Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

RSA unveils products to protect personal information

Friday, May 22, 2009

RSA announced a set of solutions to help organizations address the challenging aspects of complying with the U.S. Data Breach Notification Laws for protecting personally identifiable information and mitigating the risk of security breaches. Specifically, RSA is announcing three packages of information security products – including two-factor authentication, security information and event management (SIEM) and data loss prevention (DLP) – designed for mid-sized companies.

Organizations entrusted with personally identifiable information from customers and employees are required to take appropriate actions to secure and protect this information. In addition, laws across the United States levy varying penalties - including public notification requirements - for organizations suffering a compromise.


RSA’s personally identifiable information package is engineered to deliver technologies that support these efforts by enabling customers to:

  • Identify PII across their environment, and understand where and how this data is being accessed and stored, and how and by whom it is being used
  • Implement appropriate security controls based on policy and risk
  • Monitor the environment and proactively identify potential security events in real-time

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