Online Community Helps Nurture Secure Application Development by Offering No-Cost Technology and Expert Advice

LONDON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA CONFERENCE® EUROPE 2009 -- RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC) today announced that thousands of corporate and independent software developers and project leaders worldwide are benefiting from and/or contributing to the RSA(TM) Share Project online community, which is designed to provide advice and strategies from security experts, as well as no-cost access to technology from RSA. This community is part of the RSA Share Project initiative, created to bring world-class security tools within reach of corporate and independent software developers and project leaders to encourage built-in vs. bolted-on security in products and applications in any industry.

Since launching in April, more than 14,000 unique users have visited the RSA Share Project community to learn and share security best practices. More than 700 users have also become registered members who can actively contribute ideas and content. Developers have downloaded the no-cost versions of the RSA BSAFE® Share encryption toolkit, including the RSA BSAFE Share Adapter, more than 1,500 times. The developers represent various sectors of the IT industry, from information security to financial services to government to consumer products. The RSA BSAFE products are the world's most widely deployed encryption software, and they are available at no-cost through the RSA Share Project to allow project leaders and corporate and independent software developers to integrate world-class encryption into their own commercial and non-commercial applications and products.

"With the RSA Share Project, RSA has developed a simple way to get proven security capabilities out to the global software developer community," said Tom Corn, Vice President of Product Marketing at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. "We've had tremendous success in bringing people into this community and growing our user base in the past six months. The number of registered users and product downloads reflects the increasing need and interest to protect sensitive information, and having access to RSA's industry-leading software at no cost provides a strong foundational platform to do that."

Creative and Practical Uses of RSA BSAFE Share Software

The RSA Share Project is designed to arm developers and their managers with the tools and advice necessary to protect their products and applications. One of the project's biggest advantages is the ability to advance the use of encryption and other data protection in new technology areas. Winners of the first RSA Share Project programming contest for the most creative and practical use of the software used the no-cost RSA BSAFE Share encryption tools to protect information stored in cloud-based service offerings. As cloud and software-as-a-service models become mainstream, providing this kind of security will be critical. Other organizations have integrated the no-cost RSA BSAFE Share encryption tools as part of backup solutions and to examine root certificates. Some have also used RSA BSAFE Share within their own internally-developed and deployed applications. Expanding the security ecosystem in these environments through no-cost tools and developer collaboration is a powerful way of protecting against threats of all kind, and a major goal of the RSA Share Project.

A Vibrant Community Committed to Software Security Assurance

One goal of the RSA Share Project is to promote and build a vibrant community of security-focused engineers, developers and users committed to a higher level of security assurance in their application development projects. The community currently supports extensive developer-to-developer discussions so that new users can learn the products and experienced users can help solve programming issues quickly. Users participate in security discussions, share best practices and provide input on forums, and initial visitors to the site can view the forums and learn more generally about encryption.

"The RSA Share Project supports RSA's vision of building a strong security ecosystem for our customers," added Corn. "Our no-cost software tools are supported by a dedicated engineering team, and our community offers users the ability to exchange ideas.

About the RSA Share Project

The RSA BSAFE Share software is developed and maintained by a dedicated team of RSA engineers and technical support staff. The RSA Share Project is hosted on the EMC Community Network (ECN). The ECN is a collection of vibrant online communities, including an EMC Developer Network , designed for engineers and developers who work with and/or have special interest in EMC products and technologies. It was created for, and by, software developers seeking collaboration, community, content, and development tools. To join the community or to find out more information, please visit www.rsashare.com.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle -- no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used.

RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control, data loss prevention, encryption & key management, compliance & security information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit www.RSA.com and www.EMC.com.

RSA and BSAFE are either registered trademarks or trademarks of RSA Security Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation. All other products and/or services are trademarks of their respective owners.

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