Arcot Systems Announces Availability of Complete Digital Identity Management Suite at DIA 41st Annual Meeting; Arcot Offering Most Comprehensive Solution Available Today in Support of SAFE Requirements for the Pharmaceutical Industry.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Arcot Systems, Inc. (Arcot) a leading provider of online authentication and identity management solutions, announced the availability of its Identity Management Suite in support of the SAFE (Secure Access for Everyone) requirements for the bio-pharmaceutical industry at the DIA 41st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. (June 26-30, 2005). Arcot is showcasing its solution along with other partners at the SAFE booth #1857 at the DIA event. Arcot's software suite provides a complete solution for managing digital identities -- the registration platform to issue digital identity credentials, the user client environment to support authentication and digital signature creation and the platform to validate credentials and verify digital signatures. The company's solutions are flexible with multi-application environments and highly compatible within the SAFE technical trust infrastructure. Arcot's SAFE-ready suite encompasses the following products: RegFort: A registration system that supports the full credential life cycle including the self-service issuance of digital credentials and the loading of certificates on smartcards Universal Client: Desktop software that provides the SAFE-compliant uniform interface for the loading and updating of certificates on smartcards. The product also enables digital signatures and validation and support for a variety of applications and credentials such as the ArcotID virtual software smart card (for software-based two factor authentication) TrustFort: A credential verification system that verifies credentials and digital signatures in compliance with SAFE standards Arcot has a long history of working with the pharmaceutical industry and SAFE, contributing to the SAFE Technical Proof of Concept (TPOC TPOC Travel Professionals of Color TPOC Therapeutic Paws of Canada (Hawkesbury, ON, Canada) TPOC Technical Proof of Concept TPOC The Pillars of Creation (Terry Goodkind book) ) solution in collaboration with other vendors. "Arcot's involvement in helping to make SAFE a reality demonstrates our strong commitment to serving the rigorous Identity Management needs of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, said R. 'Doc' Vaidhyanathan, Vice President of Product Marketing and Corporate Development for Arcot. "Our authentication and digital signing solutions have enabled leading companies in these highly regulated industries to streamline their internet operations while increasing their overall level of efficiency and security." Mr. Vaidhyanathan continued, "Arcot is already a major player in the online identity management and authentication space in the e-payments world. We are now leveraging that expertise and our patented technologies to enable pharmaceutical companies to deploy identity management solutions that meet regulatory requirements and improve operational efficiencies. We see this trend continuing in banking and other industries seeking to increase online functionality while mitigating security risks." About SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) SAFE-BioPharma Association is a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is an industry trade group representing the pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies in the United States. (PhRMA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations (EFPIA EFPIA European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations ). SAFE-BioPharma is funded and led by leading biopharmaceutical companies with input and collaboration from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) and European Medicines Agency The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is a European agency for the evaluation of medicinal products. Until 2004, the European Medicines Agency was known as The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products. Roughly parallel to the U.S. (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ). The mission of SAFE-BioPharma Association is to deliver the standard that enables electronic identity credentials for legally enforceable and regulatory compliant electronic signatures across the global biopharmaceutical environment. SAFE-BioPharma member companies include Abbott Labs, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were , GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer Inc., Procter & Gamble, Sanofi-Aventis, INC Research INC Research is a contract research organization headquartered in the North Carolina Research Triangle in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.[1] The company has 26 locations in 36 countries. and Tap Pharmaceuticals TAP Pharmaceuticals is an Japanese pharmaceutical company. It is a joint venture between Abbott Laboratories and the Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, formed in 1977. . For more information, visit www.safe-biopharma.org. About Arcot Systems Arcot is a leading provider of secure e-payment, digital signature, identity management, and strong authentication software solutions for financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , bio-pharmaceutical, and other security-conscious enterprises. The company offers a suite of easily deployed, cost-effective, and scalable software-based solutions that provide powerful "two factor" protection to limit online transaction fraud. Arcot's patented camouflage technology creates a virtual software "smart card" -- the Arcot ID(TM) -- that is transparent to the user as it verifies a person's identity and allows for the digital signing of transactions and documents. Unlike other PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of (public key infrastructure) authentication providers that require users to carry physical tokens/cards that can be lost or stolen, or to employ digital certificates that sit vulnerable on a user's desktop, Arcot's solution secures protection for private keys for the user on any computer, thus providing the strength of PKI with the convenience and simplicity of passwords. Whether used as a robust standalone solution or in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with extranet access, single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. , or hardware authentication systems, the company's products meet the business need for strong transactional security while providing the customer with a seamless, user-friendly experience. Arcot's offerings are compliant with industry standards including 3-D Secure, Identrus, and SAFE (Secure Access for Everyone). Organizations also work with Arcot to meet compliance with legislative requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, . Arcot is a private company headquartered in California's Silicon Valley, with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, and India. For more information visit www.arcot.com. |
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