In brief: RSA beefs up password management

RSA Security last week announced RSA Sign-On Manager, a rebranded version of its SecurID Passage product the company says will make it easier for companies to manage user passwords.

The product will be able to manage user logons for about 90 different enterprise applications using single sign-on technology licensed from Passlogix. A new RSA technology called IntelliAccess will let users recover forgotten usernames and passwords, minimizing help desk calls, RSA said.

Sign-on Manager will work with any x.509-standard digital certificate authority and a range of RSA's two-factor authentication technologies. A Sign-On Manager server stores user credentials and authentication policies for the managed applications, periodically updating the Sign-On Manager clients. The server runs on Windows 2003 machines.

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RSA Security last week announced RSA Sign-On Manager, a rebranded version of its SecurID Passage product the company says will make it easier for companies to manage user passwords.

The product will be able to manage user logons for about 90 different enterprise applications using single sign-on technology licensed from Passlogix. A new RSA technology called IntelliAccess will let users recover forgotten usernames and passwords, minimizing help desk calls, RSA said.

Sign-on Manager will work with any x.509-standard digital certificate authority and a range of RSA's two-factor authentication technologies. A Sign-On Manager server stores user credentials and authentication policies for the managed applications, periodically updating the Sign-On Manager clients. The server runs on Windows 2003 machines.

Manager is now in beta and is scheduled for September release. It will cost $89.

Mazu Networks announced the fourth version of Mazu Profiler, its product for profiling network activity and analyzing deviations from typical behavior. Mazu Profiler 4.0, which starts at $150,000, is being made as a blade product to run on the IBM Blade Center. It also runs on the IBM X-Series Servers.

Profiler 4.0 can analyze traffic patterns for up to 200,000 users, double its previous capability.

Equitrac last week released Office 3.0, which lets companies track paper-based output of documents from printers, fax machines and other network nodes. Office 3.0 monitors, measures and manages all copy, print, fax and scan-related activity down to individual users, allowing companies to control printing costs. Version 3.0 includes new rules and routing features along with authentication services. The software is available in Suite and Small Business versions.

Pricing on Office 3.0, which supports networked multifunction devices from all major office equipment manufacturers, starts at $2,295 for the Suite version and $995 for the Small Business version.

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