Equifax Secure

Equifax Secure In January 1999 Equifax announced the E-commerce Solutions Suite as a new standard for personal and enterprise security, and privacy over the Internet and other networks. Equifax is a total outsourced solution that includes authentication of requesters, secure business applications, and management of digital certificates fir highly secure E-commerce. Equifax Secure application uses include bill presentment and payment, online customer service, home banking, medical records access, single sign-on, employee benefits management, secure document exchange, business-to-business procurement and supply chain integration. Certificate types supported include X.509 V3, SET, S/MIME, and IPSec. Authentication services are provided using their patent pending Remote Authentication Engine that leverages Equifax''s core-competency in credit collection and reporting services. Equifax Secure authentication services include:

• Development of customer-defined authentication alternatives
• Development and communication of privacy principles
• Development and hosting of customer-branded registration Web pages
• Development, hosting, and collecting of registration data through custom application forms
• Development and hosting of customized authentication algorithms
• Exception processing of marginal or rejected applications
• Links to Certificate Management Services to generate and issue certificates

Equifax Secure Certificate Management Services include the following:

• Development of certificate policies and CPSs
• Access to processes for certificate requesters and remoteRegistration Authority administrators
• Issuance of certificates after request approval from single or multiple RAs
• Secure delivery of certificates using Netscape 3.0+ and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0_ Web browsers
• Customer root-key deployment to client systems
• Renewal processing of expired certificates
• Certificate revocation based on customer-defined standards and parameters