Solutions Overview

The Challenges of Conducting Business Securely

As companies take the necessary steps to secure their corporate information, end-users are required to remember multiple sets of credentials to gain access to the various platforms, servers and software applications they need to do their jobs.  At the same time, the IT Help Desk is inundated with calls regarding forgotten or lost passwords, necessitating the creation of new passwords.  IT administrators also face challenges with network intruders who attempt to gain access by guessing passwords or seizing upon weak ones.

The result is huge overhead for the IT department and reduced productivity for both the administrators and end-users.

Organizations Today Need To Conduct Business Securely While Maintaining Profitability:

• Maintain information and authentication security.
• Simplify the authentication process, allowing end-users to employ one password to access all their applications.
• Reduce Help Desk calls regarding forgotten passwords or password resets.
• Enable employees working remotely to reset and self-manage their passwords directly from a Web browser
• Reduce costs by incorporating automation and creating efficiencies
• Protect corporate assets and enforce compliance with industry and government regulations
• Conduct business securely - Reach new markets, integrate customers, partners and vendors in e-business, and deliver online customer service

The Solution: PistolStar’s Tailored Authentication Software – Password Power & PortalGuard

PistolStar’s products secure authentication and simplify the login process by providing single sign-on via Microsoft Active Directory or another primary domain controller using the added security of the Kerberos or NTLM authentication protocols.  Password prompts are reduced and passwords become centralized.  PistolStar further eases authentication for end-users by allowing Web-based access and self-service password management.

Helping the IT staff meet or exceed security initiatives, PistolStar incorporates specific best practices to secure the authentication process.  PistolStar also addresses specific problems and challenges faced by CTO/CIOs, such as enabling secure access to corporate intranets and extranets, protecting applications and content from unauthorized access, ensuring regulatory compliance, and securing the authentication process without increasing Help Desk calls. The result is increased productivity and improved efficiencies, generating an impressive return on investment.