VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ArrayShield, has announced the availability of the latest IDAS Authentication Platform 3.0 which supports multiple applications and provides continuous availability (failover) and improved features.  The new IDAS Authentication Manager comes in three editions: Standard, Professional and Enterprise. Customers can choose the right edition based on their requirements and that fits their budget. Organizations looking at leveraging Two- Factor authentication for their multiple applications like VPN, ERP and Corporate Email can use single authentication manager. The applications can be configured using radius based integration, web filter integration and SAML/XML integration based on the technology requirement. With the new platform, organizations can plan for Disaster Recovery - or Failover - to ensure continuity of businesses in the face of the unexpected events. Rakesh Thatha, Chief Technology Officer, ArrayShield said, "The ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NEC Corporation and CA Technologies has announced that NEC will offer a new robust and scalable security solution as a cloud service that uses CA Technologies proven, cloud-ready advanced authentication technology. The service is said to deliver a flexible security solution that helps operators and content / application providers address the need for multi-device, multi-service authentication. As smart phones and tablets continue to proliferate among business users and consumers, user identities become associated with multiple devices. As a result, carriers, corporations and governments need to streamline security and usability for their customers, employees and constituents across devices and services with a seamless and strong authentication system for both users and devices. Shigeru Okuya, VP & Sr. GM, Carrier Services Operations Unit, NEC Corporation said, "Mobility increases the complexity of security and how to control access ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ArrayShield has rolled out a new version of its flagship IDAS Authentication Platform 2.0, claimed to be the latest version of its authentication server. IDAS Platform has a RADIUS interface as well as the XML API, IDAS 2.0 is expected to allow developers and network professionals to integrate secure, pattern based two factor authentications into any web-based application or RADIUS enabled device. The in-built RADIUS interface is supposed to allow IDAS to be integrated with all leading VPNs from providers like Sonicwall, Fortigate, Cisco, Juniper, Cyberoam, Watchguard, Checkpoint etc. to provide secure remote access to all its users. ArrayShield Pattern Based Two Factor Authentication is a method that is believed to be cost-efficient and easy to use. It is said to use sequential pattern recognition and a translucent card to reliably identify users. Users are supposed to choose a memorable pattern (sequence of cells on the array) as their sec...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE RSA has announced that its multi-factor authentication solution, RSA SecurID, can be integrated with the Microsoft Windows Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (AD FS 2.0). This integration can enable organizations to provide secure user access to Office 365 cloud-based web applications such as Microsoft Exchange technology. Secure, federated access control enables an organization to extend the protection for remote users to applications deployed outside an organization's network. Samuel Devasahayam, Principal Program Manager Lead, Active Directory, Microsoft said, "AD FS 2.0 allows our customers to extend their identity capabilities across organizations, as well as connecting their on-premises identities to cloud services. Identity federation is strategic to Microsoft, and we are excited to work with RSA to give customers supplemental levels of security for identity federation with AD FS 2.0." Sam Curry, CTO, Identity &...