REALTORS Property Resource™ Selects Clareity Security to Provide Online Access Security
Scottsdale, AZ July 9, 2010 – Clareity Security (www.clareitysecurity.com), the leading provider of online access security for the Real Estate industry, today announced the REALTORS Property Resource (RPR) has selected Scout for SAFEMLS™. RPR will implement Clareity Security’s SaaS platform to ensure authorized access to its database and reports.
RPR, which is available exclusively to REALTORS®, is a single-source national compilation of data including: tax and assessment data, property data, neighborhood, school, demographic and psychographic information, maps, trends and reports. “We recognize our responsibility to make sure REALTORS® are the only authorized users of RPR. Scout for SAFEMLS was the clear choice to achieve this goal,” stated Dale Ross, RPR’s CEO.
“We are delighted to partner with RPR to protect access to its national property library and professional tool set,” said Gregg Larson, president and CEO of Clareity Security. “RPR made a wise decision to implement strong, proven security early in the product’s rollout to protect the vast information they have licensed from multiple sources, including that provided by MLS partners.”
Scout for SAFEMLS combines access intelligence and zero-footprint, strong authentication to accurately identify risks and cost-effectively mitigate them. The foundation of the solution is an identity-profiling engine for aggregating user access data, creating statistical profiles, and detecting anomalies. Powered by patent-pending keystroke dynamics, SAFEMLS is unrivaled in the ability to accurately and transparently identify users, detect account sharing, account takeover, and the differences between individual users.
About Clareity Security:
Clareity Security is the leading provider of security products and services for the real estate and mortgage industries. Clareity’s SAFEMLS® product suite helps MLS organizations and real estate professionals increase subscription revenue by easily and effectively safeguarding sensitive consumer information against unauthorized access via next generation strong authentication solutions for secured online transactions.. Clareity Security is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and has offices in Knoxville, TN and Lenexa, KS. Additional information is available at http://www.ClareitySecurity.com.
Contact:
Amy Geddes, EVP & COO
(480) 444-0014
www.ClareitySecurity.com
My Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) Adopts Clareity Security’s Scout for SAFEMLS and Single Sign On Solutions
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – June 8, 2010 – Clareity Security (www.clareitysecurity.com), the leading provider of data security and revenue assurance for the MLS industry, today announced it signed a new Scout for SAFEMLS agreement with My Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), Florida’s largest MLS and the overall eighth largest Multiple Listing Service in the world. MFRMLS’ 30,000 subscribers will have secure access through Clareity Security’s industry leading Scout for SAFEMLS plus Clareity Security’s Single Sign-ON (SSO).
Every day, thousands of online accounts are compromised by account sharing: the deliberate sharing of account credentials to fraudulently enable more people to use an account than are authorized to do so. Powered by patent-pending behavioral analytics, Scout for SAFEMLS identifies unauthorized use, ranks its potential for revenue recovery, and triggers remediation workflow. The software-as-a-service application (SaaS) enables compliance managers and executives to easily identify, prioritize and remediate fraud within a service.
With 30,000 subscribers across Central and Southwest Florida, MFRMLS needed a complete secure access solution integrated with its five different user-facing applications. Scout for SAFEMLS combined with SSO provides MFRMLS with the peace of mind of strong security while offering its subscribers a higher level of convenience through Single Sign-On.
“Clareity Security’s SAFEMLS suite of products adds transparent security and single sign-on convenience for our subscribers while providing a vastly improved layer of protection against abuse of our service”, said Merri Jo Cowen, CEO of My Florida Regional MLS. “In our extensive review of access management solutions, Scout for SAFEMLS and Clareity Security SSO were the clear choice for MFRMLS.”
About My Florida Regional MLS
My Florida Regional MLS, located in Orlando, FL is Florida’s largest multiple listing service with approximately 30,000 subscribers. Owned by 13 Shareholder REALTOR® Boards and Associations in Central and Southwest Florida, MFRMLS offers a comprehensive suite of productivity and marketing tools to professionals in the real estate industry.
About Clareity Security:
Clareity Security, located in Scottsdale, AZ is the leading provider of security products and services for the real estate and mortgage industries. It’s SAFEMLS® and SAFEACCESS™ products help MLS organizations and real estate professionals easily and effectively safeguard sensitive consumer information against unauthorized access and provides next generation strong authentication solutions for secure online transactions. Additional information is available at http://www.ClareitySecurity.com.
Contact:
Amy Geddes, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
480-444-0014
Amy.Geddes@ClareitySecurity.com
www.clareitysecurity.com
Clareity Security Launches SSO & Scout for SafeMLS in NorCal
CLAREITY SECURITY LAUNCHES SCOUT FOR SAFEMLS AND SINGLE SIGN ON SOLUTION FOR
COOPERATIVE MLS OF CONTRA COSTA, EAST BAY REGION DATA, INC. AND THE BAY EAST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
Scottsdale, Arizona — April 14, 2010 — Clareity Security is pleased to announce its Single Sign On (SSO) & Scout for SAFEMLS solution release for the Cooperative MLSs the of Contra Costa Association of REALTORS®, East Bay Regional Data, Inc. and the Bay East Association of REALTORS. Clareity Security’s SSO will serve as the Identity Provider (IDP) for the Co-Op’s participation as Multiple Organization Reciprocal Exchange (MORE) in a reciprocal access data share.
