ChosenSecurity Enhances Its On-Demand Digital Certificate Management Services for Companies of All Sizes with Version 1.6.TrustCenter Enterprise ID Products Provide Increased Flexibility, Ability to Manage Digital Certificates NEWTON, Mass. -- ChosenSecurity today announced enhancements to its line of Web-based Enterprise ID digital certificate management products to make it easier for administrators to customize communication emails to their users, create more secure digital IDs through larger key sizes and easily perform key escrow In cryptography, placing a secret key into the hands of a trusted third party. See key management. (security) key escrow - A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can . The enhancements also include a new SOAP API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. for integration and the expansion to 22 supported certificate profile types -- with the addition of TC Business ID for Adobe adobe (ədō`bē): see rammed earth. adobe Handmade sun-dried bricks formed from a mixture of heavy clay and straw found in arid regions. . The enhancements, which are enabled by recently added functionality to ChosenSecurity's core Web-based technology platform, provide organizations of all sizes with increased flexibility and management capabilities. Enhancements include the following: * Customizable email templates - 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 administrators can now customize auto-generated emails to better meet the needs of their organizations. For example, they can now add contact points and company names, control the number of emails going out, and turn on and off certificate notices via email. * Adobe certificates can now be issued from ChosenSecurity portal - TC Business ID for Adobe is now available within the portal, allowing customers to issue their own Adobe signing certificates. Adobe certificates are issued from an Adobe Root, which is inherently trusted in Adobe products and includes a TimeStamp service. * Organizations can define advanced key generation policies - Administrators can now require users to choose longer key lengths for enhanced security. In addition, they can determine if keys are exportable to other systems (from a user's desktop to notebook, for example) and determine where keys must be generated (PC, smartcard, token). * Addition of key escrow service - This new feature enables organizations to establish key escrow to recover encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. keys without the involvement of the end user. This enables organizations to decrypt To convert secretly coded data (encrypted data) back into its original form. Contrast with encrypt. See plaintext and cryptography. documents without user participation in cases in which they are legally required to do so. * New availability of Microsoft AutoEnrollment for TC EID EID Emerging Infectious Diseases (journal) EID Electronic Identification EID Endpoint Identifier EID Employee Identification EID Ecological Interface Design EID Earned Income Disregard EID Education and Information Division QuickStart and TC EID (Enterprise ID) - This optional add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. service seamlessly integrates with Microsoft's Active Directory and uses ChosenSecurity's Certificate Authority in the back end. Administrators of Active Directory can enable users and groups for AutoEnrollment per certificate template (1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the . Users simply log in and -- if the user account has been enabled for certificates -- AutoEnrollment will automatically install any certificates required. This provides a company with all of the integration benefits of Windows and Windows certificates without having to establish its own certificate authority. This new capability is available for current versions of Windows, including Vista and will shortly support Microsoft Version 7 (in testing). * SOAP API offered - Using the SOAP API, organizations can integrate ChosenSecurity's portal with their backend systems, such as HR and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. . "These enhancements enable our customers to better and more easily manage their digital certificates," said Bob Steinkrauss, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , ChosenSecurity, Inc. "Significantly, we have beefed up capabilities for customers of all sizes, enabling everyone from individuals to enterprises to implement and use digital certificates in a fraction of the time traditionally required." Version 1.6 is available immediately. CHOSENSECURITY'S TRUSTCENTER ENTERPRISE IDENTITY PRODUCTS TC ID Store TC ID Store provides full lifecycle management of 22 different types of digital certificates for small- to medium-sized companies via an easy to use Web-based portal and on-demand business model. ChosenSecurity's unique platform enables organizations to utilize certificates without the need for additional dedicated hardware, software, personnel and their related costs. In less than a day, individuals can gain access to their own personal TC ID Store. Via the Web, users can request, approve and revoke To annul or make void by recalling or taking back; to cancel, rescind, repeal, or reverse. revoke v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, document, or promise, as if it no longer existed. certificates as well as suspend or unsuspend certificates. Pricing is by certificate. With TC ID store, small- to medium-sized organizations can issue individual certificates whenever they are needed. TC EID QuickStart[TM] provides full lifecycle management of 22 different types of digital certificates via an easy to use Web-based portal and on-demand business model for medium to large organizations. ChosenSecurity's unique platform enables organizations to utilize certificates without the need for additional dedicated hardware, software, personnel and their related costs. Unlike TC ID Store, Quickstart is designed for larger organizations that wish to license and manage per user as opposed to managing and licensing by individual certificate. For $1.75 or less per user per month, a 500-person organization can deploy robust PKI security for 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. , e-mail, and to digitally sign transactions with their partners. There are no hidden costs for hardware, software, personnel or ongoing audit fees -- and zero footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor. 1. on customers' sites. QuickStart can be deployed rapidly across multiple clients in a Web-based Security as a Service model, enabling enterprises of any size to create a working PKI in as little as two weeks, at an extremely low cost per user. TC Enterprise ID provides full lifecycle functionality, customized certificate profiles, a customer-branded certificate authority and customized workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. with minimum effort for large organizations, supporting a broad range of applications and benefits from easily manageable functions like certificate issuance, revocation The recall of some power or authority that has been granted. Revocation by the act of a party is intentional and voluntary, such as when a person cancels a Power of Attorney that he has given or a will that he has written. and renewal -- provided by the Web-based user interface. Neither administrators nor participants need additional software or time-consuming training to use this solution. About ChosenSecurity, Inc. (www.chosensecurity.com) ChosenSecurity provides digital trust between employees, clients and suppliers doing business electronically through on-demand certificate management services. The company's solutions enable a wide range of digital trust applications to provide strong authentication, secure e-mail, digital signatures, data encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign and support compliance with privacy and other regulations. ChosenSecurity was the first to provide digital certificate management through a Software as a Service model and remains the leader through its breakthrough economics, versatility and implementation speed for enterprises. Unlike traditional PKI and private certificate authority options, ChosenSecurity solutions can be implemented in 70% less time and 70% less cost. For more information, please visit www.chosensecurity.com. |
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