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Authentication
- What is it? Secure authentication is associated mainly with remote access to an organisations internal computer systems. A VPN alone or other encryption cannot guarantee the identity of the person who is making the connection to your systems and as such represents a significant vulnerability as only a username and password form a barrier which can be broken. Putting secure authentication in place - like two-factor authentication using RSA - removes this vulnerability and guarantees that the person connecting is who they say they are.
- Who would use it? Any organisation who allows outside access to their internal systems (e.g. for remote desktop access, web mail, etc), IRRESPECTIVE of whether VPN or SSL encryption is used as this has limited effectiveness on its own.
- What's involved? Putting a secure authentication server(s) in place and adding authenticator software to the systems which are accessed remotely. Each trusted user who will connect remotely is given a hardware device called a 'token' which they put on their keyring. They will use the information from this to log in: they must have this device and know their password to successfully authenticate.
- More information: Contact us and we will discuss with you more fully how the system works and provide a demonstration or see our Case Studies page for references.
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