Rapattoni Teams With RSA to Deploy Adaptive Authentication and Secure Homeowner Information

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Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:30am EDT

Rapattoni Teams With RSA to Deploy Adaptive Authentication and Secure
Homeowner Information

RSA(R) Adaptive Authentication from EMC's Security Division Integrated with
Rapattoni's Secure Logon to Provide Security and Convenience to MLS
Associations

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. and BEDFORD, Mass., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Rapattoni
Corporation and RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC) today announced
the integration of the RSA(R) Adaptive Authentication platform into
Rapattoni's Secure Logon to help Multiple Listing Services (MLS) and real
estate associations to help establish - with certainty - the identity of a
person accessing homeowner data online. 

Rapattoni's Secure Logon is delivered via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to one
hundred MLS and real estate associations representing approximately 250,000
real estate professionals who all share information about properties for sale.
Rapattoni customers now have the choice to use either RSA Adaptive
Authentication or RSA SecurID(R) hardware tokens - available through Rapattoni
since 2006 - based on factors of risk, cost and convenience. Rapattoni will
include the RSA Adaptive Authentication deployment as part of each new
customer installation at no additional charge, and its existing customers will
be eligible to implement RSA Adaptive Authentication upon contract renewal
starting in Q2 2009. 

"RSA's strong reputation and brand has clearly been a beneficial alignment for
our company as it has enhanced customer confidence and accelerated our
business," said Tim P. Johnson, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of
Business Development, Rapattoni Corporation. "Personally identifiable
information such as sensitive homeowner information is sometimes
unintentionally compromised by REALTORS(R) and RSA Adaptive Authentication
successfully helps address this security issue."

RSA Adaptive Authentication is an intelligent risk-based authentication and
fraud detection platform that is currently used by more than 8,000
organizations to protect more than 225 million online identities. RSA Adaptive
Authentication is designed to provide risk indicators powered by the RSA(R)
Risk Engine, such as device identification, geo-location, behavioral
profiling, and RSA eFraudNetwork(SM) matching. Using a risk score, RSA
Adaptive Authentication is engineered to automatically invoke additional
strong authentication methods in a transparent manner for high-risk activities
and/or for policies in violation of the customer's risk management strategy. 

"We extended our strategic partnership with RSA because of its leadership in
online fraud protection and the ubiquity of their successfully deployed
risk-based authentication solutions throughout the financial services,
manufacturing, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries," said Nick Rapattoni,
President, Rapattoni Corporation. "In fact, the integration of RSA Adaptive
Authentication into our MLS solution has been so successful that we now aim to
integrate it within our SaaS-based customer relationship management
application."

"We teamed up with Rapattoni three years ago to help grow its business and
build a more secure information infrastructure," said Tom Corn, Vice President
of Product Marketing at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. "Using adaptive
authentication for convenient and secure access to networks is critical when
being diligent about protecting identities and preventing breaches of
sensitive information."

About Rapattoni

Rapattoni Corporation has been serving the real estate industry under the same
name and management for 39 years. The company provides an array of integrated
products and services for real estate associations and MLS organizations,
including Internet MLS systems, Association Management Software, and Secure
Logon with Single Sign-On identity portals for online security and
convenience. The company's MLS products are serving over 300,000 agents
nationally and its association management customers represent more than 88% of
the nation's REALTORS(R). Rapattoni's headquarters are located in Simi Valley,
California. For more information, please visit www.rapattoni.com.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security
solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations
succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's
information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and
confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it
moves, who accesses it or how it is used.

RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control,
data loss prevention, encryption & key management, compliance & security
information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to
millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data
that is generated. For more information, please visit www.RSA.com and
www.EMC.com.


RSA, SecurID and eFraudNetwork are registered trademarks, trademarks or
service marks of RSA Security, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EMC is
a registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks
are the properties of their respective owners. 

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EMC Corporation, RSA's parent corporation, with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.  EMC and RSA disclaim any obligation to update any such
forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

SOURCE  EMC Corporation

David Seuss of RSA, The Security Division of EMC, +1-781-515-6279,
david.seuss@rsa.com; or Heather Milne of OutCast Communications,
+1-215-875-8138, hmilne@outcastpr.com
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