Press release
Embargoed for Release Until Tuesday, December 4, 2018 – 6:15 a.m. EST
SSH.COM and Wipro Partner for SSH Key Management
Cooperation combines SSH’s industry-leading UKM product and Wipro’s global presence and deployment capabilities
GARTNER IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT SUMMIT, LAS VEGAS – December 4, 2018 – SSH.COM and Wipro Limited today announced a partnership to promote and implement SSH’s industry-leading SSH Key Management solution, Universal SSH Key Manager® (UKM), at large enterprises and financial firms. Wipro becomes a certified SSH.COM delivery partner that has deep capability to implement and manage UKM at large scale customers worldwide. Key customer benefits from the alliance include:
- Wipro’s global presence and proven deployment capability
- Availability of UKM as a global 24/7 managed service
- Increased availability of skilled consultants to globally implement and run demanding, security critical deployments
- Availability of UKM as a part of the cyber security portfolio of a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company
First joint customer projects are already in process and the companies have joint customer relationships in the financial and technology segments.
This strategic worldwide partnership will further accelerate demand for the UKM product line that is unique in being able to simultaneously manage, deploy, and rotate authentication keys for large scale secure shell environments. UKM’s policy driven automated workflows simultaneously reduce risks, increase compliance, and save effort and costs. UKM offers the best TOC (total cost of ownership) and best ROI in the industry and is deployed by numerous Fortune 100 companies, including financial institutions, retail companies, and energy companies as well as many government agencies.
Key features and customer benefits of UKM include:
- Reduced risk surface
- Least intrusive solution in the industry with industry-leading TOC and ROI
- Enterprise-wide control of and visibility to SSH access
- Automating the entire SSH Key management process
- Detecting changes and react to policy violations
- Meeting compliance obligations and validate policy adherence with effortless report production
“We are excited to work with Wipro to bring UKM to an even wider audience. We have a shared vision of helping our customers secure their key digital assets, and our capabilities complement each other,” said Sami Ahvenniemi, Chief Customer Officer at SSH.COM. “Working together, we can offer to customers the combination of UKM’s industry-leading ROI and unmatched capabilities of UKM and Wipro’s global presence, implementation power, and experience from providing managed services to some of the most demanding customers in the world.”
Meet us at GARTNER IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT SUMMIT
SSH will demonstrate UKM at the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit in Las Vegas, December 3 to 6, 2018.
SSH.COM will be exhibiting at Booth #224. To schedule a demo or meeting, please go to https://events.ssh.com/gartner_iam_2018 and make a booking.
About SSH.COM
SSH.COM helps organizations access, secure and control their digital core – their critical data, applications and services. We have over 3,000 customers around the world, including 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies, many of the world’s largest financial institutions, and major organizations in all verticals. We are committed to helping our customers thrive in the cloud era with solutions that offer secure access with zero inertia, zero friction and zero credentials risk. SSH.COM sells online; through offices in North America, Europe and Asia; and through a global network of certified partners. The company’s shares (SSH1V) are quoted on the NASDAQ Helsinki. For more information, visit www.ssh.com.
About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. We harness the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, we have over 175,000 dedicated employees serving clients across six continents. Together, we discover ideas and connect the dots to build a better and a bold new future. For more information, visit www.wipro.com.
SSH Contact:
Simo Karkkulainen
SSH.COM
+358 40 738 9406
simo.karkkulainen@ssh.com
SSH Agency Contact:
Laura Schaub
Nadel Phelan, Inc. for SSH.com
+1 831-440-2414
laura.schaub@nadelphelan.com
