EagleEye Control Software, a New Dimension Software company, has announced Control-SA/PassPort, available in South Africa from Software Futures. The latest addition to the company`s enterprise security management solution, Control-SA/PassPort automatically manages passwords among applications, networks and operating systems, eliminating the need to track each password used by staff throughout the enterprise.
"Control-SA/PassPort simplifies the process of changing passwords on each application and platform," says Inana Nkanza, manager for security applications at Software Futures. "Using a Web browser, end-users can initiate a password change request, and the request is submitted via the browser on any system."
The new password is then propagated to all the computing resources to which the user is defined. Once the change is complete, the user is notified of the success of the password change on each system. Together, Control-SA, the Enterprise SecurityStation, Control-SA/PassPort and Control-SA/Workflow provide a solution to allow organisations to manage enterprise-wide security - from the generation of access rights requests to the actual management of resource rights on targeted security systems.
Control-SA/PassPort provides the tools for quickly effecting password changes throughout the organisation. It uses the existing organisational structure of the enterprise represented in Control-SA. In addition to changing and synchronising the various passwords, it helps prevent security breaches by allowing on-the-spot password changes and immediate validation.
During the password change process, an end-user is prompted to enter his current information (e.g. user ID, old password). This is validated in accordance with the company`s policies. After the validation process, the new password is propagated to all applications and systems; the end-user then receives feedback regarding the success of the operation.
Control-SA/PassPort is a tightly integrated part of New Dimension`s enterprise security management solution set. Other members of this offering include Control-SA for managing the users, applications and permissions and Control-SA/Workflow for managing the processes involved in the access authorisation approval process.
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