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Authernative is committed
to delivering innovative user authentication solutions
to Government agencies to secure remote access, meet
security initiatives, and reduce user authentication
costs and complexities.
AuthGuard® versatile
user authentication solution helps agencies address
the following initiatives, offering a secure and reliable
alternative to buying, deploying, and managing user
authenticators:
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Protecting Sensitive
Agency Information (OMB M-06-16)
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Telework (§359 of
Public Law 106-346)
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Safeguarding Personally
Identifiable Information (OMB M-06-15)
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Federal Desktop Core
Configuration – 12 character passwords (FDCC)
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E-Authentication
Guidance for Federal Agencies (OMB M-04-04)
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Continuity of Operations
(FCD 1)
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Homeland Security
Information Sharing (HSPD)
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Policy for a Common
Identification Standard for Federal Employees and
Contractors (HSPD12)
Authernative's AuthGuard®
user authentication product offers various authentication
methods to meet government agencies’ security and usability
policies for employee or public access. AuthGuard® product
provides one-factor, layered, or multi-factor authentication
that is electronically mass deployable, has scalable
security, high usability and a low total cost of ownership.
Authentication methods include enhanced password, graphical
password, one-time challenge one-time response, out-of-band,
one-time-pin and secure in-band authentication.
Authernative has received
FIPS 140-2 certification for the Authernative® Cryptographic
Module embedded in AuthGuard® user authentication product.
It provides for secure mutual authentication and session-only
random symmetric key distribution in client-server architecture
enabled with a multifactor authentication scheme. The
FIPS 140-2 compliance assures U.S. and Canadian Government
customers, system integrators, & resellers that AuthGuard®
product provides the highest level of protection for
sensitive information and complies with strict government
security regulations.
Authernative also has
been awarded a GSA Schedule Contract to make it easier
for Federal, State and Local Government agencies to
procure solutions from a trusted vendor. The product
pricing works well with government agencies' budget
models, eliminating the need for replacement cycles
and significantly lowering deployment and administration
efforts and costs.
Authernative also was
awarded “Best of SecureGov” by the Government Strategic
Intelligence Council, designed to offer senior Government
IT, Security and Privacy Officers insight into the latest
developments critical to maximizing the protections
of information resources, networks and critical infrastructure.
Authernative can help
Authernative has created
secure, low cost, easy to use & manage strong authentication,
authorization, administration, and auditing solutions.
Authernative® AuthGuard®
and PassEnabler® solutions will allow Government Agencies
to meet their complex needs of securely connecting,
authenticating, authorizing, administering, and auditing
the growing numbers of dispersed employees, contractors,
and third parties from disparate locations and systems.
PassEnabler® will not
only allow for strong two factor authentication and
authorization management to critical information, but
will prove to be a major contributor in reducing administrative
workload by allowing for web based single sign-on access.
Such capability provides secure access while reducing
the number of log-ins required from users. Furthermore,
the product will reduce password-associated help-desk
costs through its self-reset capability of user authentication
credentials.
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