Baltimore Technologies and Getronics Secure Web Services Access to Dutch E-Government Services.Business Editors AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2003 Baltimore SelectAccess(TM) provides seamless online access for the Dutch Agency of Employment and Social Security Information Exchange (BKWI) Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. (London: BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines ), a global leader in e-security, together with Getronics, the global ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. service provider, today announced that Baltimore SelectAccess(TM) is providing secure, centralised Adj. 1. centralised - drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government" centralized web access control for BKWI, the Dutch Agency supporting information exchange between the departments of Employment and Social Security. SelectAccess enables over 17,000 Dutch public sector employees, from multiple departments, with immediate, centralised online access to Dutch citizens' records relative to employment, benefits and welfare entitlements. It also provides strong protection for citizen's privacy in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. with Dutch Law through its centralised policy management and audit capabilities. "This solution has effectively streamlined operations, simplified procedures and enables us to guarantee that employees can only access information they are entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to, as required by privacy legislation," said Mr Olf Kinkhorst, Director at BKWI. The information databases are set up in an extranet environment across multiple web servers and BKWI has reduced the costs associated with web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. access control by implementing the consolidated authorisation and identity management that SelectAccess provides. The unique SelectAccess matrix-style graphic user interface See GUI. (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) also enables control to be delegated from the central administrator to individual department heads. This greatly improves both the ease-of-use and efficiencies of managing 17,000 users. Information is exchanged more efficiently and cost-effectively across departments, offering a far superior level of service and privacy protection to citizens. In addition, SelectAccess enables BKWI to scale to a full web services operation that will securely interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. applications from one department with databases from others. "We chose Baltimore because we felt that SelectAccess was the only web access security product with the right combination of ease-of-use, security, flexibility and cost-effectiveness for the BKWI project. Baltimore was selected as a partner on whose expertise and commitment to the global government sector we could rely to deliver this critical project. Over the last year our decision has proved to be correct - user and policy management has been integrated into the business processes of the different departments, usage has grown from 1,000 to over 17,000 registered users and overall security has improved," said Koos van der Straaten, General Manager, Infrastructure Integration and Remote Services at Getronics Netherlands. "Baltimore is pleased to be working once again with one of the world's leading e-Governments. We have extensive experience in securing online government data and services while at the same time protecting a citizen's privacy," added Patrick Jourdas, Senior Vice President 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. at Baltimore Technologies. "SelectAccess enables strong security for e-government projects as it establishes the identity of users, what they are entitled to do and also verifies transactions and manages security resources. Deploying this level of web access control protects critical e-government infrastructure and streamlines operations while ensuring a citizen's privacy." Getronics provided the system integration services on this project. The architecture is fully scalable and therefore in time could be used to give third party organisations, particularly private sector recruitment agencies, access to specific information they are legally entitled to. Baltimore's leading e-security technology also means that access could be made available to citizens using identity credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. issued by the State to access information directly online. About BKWI (Bureau Keteninformatisering Werk en Inkomen) BKWI is a Dutch government agency that is set up to facilitate the cooperation between the various public organisations that are responsible for employment opportunities, unemployment benefits and social welfare. These organisations have to cooperate closely in a value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. chain to provide the required services to citizens in need of a job and/or benefits. The focus of BKWI is to improve the interaction and electronic information exchange between the business processes of these organisations. About Getronics With approximately 23,000 employees in over 30 countries, Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of vendor independent solutions and services to professional users of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Through consulting, integrating, implementing and managing Infrastructure Solutions and Business Solutions, Getronics helps many of the world's largest global and local organisations to maximise the value of their technology investment and improve interaction with their customers. Getronics is headquartered in Amsterdam, with regional head offices in Boston and Singapore. Getronics' shares are traded on Euronext Amsterdam ('GTN'). For further information about Getronics, visit www.getronics.com About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies' products, services and solutions address the fundamental security needs of e-business in distributed environments. Baltimore's e-security technology enables companies to verify the identity of electronic counterparties Counterparties The parties on either side of an interest rate swap or a currency, equity or commodity swap, or to an options or futures position. and securely manages which resources and information users can access through open networks. Many of the world's leading organisations in Finance and Government have deployed Baltimore's e-security technology to enable e-business over fixed and wireless networks. Baltimore also offers worldwide support for its authorization management and public key-based authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. products. Baltimore's products, services and solutions are sold directly as well as through its worldwide partner network, Baltimore TrustedWorld(TM). Baltimore Technologies is a public company, listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (BLM). For more information on Baltimore Technologies, please visit http://www.baltimore.com Trademarks SelectAccess is a trademark of Baltimore Technologies plc. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Legal Disclaimer Certain statements that are not historical facts including certain statements made over the course of this document may be forward-looking in nature. Such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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