[Clips] [MTNews] CRYPTO-Server 6.3

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  Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:47:49 -0700
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  Subject: [MTNews] CRYPTO-Server 6.3
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  CRYPTOCard LAUNCHES CRYPTO-Server 6.3 FOR MAC OS X TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR
  "TIGER" USERS TO GAIN TWO-FACTOR ATM-STYLE AUTHENTICATED ACCESS TO
  DESKTOPS, LAPTOPS, AND APACHE WEB SERVER

  CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for OS X provides "Tiger" Users With Simple Authenticated
  Access To Desktops-Even If They Are Not Connected To The Network

  CRYPTOCard (http://www.cryptocard.com/), a leading authentication
  developer, today launched CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for OS X, the authentication
  solution designed to make it simple to positively identify all Tiger users
  attempting LAN, VPN (Apple or Cisco), or Web-based (Apache) access.
  Specifically designed to fully integrate with Tiger's newly-developed
  support for smart card environments, CRYPTO-Server 6.3 couples something in
  the user's possession (a multi-function smart card, USB token, hardware
  token, or software token), with something the user knows (their PIN) to
  provide secure, enterprise-class LAN, Web, and remote ATM-style
  One-PIN-and-You’re-In’ authenticated access that mirrors the look and feel
  of the OS X logon  ensuring that the technology is simple for Tiger users
  to utilize. CRYPTO-Server 6.3's "Fast User Switching" functionality also
  makes it simple for multiple Tiger users to securely access the Mac, using
  smart cards or tokens  in a stand-alone or networked environment.

  "Understanding that an organization cannot guarantee a system security if
  it cannot positively authenticate each individual user, CRYPTOCard has
  developed a fully-integrated authentication solution specifically designed
  for Tiger," commented Malcolm MacTaggart, President & CEO, CRYPTOCard
  Corporation. "CRYPTO-Server 6.3 now makes it simple for Tiger users,
  particularly in the traditional Mac strongholds of the health, legal,
  higher education, and printing/publishing/multimedia sectors, to provide
  true ATM-style One-PIN-and-You’re-In’ enterprise-class strong user
  authentication for LAN, VPN, Web, or remote system access," MacTaggart
  continued. "To meet the needs of U.S Federal customers, CRYPTOCard's Smart
  Card readers support the U.S Federal Smart Cards (CAC & PIV)  and the
  drivers are pre-installed in Tiger."

  "The breakthrough features in Mac OS X Tiger are enabling innovation across
  a diverse range of developers and markets," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice
  president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We’re thrilled that CRYPTOCard
  is taking advantage of Tiger to deliver easy-to-use enterprise class
  authentication solutions."

  Incorporating CRYPTOCard's familiar ATM-style logon, that has proven to
  eliminate the user resistance usually encountered when organizations
  attempt to implement an additional layer of security, CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for
  OS X generates a one-time password for every log-on attempt, making stolen
  credentials useless to hackers while simultaneously ensuring Tiger users do
  not have to memorize complicated credentials  significantly reducing the
  help-desk costs associated with resetting forgotten passwords, and the
  obvious security risk resulting from users writing down their passwords.

  CRYPTO-Server's remote access functionality offers support for Apple's VPN
  Server, with the same "One-PIN-and-You’re-In." experience, however, if
  hardware tokens are employed, no additional software is required on the
  client side  CRYPTOCard's two-factor-authentication is ready to go,
  "out-of-the-box." CRYPTO-Server 6.3's CRYPTO-Web component also makes it
  simple for Tiger users to utilize the exact same ATM-style log-on protocol
  to positively authenticate themselves to Apache and IIS Websites, right
  down to the page level. And, with almost 75 percent (or more than 13
  million) of the world's web servers running on Apache, CRYPTO-Server 6.3
  for OS X represents a significant advance in authentication technology for
  the web medium.

  CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for OS X provides administrators with centralized
  authentication and management capability, emphasizing ease-of-use and tight
  integration with Apple's Open Directory LDAP services. CRYPTO-Server 6.3
  will not only make it simple to enforce two-factor authentication as the
  only way to access a workstation, but will also make it simple to lock down
  access through VPN's, Portals, and web servers.

  A true enterprise solution offering "High Availability," CRYPTO-Server 6.3
  has no single point of failure  switching to a replica server in the event
  of system failure  utilizing real-time multi-master replication
  functionality. Additionally, CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for OS X makes it easy for
  organizations to create a token-deployment database by reading on a
  real-time basis from OpenLDAP, while the solution's CRYPTO-Deploy component
  makes it incredibly simple for administrators to instantly distribute
  software tokens from any computer, to any user. CRYPTO-Server's versatile
  software tokens can reside on a user's desktop, laptop, multi-function
  smart card, or Pocket PC.

  CRYPTO-Server 6.3's other components include CRYPTO-Kit, which provides
  developers with the tools to make it simple to integrate CRYPTOCard's
  technology with existing security applications/systems; CRYPTO-Deploy, to
  facilitate the deployment and activation of tokens; and CRYPTO-Migration;
  which provides RSA Migration functionality that enables organizations to
  switch from an alternative system (CRYPTOCard's tokens, with replaceable
  batteries, are deployed once and can be utilized indefinitely).

  A five-user bundle (all-you-need-in-1-box  the full server software plus
  five tokens) is available for $499 (SRP). CRYPTOCard's products are
  available from Tech Data and other distributors, integrators, and resellers
  in the U.S., Japan, France, the U.K., and throughout the world. For more
  information on CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for Mac, please visit
  (http://www.cryptocard.com/).

  About CRYPTOCard Corporation
  Established in 1989, CRYPTOCard provides cost-effective Secure Password
  Technology to leading enterprises worldwide in the government, technology,
  aerospace, financial, telecommunications, and healthcare sectors. Winner of
  the "Best of Show," award at Macworld 2004, CRYPTOCard positively
  authenticates a user's identity by coupling something in the user's
  possession (a smart card, hardware token, or software token), with
  something the user knows (their PIN), and provides centralized
  authentication for all physical and network access regardless of network
  infrastructure or user location.

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The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
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[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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