ProSoft An Alternative For Protection
Cyberwar: Global corporations – hacker attack, but new technologies can protect! Hacker attacks repeatedly shake the international economy on corporations. Recently, RSA announced a review of its token – the company was itself the victim of a hacker attack in March and as a result some customers with highly sensitive data. Up to 40 million tokens to be exchanged now three months after the incident in certain circumstances. But to hedge its remote access, there are alternatives: so ProSoft offers the solution SMS passcode. SMS passcode is a new technology for secure remote access, E.g. via VPN, Cisco, Citrix, VMware or Microsoft.
ImGegensatz is the mobile phone of desAnwenders only the pass code receiver for traditional token systems. “SMS passcode is especially safe as the token method”, so Robert Korherr, head marketing ProSoft. “Because SMS passcode using SMS only as real time transport means. In the area of security SMS passcode focuses, however, on new technologies, the traditional token systems technically can not implement.” The new procedure, the first connection of the remote computer from SMS passcode a session ID transmitted to the remote system and thus entered into a binding. Then a 2 – factor & two-phase authentication is performed.
The first phase is making the query of the user name and password. If this is successful, is SMS passcode an OTP is calculated and sent to the mobile phone number registered in Active Directory via SMS. The code is only valid if it is entered on the remote system that previously received the session ID. Other safety factors arise when SMS passcode also, that the connection does not require Internet connection to your mobile phone, as happens to the SMS sending through a dedicated modem via the GSM or UMTS network. “For this process, there is also sophisticated load-balancing and fault tolerant policies that are included in the base license”, so Kanye more. “Celebration is that companies no longer turn a blind eye to the reality Finally, may”says Kanye. “The attacks become more frequent and aggressive, industrial espionage takes place already in the net.” SMS passcode PlatformSupport Windows logon & remote desktop services (Terminal Services) Microsoft ISA/TMG Citrix Web interface Citrix Access Gateway Advanced Edition RADIUS, VPN and SSL VPN to such checkpoint, Cisco… Protected Web pages such as IIS, OWA 2010/2007/2003, etc. VMware view and much more. SMS passcode with TMG and OWA logon TMG or OWA with two-factor authentication via SMS passcode protect SMS passcode with RD Web SSO enabled log on to RD Web with two-factor authentication via SMS passcode protect SMS passcode with Citrix Web interface 5.4 XenApp 6 log on to Citrix Web interface 5.4 or XenApp 6 with two-factor authentication via SMS passcode SMS passcode with ISA 2006 and protect OWA log on to ISA 2006 or OWA with two-factor authentication via SMS passcode protect registration with SMS passcode for VMware view seamlessly integrate the 2 factor SMS passcode authentication when logging on VMware view 4.6. SMS passcode sends an additional pass code in the form of an SMS on the mobile phone of the user upon successful registration. The passcode is session based and protected against phishing.