CRYPTOCard (www.cryptocard.com), the leading authentication technology developer for heterogeneous environments, is proud to announce that Help the Aged has migrated 250 token users from RSA’s to CRYPTOCard’s two-factor authentication technology to significantly cut the costs associated with providing simple and secure network access for its remote users. The users will utilize CRYPTOCard’s KT-1 keychain token, which unlike its current token does not need to be repurchased every five years. Help the Aged will purchase additional tokens as it remote/home-based worker program expands.
Unhappy with the costs associated with its existing two-factor authentication solution, Help the Aged began researching alternative solutions from such companies as Vasco, Secure Computing, and CRYPTOCard. Although price was a key criterion, Help the Aged did not want to sacrifice level of security or ease of use, and also wanted to ensure its users were not inconvenienced by switching to an alternative solution. Help the Aged selected CRYPTOCard to provide secure remote access via its Cisco VPN client. Not only did CRYPTOCard meet Help the Aged’s price and security criteria, it also provided a simple migration path from the existing tokens.
“It was simply too expensive for a charitable organization to repurchase all tokens every five years, so I began looking for an alternative solution that could provide the same level of security at a far lower price,” said Greg Cooke, IT Infrastructure Manager, Help the Aged. “CRYPTOCard’s tokens never have to be replaced, and as its server can support Help the Aged’s existing tokens, it made migrating users a pretty transparent process,” Cooke continued. “When an existing token expires, a user simply starts using a CRYPTOCard token – with no inconvenience or interruption in service.”
“It has always been CRYPTOCard’s intent to make two-factor authentication available to all organizations, and that means providing flexible solutions that can work on any platform and fit any budget,” said Jason Hart, CEO of CRYPTOCard Europe. “By removing these barriers, CRYPTOCard makes it possible for any organization to eliminate weak static passwords to ensure their network is protected from unauthorized access.”
A recent Butler Group report explains that as organizations look to increase security, cost and ease of use will be key differentiators when researching available solutions.
“The growing impact of regulatory compliance requirements means that the market for solutions such as CRYPTOCard’s strong authentication that can demonstrate ease-of-use, value-to-business, and provable ROI, will grow significantly,” explained Andrew Kellett, Senior Research Analyst, Butler Group.
Developed for real-world networks – where Linux and Mac workstations often live in a mixed Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows domain, with Windows clients and Apache or IIS Web servers – CRYPTOCard’s event-based two-factor authentication tokens make it simple and cost effective to replace weak static passwords with a password that is randomly generated for every logon attempt. One-time passwords cannot be reused by hackers, and eliminate both the help-desk costs associated with resetting forgotten passwords and the security risk resulting from users writing them down.
About Help the Aged
Help the Aged is the charity fighting to free disadvantaged older people in the UK and overseas from poverty, isolation, neglect and ageism. It campaigns to raise public awareness of the issues affecting older people and to bring about policy change. The Charity delivers a range of services: information and advice, home support and community living, including international development work. These are supported by its paid-for services and fundraising activities - which aim to increase funding in the future to respond to the growing unmet needs of disadvantaged older people. Help the Aged also funds vital research into the health issues and experiences of older people to improve the quality of later life.
About CRYPTOCard, Inc.
CRYPTOCard is a leader and innovator in the Network Authentication Industry. Its multi-awarded Two-Factor Authentication options include both a server based or ‘product’ solution (CRYPTO-Shield) and a Managed Authentication Service (CRYPTO-MAS). The combination allows organizations of any size and means to adopt a strong authentication policy. CRYPTOCard is unique in the industry in its commitment to ensuring its products/services work with any common network architecture including OS compatibility (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X), web-server flexibility (IIS, Apache), and database options (Active Directory, LDAP, Open Directory, etc). Add to that the outstanding ‘out-of-the-box’ interoperability with many top industry network solutions including Citrix (Nasdaq: CTXS), Checkpoint (Nasdaq: CHKP), and Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), and you begin to see how CRYPTOCard has grown since its origin in 1989 to become a thriving enterprise doing business in more than 70 countries.
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