Password Management

Despite a number of recent innovations in the world of user authentication and access control, passwords remain the primary method of choice for access control in most organizations. This is mainly because users are familiar with using passwords or PINs, and passwords are also typically supported out of the box by most applications, so there is no initial cost to implement them.

But passwords are not free, nor are they easy to use or manage. As the number of applications that each user must access increases, the costs associated with managing these passwords and their impact on the user becomes more costly.

In addition, passwords can be very insecure. Easy to remember passwords are subject to a wide variety of hacker attacks, and users who are forced to remember multiple complex passwords will find ways to work around the security system.

Enforcing the use of strong passwords is difficult and costly. Various studies available today indicate that organizations today are spending a lot of time and resources supporting users who have forgotten their passwords. In fact, 30-50% of a help desk's resources are consumed in managing and re-setting forgotten passwords.

SafeNet Borderless Security Single Sign-On overcomes the limitations and liabilities of password-based security systems, without forcing a change to your applications or network infrastructure. With Borderless Security Single Sign-On, the passwords used by each end-user are stored securely on their smart card or USB token. What this means to your organization is:

• no more password sharing amongst users
• no more passwords in notebooks or on Post It notes
• no more use of simple static passwords that can be easily guessed or stolen

Borderless Security Single Sign-On requires that end-users remember just one password - the password used to access their smart card. Because the end-user is not required to remember multiple passwords, the user is taken out of the security loop, allowing administrators to create and truly enforce stronger password policies.