SecurICE from SecurEnvoy is a revolutionary approach to the
age-old problem of providing secure access to corporate
systems in the event of an emergency.
SecurPassword from SecurEnvoy enables Microsoft Windows
domain users to reset their own password using mobile phones
to create two-factor authentication.
SecurMail enables individuals to send and receive email
across the internet using standards based https and strong
two-factor authentication of the recipient.
February 2010 SecurEnvoy to exhibit at CeBIT in Hanover March 2nd – March 6thSecurEnvoy will be exhibiting at CeBIT in Hanover (March 2nd – March 6th). Come and visit us at Stand F36 in the Security Hall (Hall 11) to see a demonstration from the innovators of SMS Tokenless Two Factor Authentication solutions. We will also be launching our latest managed services offering, based upon yet another inspirational commercial approach for partners and customers alike. More Information
October 2009 Securenvoy exhibits at IT Security expo on the 13th to the 15th of OctoberSecurenvoy will be exhibiting at Germany's prestigious IT Security expo on the 13th to the 15th of October in Nuremberg on stand 6-208. Live demonstrations of the next generation of two factor authentication along with the unique Emergency Access, SecureICE, will be shown More Information
The software package can be downloaded from www.securenvoy.com/ftp/report.zip
The included readme.txt explains how to install.
The following reports can be created:
1 All Managed Users
2 Disabled Users
3 Enabled Users
4 ICE Users
5 Full Administrators
6 HelpDesk Administrators
7 Config Administrators
8 Real Time OTP Users
9 Pre Loaded OTP Users
10 Daycode Users
11 Tmp Users
12 Static Users
13 Users who have NOT authenticated in (x) days
14 Users who have authenticated in the last (x) days
January 2010 Cambridge City Council roles out SecurAccess to aid CoCo compliant.The residents of Cambridge elect 42 councillors across 14 wards, who are responsible for setting the budget and policy framework in the city. Backing up every decision and policy change is a workforce of hundreds of employees who ensure that any decisions made by the council are successfully implemented at a practical level.
In order to ensure that the council’s civic responsibility can be met, many of Cambridge City Council’s employees needs to be in constant contact with the organisations, businesses and individuals of Cambridge, and with colleagues at the Council itself.
This involves taking calls from the public, visiting homes and businesses, coordinating with council members and relaying information back to the council’s central system to ensure that data is kept current and comprehensive.
When dealing with a wealth of information regarding such a wide variety of businesses and organisations, however, there is an inherent security risk – any information mishandled, lost or stolen is a potentially damaging security breach, both for the council and those that it works with.
“The Council encourages employees to maintain a good work/life balance, and being able to log on remotely is an important part of this,” said James Nightingale, Head of ICT Client Services at Cambridge City Council. “However, the more remote workers you have, the more the IT security risk goes up – how can the IT team tell users are who they claim to be when logging on remotely?”
Additionally, the Council had to prove it was compliant with the Government’s GSCX Code of Connection (known as CoCo). CoCo is part of Government Connect – the pan-government programme providing an accredited and secure network between central government and every local authority (LA) in England and Wales. All LAs must be compliant with CoCo’s code of practice to prove they have the necessary network security measures in place.
“To comply with CoCo, it was absolutely necessary to have a system in place to make remote access for our employees more secure,” Nightingale continued. “Dealing with information from so many different businesses, people and organisations while on the move is the nature of the job, so there needed to be a way to do that as securely as possible.”
Cambridge City Council began to consider ways in which it could authenticate remote users to facilitate mobile and home working.
A number of other councils around the UK utilise a token-based authentication system, whereby employees pick up a token containing an authentication code that allows them to connect to the system remotely. The main problem facing this option, however, is the time and effort needed to distribute each token to employees.
“The authentication token as a security measure is incredibly time consuming,” said Nightingale. “Staff would have to fill out access request forms, then make a physical appointment to come into the council offices and pick up the token, wasting a lot of time for admin workers and users.”
A token-based system also generates a myriad of other issues – the hardware is often lost, they are easily broken, and creating the large quantities of tokens incurs huge expenses. Frequently, tokens were stored with laptops so if the computer was stolen, the authenticator would go with it.
It therefore seemed logical for Cambridge City Council to turn to SecurAccess, which negates the need for tokens by using employees’ mobile phones to deliver authentication codes.
“The main goal was to achieve CoCo compliance, while keeping any new systems as user-friendly as possible,” said Nightingale. “But in this tight economic period we wanted to do this without wasting council money on unnecessary expenditure.”
“The roll-out of the software at the Council was painless – it took just a few days, and employees got used to the system very quickly,” said Stev More Information