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:

• Protecting Sensitive Agency Information (OMB M-06-16)

• Telework (§359 of Public Law 106-346)

• Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information (OMB M-06-15)

• Federal Desktop Core Configuration – 12 character passwords (FDCC)

• E-Authentication Guidance for Federal Agencies (OMB M-04-04)

• Continuity of Operations (FCD 1)

• Homeland Security Information Sharing (HSPD)

• 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.