Identity Engines Offers Sneak Peek at the Future of Controlling Guest Access in the New World of Highly Mobile Users
Guest Manager 3.3 Adds Self-Provisioning to Eliminate IT Involvement and SMS Integration for Increased Security; Identity Engines Demos Ignition Guest Manager(TM) 3.3 in Booth #430 at the RSA Conference 2007, Moscone Center, San Francisco, February 5-9
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 6, 2007 -- Identity Engines, a leading provider of
network-based identity management solutions, today unveiled Ignition Guest
Manager 3.3, that delivers secure, auditable campus-wide network access to
enterprises, educational institutions, health care facilities, and other
organizations. With Ignition Guest Manager, organizations can comply with
appropriate regulatory requirements and reduce security risks by
maintaining complete control over who accesses which network services,
where access is granted, and how long the access should last. Enhancements
in Version 3.3 include self-provisioning to reduce costly IT involvement in
day-to-day guest access management, SMS integration for increased security,
support for credit card transactions, and improved workflow.
Organizations are under increasing pressure to tightly control and monitor
network access. Publicly held companies must satisfy the Sarbanes-Oxley 404
provision requiring adequate internal controls, while educational
institutions must satisfy the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement
Act (CALEA), which requires them to authenticate network access for
constituent groups and be able to report on who has accessed their
networks. Ignition Guest Manager 3.3 helps these organizations meet their
security and regulatory requirements while also shifting administrative
responsibility for secure guest access management from IT to the
departments or individuals who actually invite or interact with the guests.
New in Version 3.3
Self-Provisioning -- Ignition Guest Manager now offers organizations the
ability to have guests provision their own wireless access at a kiosk or
online portal. This cost-saving feature allows conference attendees or
school visitors to obtain secure, authenticated access when and where they
need it without requiring the participation of administrative staff. The
system can be configured for complete security and audit tracking, and
Guest Manager can host multiple self-provisioning kiosks simultaneously,
each with different privileges, such as access zones and duration, and each
can offer different display characteristics and branding.
SMS Integration -- With SMS integration, organizations can link access to a
guest's cell phone. When a visitor registers at a kiosk or online portal,
Ignition Guest Manager 3.3 automatically sends a password to the visitor's
cell phone or other mobile device. This improves security by creating a
hard-to-spoof identifier, ensuring no one sees the password except the
visitor, and automatically creating an auditable link between the visitor
and the network. SMS integration supports most common carriers, including
AT&T/Cingular, Verizon, Sprint/Nextel, and T-Mobile.
Credit Card Payment -- Ignition Guest Manager 3.3 now offers organizations
the ability to provide automated credit payment for wireless network access
without requiring staff involvement. Schools, hospitals, and government
agencies can use this feature to generate revenue by automating secure,
fee-based wireless access to their networks.
Improved Workflow -- The Ignition Guest Manager 3.3 workflow has been
optimized to make it easier to rapidly add hundreds or thousands of guests
quickly, securely and without IT department intervention.
"While the education market continues rapid adoption of Ignition Guest
Manager to ensure secure access and regulatory compliance, our new options
for automating and tracking guest access make Guest Manager 3.3 a
high-value solution for any organization that would like to offer temporary
but secure and auditable access to Internet services," said Identity
Engines CEO Pete Selda. "Ignition Guest Manager offers the next level of
experience -- secure, automated access to private networks and the ability
to charge for that access."
Pricing and Availability
Ignition Guest Manager 3.3 is packaged as an extension to Identity Engines'
Ignition Server™ appliance and will be available in March 2007. List
price is $14,500.
About Ignition™
Identity Engines' Ignition line of products facilitates comprehensive
identity-based network access. With its sophisticated policy engine and
high-availability design, the flagship Ignition Server™ has been created
to simplify how IT administrators manage access control and secure
networks. The innovative, hardened appliance is designed for quick and
seamless deployment into enterprise IT infrastructure through its support
for widely supported protocols such as RADIUS and 802.1X. Ignition Server
tightly integrates with common identity stores such as Microsoft's Active
Directory as well as popular LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
directories from enterprise vendors such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems and
Novell.
About Identity Engines
Founded in 2004, Identity Engines develops scalable, identity-based
solutions for securing enterprise networks. The company's solutions provide
comprehensive identity services such as authentication, authorization, and
auditing to distributed network devices while enabling centralized
administration and policy management for improved access control and
compliance. For more information, visit http://www.idengines.com.