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CSC Launches Federated Identity Management Solution

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 07:00 CDT

New Offering Provides Organizations and Partners with Secure Shared Data Access Capability

FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced the launch of its Federated Identity Management (FIM) offering, a solution designed to enable companies and organizations to establish trusted relationships with business partners and outside parties. The new solution is part of CSC's Trusted Identity Enterprise Suite(TM), the company's portfolio of fully integrated, end-to-end identity management solutions.

FIM fulfills business and technical requirements among an organization and its partners to provide secure shared access capabilities through a single set of identity credentials. The offering provides companies the ability to create and maintain digital trust relationships by enabling interoperability between vendor software solutions and technical security standards, while meeting security requirements.

"Enterprises today are extending access to applications and information resources to a greater number of individuals - including partners, suppliers and customers - while simultaneously facing the critical need to protect themselves from unauthorized access," said James W. Sheaffer, president of CSC's North American Public Sector line of business. "CSC's Federated Identity Management solution enables clients in the private and public sectors to improve information exchange, security and compliance, while enhancing privacy and lowering the risk of identity theft."

The offering includes assessment of an organization's current business processes and infrastructure, deployment of a technical solution optimized to meet client needs and follow-on life cycle support. FIM uses open standards products and services. For more information, please visit www.csc.com/fim.

About CSC

CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions & Services, Global Outsourcing Services and the North American Public Sector. CSC's advanced capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000 employees and reported revenue of $17.1 billion for the 12 months ended Jan. 2, 2009. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com.

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Source: PR Newswire

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