Securant Technologies Provides Single Sign-On and Permissions Management for Experian e-Commerce Services

Business Wire, June 12, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2001

Securant Technologies, the company that secures e-business, today announced that Experian, a leading provider of global information solutions, has established an enterprise-wide agreement to use the ClearTrust(R) SecureControl access management system. ClearTrust SecureControl will provide Experian with a robust permissions management infrastructure for controlling user access to its Internet applications, data, and services, and ensure seamless single sign-on between its North American products. Experian has been expanding its relationship with Securant since December 1999 when it first licensed ClearTrust SecureControl to protect select applications.

"ClearTrust SecureControl is a core component of Experian's single sign-on and permissions management infrastructure, and enables us to offer the highest levels of security and convenience for our clients," said Leo Peay, Experian's vice president of system integration and architecture. "This sophisticated and scalable access management system allows us to further protect the privacy of consumers, improve service levels for Internet product customers, and limit the risks associated with Internet transactions."

ClearTrust SecureControl provides Experian with an integrated solution that unifies transaction security and user access under one policy management infrastructure for protecting its Web-based resources. ClearTrust SecureControl creates a single point of control for setting, managing and enforcing security rules that govern user authentication, authorization and single sign-on for applications and content. It uniquely provides:

-- Smart Rules that centralize, automate and dynamically adjust access control permissions to resources and authorization of transactions based on changing information in a user's profile

-- Delegated administration which permits clients to administer their own users

-- Fraud/threat detection that monitors user behavior at the application level for violations of business rules and takes countermeasures to proactively prevent application misuse and fraud

"Experian has one of the most demanding security environments on the Internet. The company must maintain the privacy of sensitive information, while at the same time provide authorized users from around the world with seamless access to its Web-based products and data," said Eric Olden, chief technology officer, Securant Technologies. "Experian's decision to deploy ClearTrust SecureControl demonstrates the power, scalability, and flexibility of our solution to support demanding Web infrastructures."

About Experian

Experian is an information solutions company. It uses the power of information to help its clients target prospective customers, manage existing customer relationships and identify opportunities for profitable growth. Through multi-channel delivery of its web-based products and services, Experian enables its clients to conduct secure and profitable e-business. Experian is a subsidiary of The Great Universal Stores PLC and has headquarters in Nottingham, UK, and Orange, California. Its 12,000 people support clients in more than 50 countries. Annual sales are about $1.5 billion.

For more information, visit the company's web site on www.experian.com.

About Securant Technologies

Securant Technologies, the company that secures eBusiness, is a leading provider of Internet security software for managing user access to Web-based resources including applications, content, and transactions. The company's flagship product, ClearTrust SecureControl, uses natural language business rules to centralize, unify, and automate every facet of access management including user authentication, authorization, access control, single sign-on, delegated administration, application-level threat detection, policy assessment, and auditing. Securant customers include ABNAmro, Caterpillar, Chase Hambrecht & Quist, Experian, Lehman Brothers, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scientific Atlanta and Thomson Financial. The company's partners include BEA Systems, Inc., Check Point Software Technologies, Compaq, Deloitte & Touche LLP, EDS, Epicentric, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, iPlanet, Microsoft, nCipher, Novell, Oracle, PWC, RSA Security, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, Tibco Software and VeriSign. Securant is privately held and headquartered in San Francisco. To contact, call 415.764.4900, visit http://www.securant.com, or write info@securant.com.

ClearTrust, ClearTrust SecureControl and Securant Technologies are registered trademarks of Securant Technologies. Unified Access Management and ClearTrust Virtual Business Units are trademarks of Securant Technologies Inc. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.