Authentication

In this business environment, strong authentication-using multiple factors to ensure users are indeed who they claim to be-is vital. As they evaluate the alternatives, many organizations are opting to use SMS authentication, which offers a mix of convenience and security that make it ideally suited to many usage scenarios. Read this white paper to find out more!

This paper compares the strengths and weaknesses of hardware- and software-based authentication approaches, and offers five key considerations for evaluating which approach is right for the specific needs of your organization.

Part 1 describes the threat landscape as seen by SMBs, and describes the security controls that belong in Stage 1.

Enabling people to register using an existing identity from Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, or other provider is one of the most powerful registration tools to emerge in the last few years. Registering people through an established online identity not only streamlines the registration process but also gives your business a head start on building deeper relationships with them.

The Internet is transforming how businesses operate, providing ubiquitous and inexpensive connectivity for critical business functions with new Internet-related innovations coming steadily. That's why it remains a business imperative to prepare for an environment where the Internet is the foundation of all internal communications and operations as well as external interactions with customers and business partners.

In October 2005, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a guidance to improve security for online banking transactions specifically relating to two-factor authentication. This white paper provides an overview of the key requirements of the guidance, as well as how CA's solution can help an you to achieve compliance.

Organizations are implementing Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions to improve business productivity, reduce cost and secure access to critical applications. This white paper discusses commonly overlooked considerations when evaluating SSO solutions, to help ensure success with your deployed solution.

This paper is aimed at IT staff, application development managers, security architects and technical decision makers who need to learn more about identity federation and the industry standards that formalize federated environments.

In this podcast you will learn how and why the IAM market is changing, why the industry is moving away from point solutions to comprehensive IAM suites and hear a discussion of the key value IAM suites bring.

Given the massive investments in Web-based applications, the importance of identity-centric security is only growing. If you think that all WAM systems are basically the same, then this session is for you.

In this podcast you will learn what Identity Federation is, what the value of Federation is and how organizations and governments are using it today. This podcast will address the following questions: What is Federation?  Why are organizations federating? What are Federation challenges and ways to overcome these challenges?

Organizations are increasingly implementing strong authentication to meet regulatory mandates and more demanding business requirements for data protection. But choosing among the myriad strong authentication options is only the first decision. The real challenge lies in integrating them with existing security infrastructure and managing these credentials efficiently. This white paper discusses considerations that should be made before deploying strong authentication in your organization.

Successfully implementing SSO solutions can be challenging both technically and organizationally. Deployments are impacted by a number of considerations including the number and nature of users being served, the environments they operate and the types of applications they use.

Are user provisioning and identity life-cycle management problems causing headaches at your organization? You know the challenge: manual or ad hoc administration of user identities, accounts and entitlements to applications, systems and resources. What's to be done?

Password Management saves IT time and resources managing, resetting, resending and creating passwords and accounts. It also enforces the flexible application of password policies and periodic password updates.

CA Identity and Access Management automates the management of user identities and ensures that only properly authorized users can access critical IT resources from the Web to the mainframe. It empowers your organization to reduce IT costs, mitigate overall security risk, enable new business opportunities and deliver continuous regulatory compliance.

Across all sectors of industry, business systems users demand access to information sources that need to be properly protected in order to ensure that information integrity is maintained. In today’s highly-regulated business environments, only users with the correct access privileges can be allowed to gain entry to key corporate information systems.

North American organizations continue to be challenged with security and compliance issues. Increasingly, they are using Identity Access and Management Solutions to improve security and compliance.

Single Sign-On (SSO) technology is fast evolving and increasingly must integrate with other identity and access management solutions. But how? Replay this interactive webcast about key SSO capabilities and requirements for working with other IAM solutions.

CA SiteMinder Web Access Manager provides policy based authentication and authorisation, supports multiple advanced authentication techniques, identity federation, and single sign on for Web applications. Traditionally, access management infrastructure has been developed separately for each Web application, leading to duplication and limited control and audit capability. SiteMinder provides centralised capabilities plus extensive additional facilities. Butler Group is impressed with its fine-grained authorisation capabilities, support for advanced authentication techniques, support for a good range of user directories, identity federation based on established standards, and the scalable architecture. Overall, SiteMinder is an impressive solution for mid-sized and large companies who use numerous Web applications to deliver sensitive or business critical data.

A new white paper commissioned by VeriSign and written by Forrester Research, Authentication-as-a-Service, combines input from hundreds of businesses and Forrester's own industry expertise to help you understand the benefits of two factor authentication and the best ways to implement it.

This white paper examines the compelling business and technical case for centralizing administration in Microsoft's Active Directory, describes how Centrify's integrated architecture enables you to extend Active Directory to your non-Microsoft platforms, and describes the Centrify Suite's unique benefits.

This white paper examines the compelling business and technical case for centralizing administration in Microsoft's Active Directory, using Centrify's DirectControl to extend Active Directory authentication and access control to your UNIX, Linux and Mac OS systems and applications, and using Centrify's DirectAudit to log user activity to provide you a clear picture of end user actions on all UNIX and Linux systems.

This white paper examines the challenges of migrating NIS deployments to a central repository, and explains in detail how a combination of Microsoft Active Directory and Centrify DirectControl can deliver a cost-effective solution that strengthens security while improving IT efficiency.

This White Paper examines these considerations in greater detail and defines best practices when evaluating and deploying a Smart Card Authentication solution.