Security of data is a primary concern for many businesses and securing the network identities that have access to this critical business information is a key success factor for business operations. This increased concern is greatly due to the change in the way applications are developed and accessed giving users the ability to perform their business tasks from outside the security and confines of a business’s private network. Allowing this additional flexibility of working beyond the confines of the private network brings with it an increased level of risk from unwanted attacks.
Strong authentication solutions provided by Symtex such as one time passwords (OTP) with tokens and Public Key Infrastructures (PKI) based logon with smart cards, which have the ability to withstand many common attacks, help to protect an organisations valuable data. The implementation of this strong authentication is very flexible and can be integrated into a business infrastructure at various key points dependent upon the business requirements.
Strong authentication methods can be applied to user logon at:-
Which in turn gives a user the ability to securely perform their daily work tasks from anywhere with an internet connection.