As per the latest update, RSA, the security division of EMC Corp., has acquired Aveksa Inc. Now, Aveksa will operate within the RSA security division as part of RSA’s Identity Trust Management product group, bringing technology and expertise that will help RSA to bring new solutions to identity and access management challenges across enterprise, cloud and mobile access use cases.
RSA and Aveksa together will help give organizations the ability to automate the complete identity lifecycle of users from a business-driven perspective, helping turn traditional IAM systems into more agile, intelligent and scalable “situational perimeters”.
Aveksa’s products also complement RSA's strong authentication, access management and federation solutions portfolio. Together, RSA and Aveksa have the opportunity to fuse notions of authentication and identity as part of an Adaptive Identity platform, leveraging Big Data analytics to transform identity assurance and access controls to ensure only legitimate users have appropriate access to sensitive corporate information.
Art Coviello, RSA Executive Chairman & Executive Vice-President, EMC Corporation, said, "Toda"s enterprises face significant challenges around Identity and Access Management. The adoption of cloud-based IT infrastructures and the pervasive use of mobile means that security organizations are being asked to secure and provide access to assets they don’t own, manage, or control. Without the deep intelligence able to provide insight into what users should and should not have access to, traditional tools that simply automate IAM leave organizations exposed to the risk of excessive privilege, data breaches and regulatory non-compliance. Together, RSA and Aveksa see tremendous opportunity to help our customers overcome these IAM challenges."
Vick Vaishnavi, Aveksa Inc. Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are excited about joining the RSA team and the strategic alignment between our organizations. Over the years, our customers have benefited from Aveksa’s comprehensive, business-driven IAM solutions. Together with RSA, we can continue our journey to adaptive identity management that addresses today’s ever-evolving access challenges. We will continue to provide our customers and the broader market with best-in-class solutions that reduce business risk and enable efficient operations."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, the acquisition is not expected to have a material impact to EMC GAAP or non-GAAP EPS for the full 2013 fiscal year.
