[Clips] [MTNews] CRYPTOCard DEMONSTRATES CRYPTO-Server 6.3

R.A. Hettinga rah at shipwright.com
Mon Sep 19 15:05:29 EDT 2005


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  CRYPTOCard DEMONSTRATES CRYPTO-Server 6.3 FOR OS X AT APPLE EXPO IN PARIS:
  CRYPTO-Server 6.3 SETS NEW STANDARD IN FULLY-INTEGRATED TWO-FACTOR
  AUTHENTICATION FOR "PANTHER" AND "TIGER" USERS  PROVIDES ATM-STYLE ACCESS
  TO DESKTOPS, LAPTOPS, AND APACHE WEB SERVERS

  Fully Compatible With "Tiger's" Support For Smart Cards, CRYPTO-Server 6.3
  For OS X Provides Simple Authenticated Access To Desktops-Even If The User
  Is Not Connected To The Network!


  PARIS, FRANCE, September 19, 2005  CRYPTOCard (http://www.cryptocard.com/),
  a leading authentication developer, will demonstrate CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for
  OS X, the authentication solution designed to make it simple to positively
  identify all Panther and Tiger users attempting LAN, VPN (Apple or Cisco),
  or Web-based (Apache) access, at the Apple Expo (booth 22) in Paris from
  September 20th through 24th. Specifically designed to fully integrate with
  Tiger's robust 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 and Panther 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.

  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 and
  Panther 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.

  "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 and Panther," commented Malcolm MacTaggart, President & CEO,
  CRYPTOCard Corporation. "CRYPTO-Server 6.3 now makes it simple for Tiger
  and Panther 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."

  CRYPTOCard's CRYPTO-Logon feature makes it easy for OS X users attempting
  to gain secure LAN, Web, or remote access to the system to authenticate
  themselves to the CRYPTO-Server by simply inserting their smart card and
  entering their PIN. To log off, the user simply removes their smart card to
  lock the desktop. CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for OS X's "Fast User Switching"
  functionality makes it simple for multiple users to utilize CRYPTOCard's
  familiar ATM-style protocol to gain authenticated access via the same
  computer in stand-alone and, or, in network environments.

  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.

  Building on CRYPTOCard's "Best of Show" award at MacWorld 2004,
  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).

  As an Apple Expo Special, a five-user bundle (all-you-need-in-1-box  the
  full server software plus five tokens) is available for only $349U.S.
  (SRP). CRYPTOCard's products are available from Apple's Federal Website and
  via distributors, integrators, and resellers in France, the U.K., the U.S.,
  Japan, and over 70 other countries worldwide. For more information on
  CRYPTO-Server 6.3 for OS X, please visit CRYPTOCard (Booth 22) in the
  Developers and Innovation Area at Apple Expo, or 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. For additional information on CRYPTOCard,
  please visit (http://www.cryptocard.com/).

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