Digital Signature Vendor ARX Teams with RSA Providing CoSign®-IdV Interoperability

San Francisco, California, February 15, 2011

ARX (Algorithmic Research), a leading provider of digital signature solutions, announced that it has joined the RSA Secured® Partner Program to certify interoperability between the ARX CoSign® digital signature solution and the RSA® Identity Verification services from RSA, The Security Division of EMC.  The combined solution is designed to provide businesses with a reliable method to establish trust and help secure online transactions for consumers.

B2C businesses that use ARX's CoSign digital signature solution now have the option to proof the identities of their customers online via RSA’s knowledge-based Identity Verification service.  The combined solution is designed to provide businesses with a reliable method to enroll customers for signature credentials, and then sign electronic transactions over the Internet with secure, standard digital signatures. CoSign's digital signature capabilities combined with RSA’s cloud-based Identity Verification service, also provide enterprises with proof of signer identity and intent, and help ensure transaction integrity over the life of a contract or record.

“The interoperable solution creates an essential chain of online capabilities designed to allow organizations the ability to establish trust in real time to help prevent fraud and identity theft before, during and after an online transaction takes place,” said Ted Kamionek, Vice President Business Development, at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. “Businesses will now be able to bring their B2C processes online faster, drive more business and operational efficiencies, help manage compliance issues and at the same time, securely screen fraudulent activities that may result in or from identity theft, account takeovers, and account compromises.”

"This advancement provides our enterprise clients with one more option to establish their B2C processes online. Now, they can use RSA’s Identity Verification when they cannot meet their customers for face-to-face identity verification," explained John Marchioni, VP Business Development, ARX. "The combined capability delivers a secure and affordable solution for feature-rich digital signatures, and when people sign documents digitally and securely, they help reduce costs while maintaining proper control over their business processes."