ActivIdentity Magazine

ActivIdentity announced a comprehensive strategy and technology roadmap to enable Managed Security Service Providers to deliver strong authentication and credential management services. ActivIdentity's cloud computing services initiative enables Managed Security Service Providers to provide an alternative delivery method of infrastructure software to defend against security threats and identity fraud for a variety of vertical markets (e.g., banking and financial services industry, state and local government). In times of economic hardship and a widening information technology skills gap, a subscription-based delivery model is better suited to address the cost pressures of already resource-strapped organizations. The recent acquisition of CoreStreet solidifies ActivIdentit... (more)

Thales’s payShield Cardholder Authentication safeguards credit card information for payment processors, helping reduce online fraud

Thales, leader in information systems and communications security, announces that Thales’s payShield Cardholder Authentication for nShield is now available for its nShield Connect and nShield PCI Express hardware security modules (HSMs). Thales’s payShield Cardholder Authentication for nShield authenticates credit card users and protects encryption key transfers, safeguarding credit card... (more)

ActivIdentity Appoints Brad Boston to Its Board of Directors

FREMONT, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/22/10 -- ActivIdentity Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTI), a global leader in strong authentication and credential management, today announced the appointment of Brad Boston to its Board of Directors. "The addition of Brad to the board will bring extensive experience to assist in supporting and guiding the future growth of ActivIdentity," said Grant Evans, chairm... (more)

Keane Reaches Agreement to Acquire Portions of BearingPoint Public Services Business

  Boston, MA –  - Keane, Inc., a global services firm that specializes in optimizing businesses’ information technology (IT) investments, today announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with BearingPoint, Inc. to purchase a portion of the BearingPoint Public Services business in North America, which would include BearingPoint’s New York City practice. Finalization ... (more)

Sun and ActivIdentity Solve the Challenge of Integrating and Securing Access to Resources

Sun Microsystems and ActivIdentity Corp. have announced a joint solution that combines the Sun Java System Identity Management Suite with ActivIdentity's Card Management System and Enterprise Single Sign-On. The combination allows organizations to link physical and network security access and incorporate strong two-factor authentication to network resources and applications, which helps ... (more)