All the security monitoring and defenses in the world can’t stop a person armed with stolen credentials or passwords. It is this fact that makes authentication such an important issue for modern enterprise networks. Ideally, organizations should use two-factor authentication measures. For example, both a password and username combination as well as some physical security device such as a keycard or thumbprint reader. At a minimum, all organizations should use a central logon mechanism such as RADIUS, Novell eDirectory, LDAP, or Windows Active Directory. These mechanisms are very convenient, but must be implemented in a secure manner.

Beyond authentication, organizations need to address the larger concept of Identity Management. This is a practice of managing not only user logons, but also managing identities. A single identity might have multiple logons to different systems. Anitian Enterprise Security offers rock-solid solutions that can unify these logons into a single sign-on, dramatically improving security as well as user productivity.

Some of the authentication services offered by Anitian include:

• Design & Analysis
  Anitian’s professional services group can analyze existing business and develop a perfectly suited central authentication mechanism.
• Authentication Technologies
  Anitian offers many different authentication technologies, including being an expert with Windows Active Directory, LDAP, Novell eDirectory and RADIUS. See the Anitian Partners and Products page for the latest Anitian technology.
• User Account Auditing
  Anitian can audit an existing authentication system for security weakness and suggest methods to improve its security. This can include a comprehensive audit of all user accounts.
• Identity Management & Single Sign-On
  Anitian offers many different single sign-on technologies. If users are burdened with dozens of different logons, Anitian can design, deploy, and optimize a solution that will unify disparate systems into one logon.

For more information, please call 888.ANITIAN, or email Anitian Enterprise Security.