Entrust Authentication Platform Secures Enterprise Environment of $50 Billion Company in India

Essar Global Limited selects Entrust IdentityGuard for cost-effectiveness, versatility

DALLAS, July 30 -- Essar Global Limited (EGL) knew single-factor authentication was no longer strong enough to properly secure access to their enterprise environment. A $50 billion corporation based in Mumbai, India, EGL selected Entrust, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTU) and the Entrust IdentityGuard versatile authentication platform, a key component of a layered security model.

"One of the most attractive elements of Entrust's platform is its versatility," said N. Jayantha, head of IT infrastructure for EGL. "Our primary objective is the security of our corporate resources. We sought a dynamic, straightforward method that could easily be tailored to meet our security goals now -- and in the future as our business expands."

Facilitated by Entrust partner IndusFace Consulting, EGL purchased 25,000 licenses of Entrust IdentityGuard, including one-time-passcode hardware tokens. EGL will leverage the platform to secure login to Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) and the organization's virtual private network (VPN).

"The Essar Group had a number of applications and resources they wanted to secure with strong second-factor authentication," said Entrust Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Conner. "Instead of waiting until a costly breach, Essar was proactive in protecting their assets, access to their networks and, ultimately, their brand."

As part of the Entrust IdentityGuard deployment, Essar also will distribute grid cards to those that don't require the high level of security afforded by tokens. The grid cards are inexpensive, easy to use and simple to deploy, making them a perfect choice to solve additional second-factor authentication requirements.

Entrust IdentityGuard enables organizations to layer security -- according to access requirements or the risk of a given transaction -- across diverse users and applications. The platform's authentication options include username and password, IP-geolocation, machine/device, questions and answers, out-of-band one-time passcode (delivered via voice, SMS or e-mail), grid cards and a range of one-time-passcode tokens -- priced as low as $5 each. Entrust IdentityGuard also provides multiple methods of supporting mutual authentication, including picture and caption replay.

Essar Global Limited (EGL) is a diversified business corporation with a balanced portfolio of assets straddling the manufacturing and services sectors, including steel, energy, power, communication, shipping and logistics, and construction. EGL, through its six holding companies, has a firm value of more than $50 billion (USD) and employs 38,000 people worldwide. More than 15 percent of Essar's workforce is in the Americas.

About Entrust

Entrust (NASDAQ:ENTU) secures digital identities and information for consumers, enterprises and governments in more than 1,700 organizations spanning 60 countries. Leveraging a layered security approach to address growing risks, Entrust solutions help secure the most common digital identity and information protection pain points in an organization. These include SSL, authentication, fraud detection, shared data protection and e-mail security. For information, call 888-690-2424, e-mail entrust at entrust.com or visit http://www.entrust.com/.

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