Open platform Java servlet/applet, web and database client - server technologies are used in the software implementation of AuthGuard® in combination with secure Internet protocol HTTP(S) and standard SKE (Symmetric Key Encryption) algorithms.

Online user access to any web resource (Step 1) begins with re-directing the on-line user to the Authentication Server Login Page (Step 2). The login process is seamless to the user, who is prompted into an interactive dialog (Step 3) with the Authentication Server through the Graphical User Interface. The dialog is based on AuthGuard’s authentication methods permitted by the administrator including the methods based on the patented Random Partial Shared Secret Recognition algorithm (RPSSR). The login process also employs a highly secure proprietary encryption key management system integrated with the RPSSR authentication protocol; the combination of these assures high security level at credential entry devices, communication lines, and databases during every session’s user authentication process. Once the Authentication Server positively identified the online user, he is rerouted to the initial web resource destination (steps 4 and 5) the user was accessing.

Authernative AuthGuard® allows user store integration with legacy user stores either in SQL or LDAP environments.