Aladdin announces HASP SRM SaaS Pass

Mumbai: New Delhi: Aladdin Knowledge Systems announced the availability of Aladdin HASP SRM SaaS Pass. Utilizing Aladdin's HASP SRM solution, SaaS Pass allows on-demand software providers to maximize their revenue by preventing users from sharing their user name and password with unauthorized individuals.

SaaS Pass allows login access to software-on-demand only from specific, pre-activated machines-ensuring the highest level of secure and controlled access to the hosted application and sensitive end-user data.

"The SaaS model has grown tremendously in popularity as end-users enjoy the flexibility of subscription-based applications without the internal IT burden," said Mukul Krishna, Global Director-Digital Media Practice, Frost & Sullivan. "However, this also opens up a security loophole as user login information can be misused by being passed around or stolen. HASP SRM SaaS Pass will be very well received in the market as it closes such security holes and lets end-users and software vendors use SaaS applications in a highly secure environment."

The SaaS Pass solution is based on a small client application installed on the end-user's PC that communicates over the Internet with the service provider's Web application. The client application, which is pre-activated for the specific PC (using a HASP SRM software key), collects and passes the user name and password to the Web application for validation. To ensure the highest level of security, the user's password and a server-generated, time-stamp validation string are encrypted using the HASP SRM AES 128-bit encryption engine, before they are sent to service provider's Web application. Integrating SaaS Pass requires minimum changes to the service provider's web application, and supports any existing user name database.

Aladdin provides two additional components to HASP SRM that enable the SaaS Pass functionality; the SaaS Pass Login Application and the SaaS Pass Web Service Module.

The login application, which service providers distribute to their customers, is fully customizable. All operations, including distribution and pre-activation of the login application, can be handled over the Internet. The HASP SRM SaaS Pass Web Service Module integrates with the SaaS provider's existing web application. As a standard web service, the module inter-operates with any server platform.

"Aladdin strives to provide the most comprehensive solutions available to meet the needs of our customers, enabling them to advance their business and grow revenues," said Laila Arad-Allan, VP-Software DRM Business Unit, Aladdin Knowledge Systems. "Many of our customers offering SaaS cite shared user name or password login information as a significant source of revenue loss. By integrating HASP SRM into their SaaS offering, ISVs can reclaim lost revenues by ensuring that only authorized users on authorized machines access their on-demand applications and data."

The login application and web service module are available with HASP SRM at no additional charge. Current HASP SRM users can download the components at: www.aladdin.com/hasp/solutions/saas-solution.aspx. Product activations can be purchased on a 'pay-as-you-grow' basis with variable pricing for software keys based on volume.