Security: Simple and Convenient

Corporate employees must make use of a large and diverse set of credentials to access various resources within the enterprise, placing a real burden on the end user. RSA Smart Cards provide a single, secure, container for a wide range of security applications. RSA Smart Cards combine all the familiarity of a typical ID badge, such as employee photo, company logo, and building access, with the flexibility of a digital identity store for Microsoft® Windows® credentials, enterprise single sign-on, digital certificates and keys, biometric templates, and of course RSA SecurID® one-time password authentication.

Smart cards from RSA Security enable multi-factor authentication to virtually any enterprise resource. Users, armed with RSA Sign-On Manager, can replace all their usernames, passwords, and devices with just one card and one PIN.

Slash management and support costs

RSA Smart Cards help lower the cost of deploying, administering, and supporting multi-factor authentication by consolidating multiple types of access applications into one end-user device. These savings are augmented when managing those devices with RSA Sign-On Manager, which not only provides single sign-on to virtually all of your enterprise applications, but also enables self-service emergency access in the event that a user’s card is lost or their PIN forgotten.

In addition, RSA Smart Cards and associated client software can be managed centrally over the web, allowing administrators to automate many end-user tasks such as applet deployment, backup/recovery of credentials, and security policy management. Unlike traditional smart card products, RSA Smart Cards and RSA Sign-On Manager have been built to handle the needs of the large-scale organization.

Integrated physical and logical access on your timeline

RSA Security has partnered with leading physical access technology vendors to provide a single card-based platform for integrated logical and physical access. RSA Smart Cards can be deployed throughout the organization just as you would any other ID badge, without requiring process changes. Then, on your schedule, those cards can be activated in the field to implement logical access and enterprise single sign-on with RSA Sign-On Manager. This path helps ease the transition to a smart-card user population while taking full advantage of all the benefits of such an infrastructure.

Platform for growth

RSA Smart Cards will continue to serve as a powerful platform for your security initiatives as your smart card projects grow over time. Built on the industry-leading Java Card operating system and incorporating open standards like the GlobalPlatform specification, your RSA Smart Card can run a wide variety of custom and third-party applets. These applets are centrally deployed to your user community through the RSA Sign-On Manager console in accordance with your defined policy settings.

Get More Value From Your RSA Smart Card

• Extend RSA Sign-On Manager’s single sign-on capabilities to applications that require certificate authentication, such as an SSL connection to a web server host application.
• Increase the integrity of documents and communication by digitally signing documents and sending encrypted email.
• Help meet compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley in the United States and the European Union’s Digital Signature Directive.