Web Authentication
Web authentication serves more than one purpose. It can provide data security, identity theft protection and improved user experience. The strength of an organization's web authentication method needs to match the value of the information and resources opened for access.
Entrust delivers a variety of web authentication methods for varying security and user requirements:
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The flexibility to deliver the authentication an organization chooses when it needs it.
Entrust IdentityGuard is an open, multifactor authentication platform that can help enable an organization to layer security across diverse users, transactions and applications. This common sense approach to strong authentication can help an organization apply the level of authentication required based on the risk assessment of the transaction.
Match authentication method with identified risk using the integrated Entrust Fraud Detection solution. Entrust IdentityGuard gives broad support for authentication levels and methods, giving an organization the flexibility to choose the combination that provides the right level of security while taking into consideration the cost and impact on the user experience.
Using PKI-based Strong Authentication for Web Authentication
The Entrust TruePass solution makes it possible to check the identity of individuals that are visiting and using a Web portal. It is easy to deploy and allows users mobility and flexibility to access a Web portal from any location and on a variety of devices. Supporting a broad range of authentication methods, including tokens and smart cards, the Entrust TruePass solution makes it possible to achieve a positive identification of users connecting to an organization's Web portal.
Combined with PKI encryption, the Entrust TruePass solution can help deliver end-to-end Web security with unmatched ease of use and user transparency. Information that is protected by the Entrust TruePass solution is protected as it is transmitted in both directions over the Internet (browser to server, server to browser) and when it is stored on the Web server and back-end servers.
Using Web Authentication for Access Management
The Entrust GetAccess server centrally manages access to multiple applications through a single Internet portal, providing users with single sign-on web authentication to applications and content they are authorized to see. With broad support for user authentication methods, flexible roles and rules-based access control, self-service features, and proven performance up to millions of users, the Entrust GetAccess server can help enable organizations to reduce administration costs while driving more services through their Web portal.
