Denver and Islandia, NY – July 29, 2008 – Merlin International and CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that Merlin has been selected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide CA’s robust identity and access management solutions to support the majority of the Department’s identity management and access management requirements. The solutions are designed to enable VA to leverage e-Authentication, verify proper access to information, protect data, simplify internal systems, and enhance compliance with FISMA, HSPD 12 and HIPAA.
VA makes benefits and services available for approximately 60 million veterans and their family members. With more than 230,000 employees, 153 medical centers and 800 Community Based Outpatient Centers, VA is the largest direct health care delivery system in America. By deploying enterprise-wide identity and access management solutions, VA will be able to provide secure delivery and access to Web-based applications; enhance veteran access to benefit and health information; improve regulatory compliance; improve inter-agency collaboration; and enhance overall agency security.
“Merlin’s partnership with VA to deliver quality healthcare and benefits to Veterans currently spans a broad list of initiatives including this new engagement to deliver identity and access management,” said John Trauth, president of Merlin’s Technology Systems Division. “Securing confidential information and ensuring that only authorized staff has access is critical to delivering the highest caliber service. Together with CA, our Veterans will have that confidence.”
“VA has millions of unique identities to manage – from its employees to Veterans. Its range of services, including healthcare and benefits for Veterans, relies on the safety of data as well as a need to share personally identifiable information with other agencies,” said Joe Page, Senior Vice President of Public Sector Sales from CA. “By implementing an enterprise-wide identity and access management solution, VA is taking proper measures to protect the privacy and personal information of its constituents and ensure that only authorized users have access to restricted data. We are very pleased to partner with Merlin to provide a solution to help VA efficiently and effectively manage, authenticate, track and validate identities.”
VA selected the following CA leading identity and access management products: CA SiteMinder, CA Identity Manager, CA Enterprise Single Sign On, CA Federation Security Services, CA Access Control, CA Directory, and CA SOA Security Manager with XML Gateway, to help create an enterprise-wide solution.
For more information about CA identity and access management, please visit www.ca.com/us/it-security-solutions.aspx.
About CA
CA (NASDAQ: CA), one of the world’s largest independent software companies, provides software solutions to unify and simplify™ IT management. With CA’s Enterprise IT Management (EITM) vision and expertise, organizations can more effectively govern, manage and secure IT to optimize business performance and sustain competitive advantage. Founded in 1976, CA serves customers in virtually every country in the world. For more information, please visit www.ca.com.
About Merlin International
Merlin International is one of the fastest growing public sector IT solutions providers in the United States. Based in Denver, with offices in Vienna, Va., Linthicum, Md., and Scott Air Force Base, Merlin delivers technology solutions and services for a broad range of organizations including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, civilian and intelligence agencies, as well as state and local governments. The company’s solution expertise includes Managed Content, Enterprise Messaging, Information Assurance, and Business Systems Management. Today, more than 500 clients count on Merlin's expertise to help them define, integrate, deploy, and maintain systems and networks that align information technology with program and business goals. Learn more about Merlin at www.merlin-intl.com.
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