Open Trust announced the immediate availability of Open Trust SCM (Open Trust Smart Card Manager), a leading solution for the life cycle management of digital credentials, applications and cryptographic devices. This latest version ought to be compatible with the market’s most popular smart cards and tokens and features improved support for multiple certification authorities and third-party applications.
Sherley Brothier, CTO Open Trust: “Our product now supports an even larger range of devices from multiple vendors as well as all major Certification Authorities. An out-of-the-box solution, Open Trust SCM enables enterprises to centrally manage cards, badges or tokens used by employees, contractors or even customers in multiple offices worldwide.”
According to Open Trust it’s SCM is suitable for deployments of all sizes and features a highly intuitive, web-based GUI. This GUI is used to centrally manage the complete life cycles (including issuance, re-issuance, post-issuance updates, revocation, recycling etc.) of the cards and tokens themselves along with all associated data and digital identities. Multiple applications and user credentials are loaded onto one or several cryptographic devices and updated centrally.
The product’s supports a wide range of devices and third-party applications, thus significantly reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) for organizations with existing strong authentication solutions as well as for those seeking to purchase the most cost-effective solutions. With in-built functionality for both graphical and logical personalization, Open Trust SCM ought to be the perfect, all-inclusive tool for creating and managing Common Access Cards (CAC).
Open Trust will be demonstrating Open Trust SCM at Cartes in Paris (17th to 19th November 2009). (Source: Open Trust/GST)