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Integralis, Datacentrix launch local cloud password management service


Johannesburg, 22 Mar 2017
Jacques Viljoen, solutions architect: managed services at Datacentrix.
Jacques Viljoen, solutions architect: managed services at Datacentrix.

Local identity and access management specialist, Integralis, has partnered with Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, to launch MyPass - a premium password management solution leveraging the local Datacentrix cloud.

MyPass centralises and simplifies the process of user password resetting, empowering organisations with a self-service tool that ensures the strongest security, compliance and governance standards are followed. Using flexible authentication options, which includes one-time PIN codes, challenge responses questions, code cards and more, MyPass allows users to reset their own passwords whenever and wherever they want to.

In the event that helpdesk support is required, the solution provides companies and managed service providers with the ability to provide quick assistance from one central point, while ensuring support agents have no visibility of user passwords, or any other confidential information.

MyPass smoothly integrates - without any need for custom development - with a vast range of business systems, including the likes of Oracle, all SAP environments, Microsoft, Novell, Linux, and more.

"Credential management is the foundation of information security within the organisation," notes Almero Steyn, technical director at Integralis. "Ensuring that the right users have access to the right systems at the right time is the starting point to achieving exceptional governance."

MyPass is the cloud-based incarnation of the highly successful Danish software, FastPass - traditionally delivered on-premises. As exclusive partners of FastPass Corporation, Integralis saw the opportunities to team up with Datacentrix and provide local clients with the choice of on-premises or cloud-based models.

Hosted within Datacentrix's highly mature local cloud platform, which is scalable, self-service driven and operated on a pay-per-use basis, MyPass provides this essential foundation. "It gives organisations great flexibility, access to a rich feature set, and the ability to extend the service to remote users, wherever they may be," explains Jacques Viljoen, solutions architect: managed services at Datacentrix.

"Two key trends, the explosion of enterprise mobility and new software delivered as a service are creating fresh challenges for organisations' identity and access management practices," explains Viljoen.

In fact, research indicates that as application landscapes broaden, and new systems are embedded into organisations, users are forgetting passwords between one and 10 times each year. Different systems often have different passwords, rules and policies.

"This places a massive burden on support staff, with an average of 25%-35% of service desk incidents relating to password challenges," notes Steyn. "MyPass addresses this - alleviating user frustration, increasing productivity, and enhancing the service levels delivered by the IT service desk."

With MyPass, all access management activity is automatically logged for ease of auditing. South African firms operating in the financial services space, or those listed on the JSE, already have a range of local and global compliance and governance regulations to follow. MyPass has been developed to ensure compliance with all of these legislations and standards.

"Further to this, as a locally hosted solution, data sovereignty considerations are addressed - so firms of all sizes and in all industries get peace-of-mind that they're complying with legislation such as the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI)," adds Steyn.

For more information about MyPass, please visit www.mypass.co.za.

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