September 7, 2011

Syniverse Achieves RSA Secured® Partner Program Certification, Enables SMS-Delivered One-Time Passcodes

TAMPA, Fla. – Sept. 7, 2011 – Syniverse today announced that it has joined the RSA Secured® Partner Program to deliver new multi-factor authentication capabilities via short message service (SMS) to enterprise customers of RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC).

As part of the technical collaboration, RSA certifies that Syniverse’s Mobile Enterprise Services are engineered to be interoperable with RSA® Authentication Manager and RSA® Authentication Manager Express HTTP plug-ins. As a result, RSA and Syniverse enterprise customers will be able to conveniently and reliably enable multi-factor authentication requests from both employees and customers with one-time passcodes (OTP) delivered via SMS.

Employees can use SMS OTPs for remote access to corporate Virtual Private Networks (VPN) through the use of their mobile phones. Enterprises, including banks or financial institutions, can use the same convenient mode to authenticate the identity of their customers prior to providing access to their accounts with the following steps:

  1. User accesses online or mobile banking application and enters a PIN
  2. RSA Authentication Manager generates a one-time token code that is sent via SMS through Syniverse’s proven message delivery platform to user
  3. User receives the token code via SMS on a mobile device
  4. User enters the token code as the secondary authentication code
  5. User gains access to account information

“SMS is the world’s most pervasive communications mode, and to the benefit of enterprises worldwide, we’re now able to leverage this powerful channel to make multi-factor authentication more accessible and secure,” said Charles Landry, Senior Vice President, Advanced Messaging Strategy, Syniverse. “Both RSA and Syniverse are constantly striving for ways to improve efficiency and deliver greater security for our customers, which this collaboration achieves.”

With an enterprise-grade network, Syniverse remains a market leader in mobile messaging, having processed more than one trillion messages since 2007. Syniverse processes more than 1.7 billion text messages per day and reaches more than four billion mobile subscribers worldwide. More specifically, Syniverse Mobile Enterprise Services enable enterprises to send time- and event-based mobile messages and alerts to customers, employees and partners. The company’s two-way, enterprise-grade network offers the scalability, reliability and carrier connectivity needed to ensure that the SMS authentication services comply with the strict security and global reach requirements of RSA Authentication Manager and RSA Authentication Manager Express.

Both RSA Authentication Manager and RSA Authentication Manager Express include an SMS integration module that allows a one-time passcode generated securely inside the RSA server to be sent to Syniverse via HTTPS. Syniverse has the capability to deliver that message to a user virtually anywhere in the world. Customers benefit from the security of the RSA solution along with the reliable delivery and global reach of Syniverse.

“Mobility is a requirement in the workplace, and one-time passcodes are vital for security,” said Sam Curry, Chief Marketing Technology Officer, RSA, The Security Division of EMC. “To instill confidence in the security solution’s end-to-end delivery model, it is essential to have a provider like Syniverse carry this critical piece of security information globally to the end user’s handset.”

About Syniverse

Syniverse makes mobile work for more than 900 mobile operators, cable and Internet providers, and enterprises in over 160 countries. With unmatched expertise and more than 20 years simplifying the complexities of roaming, messaging and networking, Syniverse serves as the force at the center of the mobile communications universe, keeping people connected today and forging new connections for tomorrow. Nobody knows mobile like Syniverse. For more information, visit www.syniverse.com, follow Syniverse on Twitter or find Syniverse on Facebook.

About the RSA Secured Partner Program

The RSA Secured Partner Program is one of the largest and longest-running technology alliance programs of its type, bringing over 1,000 complementary solutions across more than 300 organizations together. RSA SecurID®, RSA® Access Manager, RSA® Adaptive Authentication, RSA® Digital Certificate Solutions, RSA® Hybrid Authenticators, RSA® enVision, RSA® Federated Identity Manager and RSA® Key Manager Suite certification programs bring added assurance to customers that their solutions are certified as interoperable to help them achieve faster time to deployment and lower overall cost of ownership. The RSA Secured Partner Program reflects RSA’s commitment to driving inventive collaboration across the industry and support standards-based interoperability with its information-centric security solutions to help protect information, identities and infrastructures.www.rsa.com/rsasecured.

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For more information:

Bobby Eagle

Syniverse Public Relations

+1 813.637.5050

bobby.eagle@syniverse.com