Siemens Enterprise Communications Group and Giesecke & Devrient collaborate on integrated security solutions
Munich, April 7, 2009 – Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is supplying Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) with smart cards and cryptographic USB tokens from the StarSign product family. SEN is one of the world’s leading providers of unified communications technologies for corporate communications and of specialized security consulting services and solutions. In future, the two companies intend to offer their customers jointly developed company ID and identity solutions in a global cooperation model that will take effect immediately.
“In developing the StarSign family we have created highly secure and flexible identification solutions for company networks. The partnership with SEN will now enable us to offer these solutions to a much wider market,” emphasizes Dr. Kai Grassie, Head of New Business at G&D.
Franz-Josef Nölke, Solution Line Manager at SEN, comments: “The G&D products will extend our security systems integration business and thus complement our current portfolio. Our identity and privacy solutions help customers to implement the latest requirements in secure and reliable unified-communications and IT architectures in an efficient and targeted manner. By tightly integrating the G&D products into the TISA solution architecture, we will be offering our customers many advantages and new applications.”
Until now, SEN has primarily used smart cards featuring Siemens’ own operating system for use as company ID and signature cards. SEN will now also include StarSign products from G&D in its portfolio. The StarSign product series offers a broad range of security tokens in a variety of form factors and for different operating systems. The tokens are easily incorporated in all standard IT systems and applications and provide reliable electronic proof of identity. The plan is to integrate the StarSign products into SEN’s TISA (totally integrated security architecture) solution, which helps companies to align security solutions with their own business models and thus implement them in a secure, efficient and targeted way.
The increasing mobility of employees and the advance of teleworking create a major challenge for modern enterprises in protecting their valuable intellectual property against unauthorized access. Particular emphasis is placed on security issues, and watertight security solutions are required for all systems and applications. Identity management includes areas such as maintenance of identities, rights and guidelines administration, as well as user and access management. Companies must protect themselves against unauthorized access to their corporate networks and applications. Employees must be able to authenticate themselves reliably and without ambiguity from both inside and outside the company.
About the Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) Group:
The SEN Group is a premier provider of enterprise communications solutions. More than 14,000 employees in 80 countries carry on the tradition of voice and data excellence started more than 160 years ago with Werner von Siemens and the invention of the pointer telegraph. Today the company leads the market with its “Open Communications” approach that enables teams working within any IT infrastructure to improve productivity through a unified collaboration experience. SEN Group is a joint venture between the private equity firm, The Gores Group, and Siemens AG and incorporates Siemens Enterprise Communications, Enterasys Networks, SER Solutions, Cycos and iSEC. In fiscal 2008, The SEN Group generated revenues of approximately 3.21 billion Euros. For more information about the Siemens Enterprise Communications Group please go to www.siemens.com/open.
Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG is a Trademark Licensee of Siemens AG.
About Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a technology leader in the field of smart cards, providing smart card-based solutions for telecommunications, electronic payment, healthcare, ID, transportation, and IT security (PKI). G&D is also a leading producer of banknotes and security documents and is dominant in the field of currency automation. Based in Munich, Germany, the G&D Group maintains subsidiaries and joint ventures around the world. In fiscal 2007, the Group employed close to 9,000 people and generated revenue of almost €1.5 billion.
For more information, visit our website at www.gi-de.com.