ActivCard, a provider of IDentity Management (IDM) software, has debuted three new versions of its smart card-based authentication and digital signature solution: ActivCard Gold for Linux, ActivCard Gold for Mac OS X and ActivCard Gold for the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS). The solutions offer secure smart card technology for secure login, secure remote access, secure Web, secure email signing and encryption.

The solutions allow organizations to confirm and validate user identity with the authentication capability of ActivCard Gold from any computing system in the enterprise operating on the four most prominent platforms. By extending support of its technology to Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris OS, ActivCard extends the breadth of supported platforms to address the security threats that exist within a heterogeneous enterprise.

"With 2.5 million licenses sold to date, ActivCard Gold has set the bar on smart card middleware quality with high performance, proven security, ease of deployment and management," said Steven Humphreys, ActivCard chief executive officer. "Completing a comprehensive suite of commercially available smart card middleware for any major PC or workstation platform further establishes ActivCard as a leader in identity management solutions."

The multi-platform ActivCard Gold capability meets the requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and its new Common Access Card (CAC), which uses the ActivCard Gold for Windows. The DoD had put forth a directive for promptly implementing an integrated public key infrastructure solution. The smart card solution the DoD selected, along with ActivCard Gold solution, meets the requirements for identity management, secure email and CAC smart card functionality that apply universally across all desktops and servers.

"IT buyers using tokens and smart card systems are reaping more than $72 in labor savings per [user] account, each year," said Jim Hurley, VP of security and privacy at Aberdeen Group. "For an enterprise with 500 accounts this translates into more than $36,000 per year, and with 5,000 accounts the savings is more than $360,000 per year."

Solaris OS and the growth of Linux servers represent the fundamental elements within the enterprise data center. ActivCard smart card-based two-factor authentication augments security for users and administrators accessing those systems where the most sensitive and valuable resources of the organization are housed. Solaris OS, Linux, and Mac OS X, present a relatively untapped market in terms of securing network vulnerabilities, validating user identity, and preventing unauthorized entry.

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