SecureData Security, part of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings and a sub-Saharan distributor for Passlogix, today announced that the latter's v-GO Access Accelerator Suite, an integrated set of single sign-on, authentication and provisioning enablement products that includes the market's leading enterprise single sign-on solution, has been awarded Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 3+ (EAL3+ALC_FLR.1) certification. The designation assists both government and industry to determine whether computer products have been developed according to rigorous security requirements.
EAL3+ provides a moderate level of independently assured security based on a thorough investigation of the product and its development. The certification was granted under the auspices of the Australian Defence Signals Directorate's Australasian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP).
“For organisations that are looking for an independent security assessment of the products they wish to purchase, EAL3+ is a valuable certification,” commented Stephane Fymat, Passlogix vice-president of strategy and product management. “The EAL3+ certification of v-GO enhances our market leadership and gives customers confidence in the security of our products, as well as the integrity of our software development process.”
The v-GO Access Accelerator Suite consists of integrated software solutions that eliminate everyday challenges in sign-on, authentication and provisioning. The products assist enterprises in improving user productivity, strengthening enterprise security, complying with government and industry regulations, and streamlining identity management deployments.
v-GO products that have earned EAL3+ certification include: v-GO Single Sign-On, which provides users with fast and secure access to enterprise applications without requiring them to remember and manage multiple IDs and passwords; v-GO Session Manager, which automates user sign-on and sign-off of kiosk sessions; and v-GO Self-Service Password Reset, which automates the resetting of Windows logon passwords.
Also covered under the certification program are: v-GO Authentication Manager, which allows smart cards and other strong authenticators to be used to authenticate users to individual applications without expensive custom integration, and v-GO Provisioning Manager, which expedites ESSO deployments by enabling administrators to pre-load user IDs and passwords directly to the ESSO system without any user involvement.
New v-GO modules that were not evaluated for certification because they were introduced after the process began include: the v-GO On Demand Edition, which extends the benefits of single sign-on beyond the four walls of the enterprise, by providing users with secure access to applications from any computer; and v-GO Shared Accounts Manager, which provides a simple, secure and audit-ready approach for administrators and others who must legitimately share account IDs, such as privileged accounts.
For further information, please contact Mark Linnell at tel. +27 11 790 2500; fax +27 11 790 2599; e-mail markl@securedata.co.za
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Passlogix
Passlogix is the developer of the v-GO Access Accelerator Suite, the leading solution set for speeding user access to applications throughout the extended enterprise by eliminating critical pain points in sign-on, provisioning and authentication processes. With more than 10 million licences sold, the v-GO suite improves business efficiency, strengthens security and compliance, and dramatically reduces IDM system deployment times. The company's patented technology - launched in 1996 with the market's first usable enterprise single sign-on solution - shortens implementation and payback cycles by adapting to any existing infrastructure without the need for custom coding or replacing legacy hardware or software. Passlogix is headquartered in New York City, with offices throughout the United States, UK and Asia.
SecureData
SecureData is a specialist, value-added distributor of perimeter, application, network, endpoint, storage and identity information security solutions and risk management solutions for the African sub-continent and Indian Ocean islands. A cross-section of the available solutions from SecureData illustrates wide coverage of the following information security and risk management domains: business continuity, security appliances and devices, hardware authentication, identity and access management, security and vulnerability management, secure content management, threat management and security services. SecureData's information security and risk management solutions include best-of-breed solutions, devices and appliances for the perimeter, data centres, applications, network, endpoints, messaging and Web. In addition, as a value-add to vendor, channel and customer, SecureData also provides a full complement of support, pre-sales and professional services around the solutions positioned in each discrete security vertical.
For more information, visit SecureData at http://www.securedata.co.za.
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