The MLSs involved include the three organizations that comprise MORE (Multiple Organization Reciprocal Exchange): Bay East Association of REALTORS® (Bay East), Contra Costa Association of REALTORS® (CCAR), and East Bay Regional Data, Inc. (EBRDI); who have joined the existing data share between MLSListings, Inc., and the Quattro Group, comprised of Bay Area Real Estate Information Services, Inc. (BAREIS MLS®), MetroList Services, Inc. (MetroList®), and the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® (SFAOR).
MORE provides the Co op’s MLS service participants and subscribers broad access to search for and list properties throughout Northern California. This dramatically expanded MLS service is brought to you by the CoOp at no additional cost.
All participating MLS service providers are required to adhere to the group’s strict access security policies and utilize SAML to facilitate their SSO functionality. Cooperation from all parties was a necessity to ensure the successful integration of Scout for SAFEMLS and Single Sign On into the Cooperative’s primary MLS system which is the LPS Real Estate Group flagship product Paragon.
“It means a great deal to LPS Real Estate Group to provide excellent security technology to our customers,” said Rich Lull, Senior Vice President, MLS Solutions, LPS Real Estate Group. “Our partnership with Clareity Security has consistently allowed us to do that, from the first SAFEMLS implementation over five years ago to a project the size and complexity of the MORE Data Share.”
Clareity’s Scout for SAFEMLS solution serves as the strong authentication product, which was a requirement of
participation in the MORE data share. In addition to unsurpassed security, Scout for SAFEMLS also provides customers with revenue assurance not seen by other products. Scout for SAFEMLS reduces administration and total cost of ownership compared to traditional strong authentication products. The SAFEMLS intelligence based authentication suite combine access intelligence and zero-footprint, strong authentication to accurately identify risks and cost-effectively mitigate them. The foundation of the solution is an identity profiling engine for aggregating user access data, creating statistical profiles, and detecting anomalies. Powered by patent-pending keystroke dynamics, Scout for SAFEMLS is unrivaled in its ability to accurately and transparently identify users, detect account sharing, account takeover, and differences between individual users thus providing a means to recover revenue lost to fraudulent access to the MLS data.
About Clareity Security:
Clareity Security, located in Scottsdale, AZ is the leading provider of security products and services for the real estate and mortgage industries. Its SAFEMLS® and SAFEACCESS™ products help MLS organizations and real estate professionals easily and effectively safeguard sensitive consumer information against unauthorized access and provides next generation strong authentication solutions for secure online transactions. Additional information is available at http://www.ClareitySecurity.com.
Contact:
Amy Geddes, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
480-444-0014
Amy.Geddes@ClareitySecurity.com
Market Adoption of SCOUT For SafeMLS Spotlights Demand
MARKET ADOPTION OF SCOUT FOR SAFEMLS SPOTLIGHTS DEMAND FOR 
CLAREITY SECURITY’S INNOVATIVE ACCESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
Over 125,000 Scout for SAFEMLS subscribers added in the 3rd quarter
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – September 29, Clareity Security continues to demonstrate
innovation in online real estate security and access management with the addition of
several new MLS customers that recently contracted to implement Scout for SAFEMLS.
Many MLS organizations are also contracting with Clareity Security to provide Single
Sign On as a valuable convenience offering for their subscribers. Clareity Security
recently welcomed the following customers:
Hawaii Information Services – Honolulu, HI
Jackson Area Association of REALTORS – Jackson, MI
Monroe County Association of REALTORS, – Monroe, MI
Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC – Chicago, IL
Winnipeg Association of REALTORS – Winnipeg, ON
In addition to our growing new customer subscriber base, many of our existing
customers have opted to implement our next generation, zero-footprint secure
authentication offering. Recently the following customers extended their agreements
with Clareity Security to implement Scout for SAFEMLS:
Metropolitan Regional Information Services – Rockville, MD
Capital Area Association of REALTORS – Springfield, IL
Corpus Christi Association of REALTORS, – Corpus Christi, TX
Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS – El Paso, TX
Las Cruces Association of REALTORS – Las Cruces, NM
Oklahoma City Association of REALTORS – Oklahoma City, OK
“We are proud to bring innovative solutions for real estate, and we appreciate the trust
and confidence our SAFEMLS customers have in us. We have worked hard to deliver
business value that is highly customized for real estate,” stated Gregg Larson, CEO of
Clareity Security.
Scout for SAFEMLS analyzes multiple transparent session factors to ensure that the
user logging in is the legitimate user. The solution combines something the user knows
(the username and password) with something the user has (the device used to access
the system) with something the user does (unique keystroke dynamics/typing patterns).
These three factors together are used by Scout to aggregate, analyze, and act on
session information to secure the MLS system data.
About Clareity Security:
Clareity Security, located in Scottsdale, AZ is the leading provider of security products
and services or the real estate industry. It’s SAFEMLS® and SAFEACCESS™ products
help MLS organizations and real estate professionals easily and effectively safeguard
sensitive consumer information against unauthorized access and provides next
generation strong authentication solutions for secure online transactions. Additional
information is available at http://www.ClareitySecurity.com.
Contact:
Clareity Security
Amy Geddes, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
480-444-0014
Amy.Geddes@ClareitySecurity.com