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Mr. Smith, would you please explain to the court
why you thought a password containing your daughter's
first name was sufficient to protect prying eyes from
your client's personal records?" or "Mr. Smith,
we compliment you on requiring your employees to change
their passwords every two weeks and for requiring those
passwords to contain a minimum of 16 alpha-numeric and
ASCII characters not forming any known English words.
Now please explain to the court where most of the Post-It®
notes containing those hard-to-remember passwords were
found in the employee cubicles?"
These questions, in one form or another, will be asked
in countless courts of law as litigation over lost or
stolen computer files continues to proliferate. Security
policies that only deploy passwords will be about as
useful in protecting data in today's digital world as
a 360K, 5.25" floppy drive would be for backing
them up. The SecuriKey®
Access Control System is an easy to use password augmentation
solution that can bring your security strategy from
the Post-It age to the Digital age. The SecuriKey System
empowers you to protect your company's proprietary information
through secure, two-factor authentication. This system
augments your password-based security system with a
small, easy to use USB token. You simply plug the token
into one of your computer's USB ports. The SecuriKey
System uses encryption inside the hardware token to
guarantee that only the person with the right password
and the right SecuriKey Token can log in.
Local/Network Login
The SecuriKey System can help your company secure
its corporate LAN and the individual workstations
that contain client files and the information lifeblood
of your organization. With this system, the normal
Windows login facility can be replaced by a SecuriKeybased
login that requires the user to plug his personalized
SecuriKey token into the USB port in addition to entering
his password. If the user doesn't have the correct
password plus the correct SecuriKey token, the system
will not allow him to log in.
Laptop Protection
The SecuriKey System extends access control to laptops
that are not on the network. Even when out of the
office, the SecuriKey System still works to maintain
security of the network. Loss from laptop theft was
over $13 billion in 1999 and is one of the worst problems
faced by today's businesses. At least 57% of computer
crimes are linked to stolen laptops, which are then
used to break into corporate servers. With this system
installed on your laptop, your data remains secure.
Even if your laptop is stolen, as long as the files
are encrypted by EFS (The Windows 2000 encryption
file system), they will be inaccessible.
Automatic Lockup
Should the user need to step away from his desk or
away from his laptop, he simply unplugs his SecuriKey
token from the workstation or laptop which automatically
locks until the SecuriKey token is reattached and
the user logs back in. No need to close files, close
software, and log off ? the desktop remains the same
until you log back in. It's that simple!
User Participation
User compliance is much higher with The SecuriKey
System. Because the SecuriKey token gets attached
to the user's key ring, it won't get left in place,
like Smartcards in a reader. Users think of their
key ring as containing their very important personal
keys, such as their car key, their house key, their
office key and their computer key. Everyone keeps
close track of his or her personal key ring.
The Smart Solution
The SecuriKey System is the smart choice to protect
your vital digital information. This system provides
your organization with a simple but powerful 2-factor
user identification and authentication solution. SecuriKey
tokens are easy to deploy and easy to use, and they
doesn't require any complex and expensive PKI systems
in order to operate. The SecuriKey System provides
you with the solution to Post-It security without
creating more work than it's worth to use the system.
Take control of your security strategy once and for
all with this "real world" access control
system.
Two-Factor Authentication
The patent-pending SecuriKey Authentication System
empowers you to protect your company's proprietary
information through secure, yet easy to use 2-factor
authentication. Your password-based security system
is augmented with a small, intuitive USB key. Simply
plug the SecuriKey USB token into your computer's
USB port and SecuriKey token-based encryption guarantees
that only the person with the right password and right
SecuriKey token can log in.
The SecuriKey System is designed to be simple to
deploy and simple to use, without the need for full
time security experts on staff to manage the infrastructure.
In fact, the SecuriKey System doesn't require any
complex and expensive PKI systems in order to operate.
It is truly a plug and play solution for internal
security.
Making Security Easier to Enforce
The SecuriKey System also offers additional features
to help manage your organization's information assets
and provides features that help with security policy
compliance. The SecuriKey System includes the ability
to protect laptops, even when they are not on the
network, which is great for protecting mobile users
from the threat of stolen data associated with laptop
theft.
The SecuriKey System also includes event logging
for both successful and unsuccessful login events
and automatic workstation locking when the user removes
his SecuriKey token, providing fast protection of
computer and network access when the user needs to
step away from his computer.
Secure Login
The SecuriKey Authentication System will help secure
your company's corporate LAN and the individual workstations
that contain the information lifeblood of your organization.
With the SecuriKey System, the normal Windows login
facility is replaced by a SecuriKey-based login that
requires the user to plug in personalized SecuriKey
token into the USB port in addition to entering her
password.
If the user doesn't have the correct password plus
the correct SecuriKey token, the system will not allow
her to log in. When the user needs to step away from
her desk, she simply unplugs her SecuriKey token and
the workstation automatically locks until the user
logs back in. It's that simple.
User compliance is much higher with the SecuriKey
System. Because the SecuriKey token is usually attached
to the user's key ring, it won't get left in place
like smart cards in a smart card reader (and therefore
short circuit the security system). Users think of
their key ring as containing their very important
personal keys, such as their car key, house key, office
key, and computer key. Everyone keeps close track
of his personal key ring.
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