBB: DVNTF), a leading provider of wireless data security infrastructure products and services, today announced the Diversinet Provisioning Server can now be used to deploy RSA SecurID® Software Tokens, which now support the Java™ Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) and will soon support the latest Windows Mobile® 5.0 and 6.0 platforms. Support for these popular mobile platforms was announced today by RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC). By extending its support to this CT-KIP-compliant RSA SecurID technology, the Diversinet Provisioning Server can now be used by enterprises to simplify and secure the registration, delivery and activation of RSA SecurID Software Tokens on these leading mobile platforms.
Also, Diversinet today announced that it has joined the RSA Secured® Partner Program, formally certifying interoperability between the Diversinet Provisioning Server and RSA SecurID technology. This RSA Secured certification signifies that a strategic, technical partnership between the two companies has been extended to increase security for joint customers.
The Diversinet Provisioning Server helps to leverage widespread mobile devices that act as authenticators for secure remote access to confidential information by making it safe and easy for users to obtain, install and use the RSA SecurID Software Tokens provided to them by corporate enterprises – including financial institutions, healthcare providers and others. The Diversinet solution can be used by enterprises to extend their existing RSA SecurID deployments to their mobile workforces in the form of cost-effective software authenticators.
“With new support for Java ME and Windows Mobile platforms, RSA now provides two-factor authentication functionality for the majority of mobile platforms available on the market today. The Diversinet Provisioning Server helps to make it even easier to deploy an RSA SecurID Software Token on a mobile device. This provides a convenient mechanism for securely accessing network resources, and brings confidence, flexibility and choice in strong authentication to consumers and enterprises,” said Toffer Winslow, vice president of product management and product marketing, Consumer and Access Solutions at RSA. “With Diversinet’s help, we can help accelerate our joint customers’ business objectives by offering expanded security options and cost-savings opportunities, and build the confidence the market needs to sustain its growth by ensuring that confidential and sensitive data is being accessed securely by consumers, customers, partners and employees.”
The first commercial provisioning server to support the Cryptographic Token Key Initialization Protocol standard (CT-KIP), the Diversinet Provisioning Server ensures the highest level of security during the provisioning process, and offers convenient online or over-the-air provisioning of RSA SecurID Software Tokens. In addition to the broad range of leading mobile devices now supported, the Diversinet Provisioning Server can also be used with RSA SecurID Toolbar Tokens for Microsoft® Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox® browsers.
“Our Provisioning Server addresses the need for a fast, easy, secure way to handle large-scale deployments of RSA SecurID Software Tokens,” said Stuart Vaeth, chief security officer and vice president of business development for Diversinet. “With the expanded support for mobile platforms offered by RSA, enterprises now have an effective tool to help them provision a broader range of authenticators to their end users in the form of mobile devices their users already carry today.”
The Diversinet Provisioning Server works with an organization’s existing RSA SecurID infrastructure to provide complete provisioning services, including:
- Over-the-air or online download of RSA SecurID software authenticators;
- Secure provisioning of token seeds and associated configuration data to RSA SecurID applications; and
- Real-time generation and push of token seeds to RSA® Authentication Manager, the enterprise-class software that powers RSA SecurID technology.
The server is interoperable with RSA Authentication Manager and is also integrated with RSA® Deployment Manager, the web-based workflow automation system that speeds deployment of RSA SecurID software and hardware authenticators to end users.
Software authenticators are ideal for widespread, cost-effective consumer and enterprise adoption. Users don’t need to carry any extra devices with them because the software authenticator is already embedded in their mobile device, including smart phones, PDAs and laptop computers.
RSA SecurID Software Tokens residing on the mobile device generate a random, one-time-use passcode that changes every 60 seconds; the user would leverage this as follows:
- The mobile device user enters his or her PIN (Personal Identification Number) into the mobile client software interface and receives an RSA SecurID passcode;
- After entering the passcode into the secured application, RSA Authentication Manager is engineered to validate the passcode and allows the user to gain access accordingly.
RSA SecurID Software Tokens use the same algorithms as the industry-leading RSA SecurID hardware authenticators, including the industry-standard AES algorithm.
RSA SecurID Software Tokens for the Java ME Platform are currently available. RSA SecurID Software Tokens for Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 platforms will be available on select products shipping in Q2 2007.
About the RSA Secured Partner Program
The RSA Secured Partner Program is one of the oldest and largest alliance programs of its type, bringing over twelve years of experience and hundreds of complementary solutions together. RSA SecurID®, RSA® Access Manager, RSA® Digital Certificate Manager and RSA® Federated Identity 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 www.rsa.com.
About Diversinet
Diversinet Corp. (OTCBB: DVNTF) is a leading provider of wireless authentication and access solutions that secure the personal identity, transactions and data of consumers over almost any mobile phone or handheld device. Diversinet’s reliable, end-to-end OTP (one-time password) solutions enable cost-effective strong authentication and instant and secure access to critical personal records, helping businesses reduce identity theft, expand customer offerings, increase revenues and comply with regulations. Connect with Diversinet Corp. at www.diversinet.com.
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