RSA, The Security Division of EMC is one of the largest providers of secure cryptographic systems in the world. Softwire have worked with the professional services team within RSA for a number of years now, providing consulting and development services to build bespoke integrated solutions for RSA’s customers.
On one such project for a major financial institution Softwire implemented a remote registration authority to manage the issuing of smart cards and their associated certificates to system users. Softwire initially provided consultancy services to work with the end customer to understand their integration requirements in depth. This was followed by a detailed design phase during which we provided a comprehensive design document for signoff by all interested parties.
Finally, Softwire implemented the software required to integrate RSA’s products with the customer’s existing solution, which involved development of a registration website and an associated Windows service plus interfaces to a number of external systems.
In order to succeed at delivering this project Softwire had to communicate clearly and accurately with a number of different organisations including RSA, their customer, the smart card provider and another cryptographic service provider. We did so by maintaining open communication channels throughout the project and working very closely with RSA’s own project manager to ensure that any technical issues were identified and resolved quickly.
Overall this was a challenging project on both a technical and management level, but one that Softwire helped to ensure was delivered successfully.
Customer testimonial
“Softwire have performed several pieces of development work for RSA Security Professional Services over the last few years. We have been very impressed with their professionalism; in all cases the quality of their work has been outstanding and the software delivered on time and to specification. To date we have found no more than a handful of bugs in the software they have produced for us and Softwire have been very quick to correct these faults. The projects RSA Professional Services undertake are business critical and it's a real asset to have a partner both as versatile and trustworthy as Softwire to share the workload. We look forward to working with them again in the future.”
Nick Symms, Professional Services Director, EMEA and AP, RSA, The Security Division of EMC.
