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Strong Authentication for Secure Employee Access Solution Brief

An increasingly mobile workforce, the proliferation of mobile devices used by employees to
access corporate resources, and the move to the cloud are blurring the boundaries of the
traditional network security perimeter.
Not only has the notion of where we work changed, the notion of how we work is also
undergoing a transformation. In todays workplace, as many employees access corporate
resources remotely from a mobile device, as do those who physically come into the ofce.
For those accessing the network remotely, the VPN served as the primary gateway for staff
remotely accessing the network. Nowadays, numerous core business applications are moving
to the cloud. To complicate matters further, employees have started to access corporate
resources such as company emails and other proprietary data using their personal mobile
devices.
The Challenge of the Dissolving Security Perimeter
This complex reality of a dissolving security perimeter is creating a security quandary.
Organizations are deploying core business applications and sensitive resources across
a greater number of web-based, cloud-based and on-premise servers, making it more
difcult for them to ensure a consistent authentication policy across the board and keep
track of authorization and access permissions. They are having difculty extending security
safeguards to mobile devices that are not issued by the organization, thereby exposing
corporate information to security breaches.
In the reality of a dissolving network perimeter, organizations must ensure that the various devices employees
use to access corporate resources are not abused in order to gain unauthorized access to corporate data.
Key Benets
A single strong authentication
server provides an extensive
security foundation:
Centralized provisioning,
administration and deployment
simplies management and
reduces TCO
One server for cloud and on-
premise strong authentication
lets you easily extend identities
to the cloud
Authenticates employees
using mobile devices to access
enterprise resources
Supports multiple
authentication methods (PKI,
OTP, OOB)
Supports multiple form
factors: smartcard, USB, and
OTP hardware authenticators
software
Supports advanced security
applications including pre-
boot authentication and digital
signing
Strong Authentication for
Secure Employee Access
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Strong Authentication for Secure Employee Access Solution Brief
Versatile Authentication Server for a Comprehensive Security Framework
To contend with this challenge, SafeNet provides a comprehensive security platform that
allows organizations to effectively ensure secure access to a companys sensitive resources,
be they located on-premise or in the cloud, regardless of the end-point device being used to
gain access.
SafeNets strong authentication solutions are centrally managed from a single management
platform which supports:
Secure remote access for employees using corporate-issued and personal mobile devices
Secure remote access to network and cloud applications
Secure network logon
Advanced security applications such as pre-boot authentication and digital signing
With SafeNets embedded cloud support, organizations can utilize identity federation to
extend enterprise identities to the cloud and enable single sign-on to all enterprise resources
and applications, ensuring a robust extensible authentication framework.
SafeNet offers organizations optimal exibility with a wide range of form factors and
authentication methods including software, hardware, smartcards, USB and OTP
authenticators, which can be deployed side by side depending on employee usability
requirements and the organizational duties of different user groups.
Moreover, central management of all administrative activities, including provisioning and
deployment, reduces TCO, lowers IT maintenance costs and operational overhead while
ensuring exibility and scalability.
The SafeNet Family of Authentication Solutions
Offering exible management platforms, the broadest range of strong authentication
methodologies and form factors, transaction verication capabilities as well as identity
federation and Single Sign-on, SafeNet solutions create a future ready security foundation
that allows organizations to adopt a modular, forward looking identity management strategy,
ensuring that their security needs are met as new threats, devices and use cases evolve.
To learn more about SafeNets complete portfolio of authentication solutions, please visit our
website at www.safenet-inc.com\authentication
About SafeNet
Founded in 1983, SafeNet is a global leader in information security. SafeNet protects its
customers most valuable assets, including identities, transactions, communications, data,
and software licensing, throughout the data lifecycle. More than 25,000 customers across
both commercial enterprises and government agencies, and in over 100 countries, trust
their information security needs to SafeNet. To learn more about SafeNets authentication
solutions, visit www.safenet-inc.com/authentication.
Supported Authenticators
Certicate-based
eToken PRO
eToken PRO Anywhere
eToken PRO Smartcard
eToken NG-OTP
eToken NG- FLASH
eToken NG-FLASH Anywhere
eToken Virtual
OTP
GOLD
eToken 3500
eToken PASS Event
eToken PASS Time
MobilePASS
Management Platforms
SafeNet Authentication
Manager
SafeWord 2008