CRYPTOCard (www.cryptocard.com), the leading authentication technology developer for heterogeneous environments, and Scorpion Software, a provider of premium security solutions for SMBs have been commended by prominent Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) expert, Susan Bradley, in her popular SBS MVP blog. Bradley recognized Scorpion Software’s AuthAnvil, a two-factor authentication solution developed using CRYPTOCard’s AuthEngine SDK, for making two-factor authentication do-able for SMBs working on Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Small Business Server.
Bradley, who had been involved in a “Minimum security practices” benchmark setting with the Center for Internet Security group, noted that before AuthAnvil two-factor authentication was not mature enough to make it a bare minimum practice to safeguard PII [Personally Identifiable Information]. Bradley noted that AuthAnvil appeared to have rectified this authentication security weakness by providing security that is “secure enough with extra assurance.”
“Now security for sensitive information is clearly within reach for all sized firms,” noted Bradley. “So for any clients like me that handle any sort of sensitive data you can offer the unbeatable combination of all the flexibility of RWW [Remote Web Workplace] and remote access and still assure your clients that remote access is secure,” Bradley continued. “With AuthAnvil, two-factor authentication is do-able for small businesses.”
Scorpion Software acknowledged the importance of AuthEngine in the development of AuthAnvil.
“By using AuthEngine SDK, AuthAnvil is able to offer complete control over the authentication system provisioning, enforcement and workflow not only making AuthAnvil an incredibly easy and effective authentication solution to implement but also very attractive commercially,” said Dana Epp, President & CEO, Scorpion Software.
Bradley’s recognition of AuthAnvil echoes Butler Group’s Andrew Kellett’s recent observation that AuthEngine is an excellent option for developers trying to add two-factor authentication functionality to their solutions.
“AuthEngine makes sense as it enables software vendors, application developers, etc. to add best-of-breed authentication technology from a recognized market leader,” said Andrew Kellett, Senior Research Analyst, Butler Group. “Many organizations simply don’t have the expertise required to develop an authentication solution, and so see it as an area where there is an obvious business advantage to partnering with a specialist.”
“CRYPTOCard developed AuthEngine to make it simple for developers like Scorpion Software to incorporate proven two-factor authentication technology within their offerings,” said Bill LaHam, Vice President of Products and Business Development at CRYPTOCard. “So, when a recognized expert like Susan Bradley acknowledges that AuthAnvil has made two-factor authentication ‘do-able for SMBs’ working on SBS, it clearly emphasizes the fact that AuthEngine is doing just that.”
AuthEngine is available to qualified developers and institutions. For more information, please visit www.cryptocard.com, or contact info@cryptocard.com.
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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