How to Activate the RSA ECAT License

This document will walk through the steps for downloading and activating your RSA ECAT license. You
should receive two separate emails from RSA: one contains your RSA Download Central Login ID and
temporary password, and the second contains your Product License Serial number.

Note: If you’re an existing RSA customer, the email with the Login ID will not contain a temporary
password. You should use your existing RSA Download Central password or have your password reset
on the login page.

After clicking on the link for RSA Download Central, follow the screenshots below:

Username and temp

password provided in
email from RSA (“RSA
Software / License
Download Information”)

Product Serial
number provided in
second RSA email

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Before you receive the
Computer ID (which is the
30 character License code
referenced in the ECAT
User Guide), you must
first click here to
download the software

This is an
example of an
order with Bit9 Click here for
GSR; if Bit9 was access to software
not ordered, it
will not be
included here

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Click here to download
software

Read the license

agreement and click “I
Agree” at the bottom

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 *Disregard for right
now

Before the license key

is available for
download, you need to
have the ECAT software
downloaded and
installed (*Bit9 GSR will
only appear here if
ordered)

Once you download the ECAT 3.3.5 file, there will be a zip file containing the ECAT software and
documentation (including Release Notes & ECAT User Guide). Be sure to read the Release Notes and
ECAT User Guide, which outline the prerequisites that must be installed before installing the ECAT
software. Below are the steps in the User Guide that you’ll need to complete to activate the ECAT
license (which is when you’ll receive the Computer ID).

Bit9 and OPSWAT

Metascan are
optional third party
components

Note: User Guide explains how to

install Bit9, OPSWAT Metascan, and
HitmanPro. These are all third party
products that can be purchased. RSA
sells the Bit9 license, and OPSWAT
and HitmanPro (by SurfRight) can be
purchased directly from the
respective vendors.

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Once the necessary steps are completed, you’ll receive this screen:

This is the “Computer

ID” that you’ll need
to submit on RSA
Download Central

Return to the RSA Download Central site, navigate to the screen below and enter the License Code into
the Computer ID line.

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After submitting, you’ll receive the following notification:

You will receive an email notification from RSA Download Central, and will need to log back in using your
Login ID, Password, and Product Serial Number. Navigate back to this screen:

Click here to access

the ECAT license key

Once the license key is downloaded and saved to the ECAT/Server subdirectory, relaunch the ECAT
console server and confirm the product is correctly activated. Return to page 45 of the ECAT User Guide
and continue with the product installation and configuration.

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