HyTrust, Inc. (www.hytrust.com), the leader in policy management and access control for virtual infrastructure, today announced it has joined the RSA Secured^® Partner Program to certify interoperability between HyTrust Appliance and the RSA SecurID^® system from RSA, The Security Division of EMC. This certification signifies that an interoperability partnership has been established to increase security for joint customers. Through interoperability with RSA SecurID, HyTrust delivers a new level of confidence within the virtual datacenter. The powerful combination of HyTrust Appliance and RSA SecurID assures administrative user identity, protects against unauthorized access, and enables the granular enforcement of policy across virtual infrastructure.

“As increasing numbers of organizations adopt HyTrust Appliance to secure their virtual infrastructure, one of their key requirements is to implement ever stronger layers of security around the environment,” said Eric Chiu, president and CEO, HyTrust. “By partnering with RSA, we are able to help our customers utilize two-factor authentication and provide a true enterprise-class solution to protect their valuable virtual infrastructure.”

“When implementing virtualization technology, organizations must ensure that they can continue to maintain a secure environment in order to best protect their information, infrastructure and identities – as well as meet their compliance obligations,” said Ted Kamionek, vice president of Corporate Development at RSA. “We are very pleased to team up with HyTrust to help prevent unauthorized access to valuable resources within the virtual infrastructure using strong, multi-factor authentication.”

RSA SecurID is the market-leading two-factor authentication system used by more 40 million people across more than 30,000 organizations worldwide. It is engineered to assure user identities and protect against unauthorized access to applications and resources across numerous physical locations. RSA SecurID technology is comprised of both a broad range of hardware and software authenticators that provide end-users with a one time password that is designed to change every 60 seconds, as well as its software engine – RSA Authentication Manager – which scales to support millions of users and provides the benefit of technical certification and interoperability with more than 300 products.

The HyTrust Appliance offers a centralized, single-point-of-control for virtual infrastructure access, policy management, security configuration, and compliance. By combining the same control mechanisms of the physical world into a comprehensive solution for virtual infrastructure, HyTrust customers are able to cost-effectively address key security and compliance issues. This ultimately facilitates the virtualization of ever more production systems, including even those that support Tier 1 applications.