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As part of its ongoing efforts to thwart identity theft and ensure clients have the best tools to defend against online fraud attacks, Open Solutions Inc. is now a distributor for the Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU] versatile authentication platform, Entrust IdentityGuard, a component of a strong layered security strategy. As a trusted and leading provider of financial service technology, Open Solutions will leverage the Entrust IdentityGuard versatile authentication platform — specifically the solution’s grid card authenticator — to offer its clients identity theft and fraud protection. To date, Open Solutions has deployed the grid card to more than 170,000 users and more than 70 financial institutions leverage the Entrust IdentityGuard platform for strong authentication. "As financial institutions continue to be targeted by online fraud attacks, consumers now expect financial services providers to deploy stronger security measures to protect their information and identities online,” said Mike Nicastro, SVP and chief marketing officer, Open Solutions. "The Entrust IdentityGuard grid-based authentication solution affords financial institutions the ability to offer a low-cost option that has increased usability, high user acceptance and fast deployment.” With eight million licenses sold, Entrust IdentityGuard is an open, versatile authentication platform that provides one of the widest ranges of authentication capabilities on the market today. The solution enables enterprises to layer security across diverse users, transactions and applications — all according to risk assessment. It is a common-sense approach to strong authentication that allows organizations to apply the right level of strong authentication tailored to the assessed risk for the access or transaction that the user is performing. An organization can layer open versatile authentication methods — including physical authentication and mutual authentication — across different users and transaction types. Additional Entrust IdentityGuard authentication options include one-time-password tokens, IP-geolocation, questions and answers, out-of-band, one-time passcodes and mutual authentication. "This agreement provides Open Solutions’ clients with the Entrust IdentityGuard versatile authentication platform and serves as an invaluable channel for us to help organizations with key solutions that support a layered security strategy,” said Entrust Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Conner. "As a result of Open Solutions’ leadership position in the banking and credit union marketplace, this relationship will help us further serve this segment of the industry.” With grid authentication, an additional factor is deployed to the user based on an assortment of characters in a row/column format printed on a card. This innovative authentication method has been recognized by a patent awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office. Using grid authentication, the susceptibility to phishing, man-in-the-middle or malware attacks can be substantially reduced. Even if the user is subject to repeated attacks, the large number of potential challenges and responses for any given user can help significantly reduce the effectiveness of these attacks. Attacks that record several logins will only be exposed to a small portion of the authentication grid. About Entrust Entrust [NASDAQ: ENTU] secures digital identities and information for consumers, enterprises and governments in 1,650 organizations spanning 60 countries. Leveraging a layered security approach to address growing risks, Entrust solutions help secure the most common digital identity and information protection pain points in an organization. These include SSL, authentication, fraud detection, shared data protection and e-mail security. For information, call 888-690-2424, e-mail entrust@entrust.com or visit www.entrust.com. Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust, Inc., in the United States and certain other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Entrust, Inc. or Entrust Limited. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. About Open Solutions Open Solutions Inc. offers a fully featured strategic information management product platform that integrates core data processing applications built on a single centralized Oracle relational database, with Internet banking, cash management, CRM/business intelligence, financial accounting and management tools, profitability tools, wealth management, imaging, digital documents, interactive voice response, network services, HSAs, payments and loan origination solutions. Open Solutions’ full suite of products and services allows banks, thrifts, credit unions and financial services providers in the United States, Canada and internationally to better compete in today’s aggressive financial services marketplace, and expand and tap their trusted financial relationships, client affinity, community presence and personalized service. For more information about Open Solutions or its financial product line, contact Mickey Goldwasser by email at mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com or by phone at 860.652.3153 or via fax at 860.652.3156. Visit Open Solutions’ Internet site at www.opensolutions.com. Open Solutions Inc. is a registered trademark of Open Solutions Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2007. Open Solutions Inc. All rights reserved. Editor’s Note: The correct usage of the company name, Open Solutions Inc., is either referring to it as Open Solutions Inc. or Open Solutions. Open Solutions no longer uses the acronym of OSI to refer to the company.