SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA
CONFERENCE 2015 --
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- RSA Via is among the first Smart Identity solutions that is
designed to dynamically protect identities from the endpoint to the
cloud
- Unlike traditional IT-driven identity solutions, RSA Via
technology is driven by business needs and is built to rely on
centralized identity intelligence and contextual awareness rather
than static rules to make informed decisions
- New identity portfolio includes RSA Via Access, RSA Via
Lifecycle and RSA Via Governance as well as RSA SecurID®
and RSA® Adaptive Authentication
- The newest solution in the RSA Via family, RSA Via Access, is
designed to address the convenience needs of end users and security
needs of business
RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today launched
the RSA Via™ family of Smart Identity solutions, engineered to
combine authentication, identity and access management, and
identity governance silos into one unified solution that allows
dynamic, end-to-end identity management across diverse systems and
users. Traditional identity management systems have failed to keep
pace with how business operates today. They struggle to manage the
rapid and unpredictable movement of users as well as the diversity
of new mobile and cloud applications that businesses need. The RSA
Via portfolio of solutions is built for the dynamic IT environments
of today and the need for identity management to be tightly aligned
with business priorities and needs.
The newest offering under the RSA Via family is RSA Via Access,
a SaaS-based solution that is designed to allow users to more
easily and securely authenticate themselves by taking advantage of
multiple convenient authentication methods resident within their
into mobile devices. Unlike traditional authentication
methods, RSA Via Access is built to rely on intelligent context
rather than just static rules to provide a more seamless and agile
method of access. With a hybrid-cloud approach, RSA Via
Access also helps allow organizations to maintain control of the
privacy and security of identities, combating one of the main
hurdles to cloud adoption.
Say "Yes" to the Business
Organizations must deliver rapid, seamless access to systems and
data so employees can be productive, yet at the same time IT must
protect corporate information assets and prove compliance.
RSA Via removes friction between business and IT by automating
identity management processes, placing them in the hands of the
business managers themselves, and enabling a simple user experience
for authentication, single sign-on, access review, and access
request. This facilitates increased business agility and employee
productivity, without compromising security.
The RSA Via solution also takes a business-driven approach to
provisioning. It is designed to allow organizations to
centrally create access policies and automate access processes,
helping to ensure that they meet business, compliance, and
efficiency demands.
Shut Down Rogue Access
It's common knowledge that the majority of data breaches involve
the exploitation of weak or stolen passwords. The ever-increasing
diversity of places where identities and passwords are being used
to access a corporate network – through the cloud, mobile devices,
Wi-Fi, remote locations – burdens users and further complicates
security. RSA Via technology is engineered to offer integrated,
end-to-end identity management across all systems and users.
As designed, users can easily and securely access data and
applications through a range of step-up authentication methods,
delivering a familiar user experience across iOS and Android™
devices through the RSA Via mobile application. Organizations can
flexibly mix and match convenient mobile-optimized authentication
options to harden authentication security and protect against
attacks.
Help Achieve Compliance without Chaos
Faced with increased pressure to comply with laws, regulations,
and corporate security policies, organizations must respond with
effective access controls to help protect corporate information and
assets – including privacy-related data such as customer
information. RSA Via is designed to integrate traditionally siloed
identity management systems to create a single, centralized place
for all identity information. Organizations are provided with rich
context across all resources, users, and attributes, facilitating
compliance confidence as well as access-related business
processes.
The RSA Via portfolio includes RSA SecurID and RSA Adaptive
Authentication, and the three following solutions are designed to
do the following:
- RSA Via Access –enables enterprises to regain business
agility with secure and convenient access beyond passwords.
Contextual, strong, step-up authentication through a smart mobile
device is embedded seamlessly with SSO, to validate who is who.
Users can quickly and efficiently access all of their resources in
one place, minimizing the need to circumvent IT guidance, and
reducing the pockets of "Shadow IT." Users appreciate the
unobtrusive nature of the authentication methods, and the business
can rest easy knowing resources are strongly protected.
- RSA Via Governance - simplifies the task of governing
user access across the enterprise. It helps enable companies to
achieve sustainable compliance by automating the monitoring,
reporting, certification and remediation of user entitlements. RSA
Via Governance, built on the RSA® Identity Management
and Governance platform acquired from Aveksa, provides
enterprise-wide visibility into user access privileges, automates
user access reviews, and highlights orphan user accounts and
inappropriate user access.
- RSA Via Lifecycle - simplifies and automates how access
is requested, approved and delivered. It combines a
business-friendly interface for access request and approval, with
an innovative approach to automated provisioning across all target
systems. RSA Via Lifecycle, built on the RSA Identity Management
and Governance platform acquired from Aveksa, provides an
easy-to-use service for requesting and approving access, and for
rapidly executing user access changes without manual effort across
key applications on-premise or in SaaS environments.
Executive Quote:
Jim Ducharme, Vice President
of Engineering and Product Management, RSA
"Traditionally, IAM systems are failures from the start as they
use static rules to manage what is a tremendously dynamic
environment, ultimately leaving businesses at risk. Whether an
employee leaves an organization, there's a new hire, or someone
shifts roles within a company, IT must change what that person can
access and it must be seamless to the user. RSA Via technology is
built for a world of constant change and able to make informed
decisions as the business evolves. Encompassing both the
convenience and ease business managers and employees demand with
the security IT requires, RSA Via is engineered to offer the best
of both worlds when it comes to identity management."
For RSA SecurID customers, the new release of RSA Via Access
opens up new opportunities to extend security since the two
platforms are interoperable through service engagements. The same
RSA SecurID tokens designed to be used to protect an
organization's VPN and other enterprise apps can be used with the
RSA Via Access service to protect access to cloud and mobile
environments. Additional RSA solutions included under the RSA
Via portfolio include: RSA Adaptive Authentication and RSA SecurID.
RSA Via Lifecycle and RSA Via Governance are currently
available, and RSA Via Access will be available June 2015.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
- Watch Amit Yoran introduce RSA
Via, the new brand and portfolio of all Identity products, in this
video
- Download infographics to see how RSA Via can help solve your
business challenges
- Watch this video of Grant Geyer
to learn about the new features of Via Access
- Connect with RSA via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and
the RSA Speaking of Security Blog and Podcast
About RSA
RSA's Intelligence Driven Security solutions help organizations
reduce the risks of operating in a digital world. Through
visibility, analysis, and action, RSA solutions give customers the
ability to detect, investigate and respond to advanced threats;
confirm and manage identities; and ultimately, help prevent IP
theft, fraud and cybercrime. For more information on RSA,
please visit www.rsa.com.
RSA, Via, SecurID and EMC are either registered trademarks or
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