Secure Authentication
Businesses today are constantly looking for ways of providing more robust, secure access for their employees while they access internal systems and applications. Also, most government standards such as the HIPAA and Gramm Leach Bliley (GLBA) Acts are pushing more and more businesses to deploy different types of secure authentication to reinforce the standard username and password combinations that are used everywhere these days.
One of the increasingly popular methods of providing secure, robust access is through the use of 2-factor authentication. 2-factor authentication utilizes one-time passwords typically along with the usual username/password combination to allow business of all sizes to maintain control of who has access to company resources. This eliminates many of the known weaknesses in using static passwords that can be cracked, stolen, or mismanaged. Most 2-factor authentication systems are implemented utilizing either hardware or software tokens that provide the one-time passwords. This makes it very easy for the end user to access what they need, but only doing so in an extremely secure manner.
Network Strategies can help you design out, install, and manage your secure 2-factor authentication system, making is easy for your company to not only secure your systems but also maintain control of who has access to these systems and it's resources.
Authentication Solutions
Remote Access for VPNs
Remote access and the use of VPN technology has become extremely popular with companies of all sizes and in all industries. More often than not, these VPN's are set up using simple usernames and passwords as the way to authenticate. As stated above, this can create a huge security hole as passwords are often weak and are rarely changed or rotated. 2-factor authentication allows you to supplement this method with much stronger one-time passwords allowing you to deploy remote access VPN's in a secure manner.
Physical Access to Buildings
Secure physical access to the company office is an absolute must for almost all businesses. These days, many use proximity badges that allow access to the office simply by swiping or holding the badges up to a reader. One of the solutions we offer utilizing the CRYPTOCard token system, allows your employees to use the same token used for generating one-time passwords to also access your physical building. Instead of your employees carrying around multiple authentication mechanisms, one for building access and one for remote VPN access, the same token can be used for both eliminating extra costs.
Web Access
We can also implement secure 2-factor authentication utilizing one-time passwords to allow secure access to restricted portions of your website. This way if there is, say an employee portal on your public website where your employees can access private company information, you can implement and deploy secure 2-factor authentication to only allow access to those users that possess a token that produces the one-time password used in the authentication process.
Compliance
Regulatory compliance effects almost all businesses on some level. Meant to help give guidance on best practices for securing information, almost all require the implementation of controls and technology to secure access to private or confidential data. Supplementing 2-factor authentication with other standard mechanisms such as usernames and passwords substantially increases the security of that access attempt, also helping to fulfill part of your compliance requirements.
