We read
about stolen user accounts and passwords on the news all the time. It happens
so often that we barely react anymore.
– So what as long as it does not concern our company, some might think.
However, the IT security of Your company is in fact being compromised by such hacks, although you have almost nothing to do with the organization hacked.
Today we are happy to announce the release of the new version of its Password Management solution SAM Password 5.3. SAM Password is designed to simplify access across networks of distributed computers without compromising security. It consists of SAM Password Synchronization and SAM Password Self Reset, providing improvements that extent the feature set of this proven technology. With SAM Password, companies reduce the cost and security exposures related to the management of user passwords and user availability.
SAM Password Synchronization provides a consistent method for managing the major aspects of password and user id access attributes across multiple platforms. Changing a password on one systems results
While network security encompasses both the physical and software preventative measures to prevent and monitor unauthorized accesses or misuse of a computer network, the adoption of a password management policy and strategy can be foundational to the prevention of unauthorized uses of network resources. In many cases, simple password management is the weakest link.
Today we would like to share some information about our SAM Password Synchronization installation at a financial services customer. The bank, based in Poland, is a subsidiary of northern Europe’s largest financial services group. It has been providing retail and corporate banking services to the Polish market starting in the early 1990s.
With the implementation of SAM Password Synchronization, or in short SAM PS, the bank can now provide end users with access to heterogeneous platforms via a single password. In the Baltic countries subsidiaries of the financial services group already take advantage of the password management solution SAM PS. The solution helps the bank enforce its strict security policies while increasing convenience for business users and reducing the help desk’s workload.