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Currently, passwords,
pass phrases, and PINs are used as a method of authentication
in virtually every interaction between users and information
systems. In fact 90% of all current network environments
rely only on passwords for security. Yet the low security,
limitations, and inadequacy of passwords have been well-recognized
in the industry for many years and can't be relied upon
for securing e-commerce. User managed passwords are
easily guessed, shared, stored, stolen, or hacked, which
leads to increasingly critical information system breaches
and associated economic losses.
Advanced security systems
including biometrics, smart cards and tokens certainly
increase security however they come with numerous challenges,
including the higher total cost of ownership, higher
complexity, manual deployment and lower usability, which
make such systems impractical for mass Internet participants.
Authernative delivers
next-generation of user authentication solutions
specifically addressing the security, total cost of
ownership and usability challenges in enterprise and
consumer markets.
In addition to user authentication
challenges, companies are faced with serious concerns
over the cost, compliance, and security of managing
user accounts and access privileges. With the increase
of customer and business-supporting applications and
systems, coupled with exponential growth in the number
of Intranet, Extranet, and Internet users, companies
are looking for better ways to manage user accounts.
Managing proliferation of user accounts to protected
resources (systems, e-mail, portals, business applications,
databases, and documents) is an expensive, time consuming
and complex proposition. But cost is not the only concern.
Companies need to manage their user accounts more carefully
because of (1) the proliferation of external security
threats that exploit compromised user accounts and (2)
the additional security, audit, and administration control
requirements created by mandatory international, federal,
and state regulations. Authernative PassEnabler® solution
addresses these issues.
Together
AuthGuard®
and PassEnabler® products
bring significant value to enterprises with the following
business benefits:
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Cost Containment |
ROI from fraud prevented costs and damage
Replaces costly authentication systems
Decreases costs of network and user administration
(Password resets = 40% of help desk calls at $20~$80 per
incident)
Decrease costs associated with PKI, CA,
SSL
Decrease costs of identity management
Lower per seat cost and total cost of ownership
(TCO)
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Revenue Enhancement |
Supports an increase in customer and partner
base
Increase in number of transactions
Interact with anybody, anywhere, anytime
(no additional hardware to distribute required)
Collaborate with customers, partners and
suppliers
(non-intrusive/ease of use)
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Security Management |
High level of security and fraud protection,
leveraging existing
IT infrastructure
Stronger control of enterprise users and
customers
Access control is centralized and under
management direction
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e-Business enabler |
Ubiquitous computing
Virtualization, abstracting the desktop
Extend the network, business processes and
network
resources
Increase productivity of remote users
Competitive advantage and differentiation
from mass market
Compliance with government regulations
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