Single Sign On with Strong Authentication
For organizations concerned with rising security threats, high help-desk costs, and employee frustration with complex password policies, ActivIdentity Single Sign On with Strong Authentication provides the productivity and cost saving benefits of the market leading SSO solution with the added security of strong two-factor authentication using smart cards, USB tokens or biometrics.
Features and Benefits
- Capture ROI with reduced help desk support costs (up to 40%), increased productivity (up to 18%), and increased user efficiency (up to 15%) according to leading industry analysts.
- Comply with mandates and government regulation for identity, privacy, policy enforcement, audit and authentication services.
- Increase productivity and user experience as users need only authenticate once via a smart card, USB token or biometric in order to activate Single Sign On to corporate systems and applications. No need to remember or enter multiple passwords.
- Enhance security - User passwords are stored securely onto a pin protected smart card or USB token, and in the corporate directory (securely encrypted with the end-users PKI credentials on the device).
- Ease of deployment - ActivIdentity SecureLogin™ leverages an organization’s existing sources of identity such as corporate directories and Identity Provisioning systems from Microsoft®, Novell®, Sun™, and IBM®.
- Future proof – ActivClient also enables strong authentication for Windows / network login, Linux, VPN / Dial-up, Web Login, as well as data security and digital signature, and supports the widest range of smart cards, readers and USB tokens.
Certifications, Awards & Standards
SSO Awards:
- Leader in Gartner Group’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Single Sign-On, 2007
- 2004 SC Magazine - SSO Best Buy
- Bloor Research's Gold Medal for Single Sign-On 2005
ActivClient Certifications:
- FIPS 201 certification from NIST (ActivClient PIV API module)
- ActivClient supports FIPS 140 certified smart cards and applets
- Carefx certified partner
SSO and ActivClient Standards Compliance:
- Microsoft CAPI / Crypto API
- ISO 7816
- PC/SC
- PIV / FIPS 201
- CAC (Common Access Card)
- GSC-IS 2.1
- SNMP error and event monitoring supported
- Triple DES encryption protects credentials
- AES cyrptographic algorithm encrypts user data store (optional)
ActivIdentity products used in this solution