Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

BMW deploys single-sign on from CA

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

CA Inc., an IT management software company, is supporting BMW with centralized Web access management and single sign-on. The improvements help increase security for the carmaker’s Web applications, while simultaneously lowering IT administration costs.

BMW uses CA SiteMinder, a centralized Web access management solution, to provide user authentication and single sign-on access for more than 300,000 users. By implementing this solution, BMW can manage secure access to a variety of Internet and intranet applications through a single login. [end] 

Okta, an identity company based in San Francisco, has introduced a single sign-on authentication service, reports ZDNet.

The integrated multifactor authentication product can be used both onsite and within the cloud. Its second layer of security is designed to be flexible, allowing for a variety of options from security questions to soft tokens. The process can be centrally managed, with authentication variations available.

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Information delivery company Colt has licensed Cryptocard’s BlackShield authentication-as-a-service platform to enhance its virtual desktop infrastructure with secure remote access for up to 5,000 employees.

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Tools4ever has released the latest version of its single sign-on solution, E-SSOM, with new features including support for two-factor authentication and integration with access card systems.

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HID Global has launched a software interface that enables customers to have converged physical and logical access control on one card with with IBM Tivoli TAM enterprise single sign on (eSSO). Called OMNIKEY Device Service Provider (DSP), this software works and uses a person’s existing contactless physical access credential for sign on to IT networks and applications.

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AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2011 issue of Regarding ID.

The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front of you.

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Allen County Ohio, in conjunction with the Allen County Sheriff’s Office has selected BioLink’s IDenium for access to desktops and mobile terminals across county-wide organizations.

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