ChosenSecurity has partnered with Aladdin Knowledge Systems (News - Alert), an information security provider specializing in authentication, software digital rights management and content security. Under the agreement, Aladdin's smart card-based eToken devices will be integrated with ChosenSecurity's TC Enterprise ID and associated digital certificates.

 

Leveraging this alliance, organizations of all sizes will be able to use ChosenSecurity's On-Demand PKI security services in a highly portable fashion to authorize, encrypt and digitally sign sensitive data, even when working remotely. The companies point out that their joint customers will now be able to use Aladdin eTokens to store digital certificates managed by TC Enterprise ID. This will not only make digital certificates easily portable but will also provide individual users the convenience of being able to access corporate data from wherever they are working.

 

Dean Coclin, vice president of Business Development at ChosenSecurity said in a statement that delivering portable, strong authentication solutions to organizations issuing digital certificates to enable secure access and transmission of confidential information addresses a critical requirement of their customers. He noted that Aladdin, as a strategic partner, enhances the versatility of ChosenSecurity's solutions with the most innovative, comprehensive, and easy to manage credentialing technology.

 

Vice President of Global Business Development at Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Phil Pavay explained that ChosenSecurity's strength is the ability to reduce the complexity, cost, and ongoing investment in deploying a PKI. This will bring strong authentication to a much larger audience that could not previously afford and manage their own CA (News - Alert) (Certificate Authority) and PKI implementation.

 

Phil Pavay added that together they are offering customers -- especially those with widely distributed operations -- a highly portable strong authentication solution that allows organizations to transact business globally with a high level of confidence.

 

ChosenSecurity provides On-Demand PKI services organizations of all sizes to cost-effectively deploy authentication, digital document signing and encryption solutions globally between their employees, partners and customers. TC Enterprise ID is a scalable solution that helps manage the lifecycle of multi-functional certificates and digital identities.

 

Aladdin provides solutions for software and Internet security. Last month, ZTE (News - Alert) Corporation, a large listed Chinese provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, picked the Aladdin eToken strong authentication solution to enhance its telecom class VPN access system.