On August 28, Carahsoft Technology Corp. announced a partnership with Entrust. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Entrust’s public sector distributor and aggregator for the U.S. market, making the company’s portfolio of identity and security solutions available to the public sector through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and GSA Schedule, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2), The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) and OMNIA Partners contracts.
“Entrust views Carahsoft as a premiere cybersecurity solutions distributor to the public sector,” said James Lapalme, vice president, identity marketing at Entrust. “Carahsoft has a long history of providing dedicated service to federal, state and local government agencies, as well as education and healthcare markets. We look forward to working with Carahsoft to leverage our collective expertise and innovation to provide government agencies with streamlined access to cutting-edge products that have been carefully selected to help them achieve their goals.”
Entrust’s comprehensive and robust portfolio of cybersecurity solutions facilitate the digital transformation of governments and enhance citizen experience and engagement with identity, physical and digital security technology. Through Entrust’s Identity-as-a-Service approach, organizations can harness the highest assurance identity and access controls with AI backed biometric capabilities quickly and affordably. In addition, its extensive work in both physical and digital security within the public sector acts as a catalyst for innovation with the high assurance security, identity protection, authentication, encryption and compliance standards required by Government customers.
“The volume and sophistication of cyber-attacks continue to increase rapidly, causing public sector organizations to reevaluate their security postures and approaches to data security,” said Brian O’Donnell, vice president of cybersecurity solutions at Carahsoft. “Entrust’s identity-first approach to security empowers agencies to ensure resources are accessible to employees through MFA, passwordless login, SSO and secure access management for all users, regardless of where they are located. In partnership with Entrust and our resellers and solutions partners, Carahsoft continues to support government digital transformation initiatives and their efforts to improve citizen experience and engagement.”
Source: Carahsoft
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