Australia's 443 Enhances Identity/Access Management Portfolio with Passlogix's v-GO Single Sign-On & Related Solutions

Sep 27, 2009 — MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, and NEW YORK, NY; 

Passlogix®, Inc., today announced – Australian information security consultancy 443 announced today that it has added the Passlogix v-GO® Access Accelerator Suite to its portfolio of identity and access management (IAM) solutions and services. The v-GO suite includes the market’s leading solution for enterprise single sign-on (ESSO) – a widely adopted strategy for management of application passwords - as well as a variety of related sign-on, authentication and provisioning enablement tools that help organizations meet their IAM challenges.

By joining the Passlogix Premier Value Added Reseller Program as an Elite Value added Reseller, 443 will deploy v-GO to help clients address the productivity, security and support cost issues associated with problems such as the proliferation of application passwords and the need to reset forgotten passwords. The firm works with clients in Australia, New Zealand and South Korea with a special emphasis on the financial services industry. It also serves organizations in the broadcast, telecommunications, food and beverage, agribusiness, pharmaceutical and government sectors.

“We have been searching for a password management solution for our clients, but most products we evaluated require additional infrastructure or implementation of a larger IAM application framework,” said Joseph Failla, Co-Founding Partner at 443. “The benefit of the Passlogix suite is that it offers a simple, reliable solution that can be implemented in a short timeframe and produce tangible results very quickly. We see the ESSO suite as an enabler into the more complex world of IAM as well as a way for our customers to realize financial benefits by reducing helpdesk calls plus the costs associated with password reset and management.”

“Single sign-on and automated password reset continue to gain momentum in organizations around the globe, largely through the efforts of forward-thinking firms like 443,” said Sean Harris, Passlogix VP of Business Development. “443’s focus on IAM, and their Passlogix Certified Implementation Resources, will make them a strong partner in helping clients meet these needs as well as more advanced password-related capabilities - such as management of shared passwords and integration of ESSO with user provisioning systems – with a single platform managed from a common administrative console.  We see 443’s presence and expertise as an important piece of the Passlogix Partner Program in ANZ.” 

The v-GO Access Accelerator Suite is designed to eliminate everyday sign-on, authentication and provisioning challenges in order to improve business productivity, strengthen enterprise security and regulatory compliance readiness, and streamline identity management deployments.

v-GO Single Sign-On, the cornerstone of the suite, enables users to access any Windows, mainframe or Web application with a single Windows logon rather than remembering, managing and inputting different passwords for each account. v-GO is also the first solution  that can extend single sign-on beyond the enterprise to remote, mobile and temporary users, including home computers, physicians’ offices that require access to hospital networks, and third-party partners or contractors. 

Companion v-GO solutions automate user sign-on and sign-off of kiosk sessions; securely manage shared passwords for administrators and others who must share account IDs; enable strong authentication to applications, desktops and networks without expensive custom integration; pre-load user IDs and passwords to the v-GO repository for easy provisioning; and automate resets of Windows logon passwords.

The suite scales to tens of thousands of users, has been widely deployed around the world, enables wizard-based integration that eliminates the need to write scripts or connectors even to homegrown or legacy applications, and installs on existing servers without adding dedicated or proprietary hardware. These features lower the total cost of ownership and allow organizations to receive rapid payback on their investment.

v-GO has been awarded Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 3+ (EAL3+ALC_FLR.1) certification under the auspices of the Defence Signals Directorate’s Australasian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP). The designation assists both government and industry in determining whether computer products have been developed according to rigorous security requirements.

The v-GO Access Accelerator Suite is available immediately from 443 (http://www.443.com.au/443com/).

About Passlogix

Passlogix speeds and secures user access to enterprise information resources through a suite of products that includes the market’s leading enterprise single sign-on (ESSO) solution, the first universal strong authentication solution for logon to corporate networks, and a variety of other offerings that eliminate critical pain points in sign-on, provisioning, and authentication processes. With more than 21 million licenses sold, organizations around the globe rely on the v-GO suite of solutions to improve operational efficiency, strengthen security and compliance posture, and dramatically reduce the time required to deploy IDM systems. The company’s patented technology – launched in 1996 with the market’s first usable ESSO solution – shortens implementation cycles and provides rapid return on investment by adapting to any existing infrastructure without the need for custom coding or replacing legacy hardware or software. For more information, visit www.passlogix.com

About 443

443 specializes in strategy and information security consulting.  Established in 2004, we work with businesses to plan and implement security practices associated with technology products and services.  One of our core offerings is consulting services on Identity & Access Management. Our IAM team consists of members who have:

• Strong IAM product knowledge across multiple enterprise IAM vendors having worked with multiple IAM product suites.
• Vast experience in IAM architecture and implementations across large scale enterprise environments.
• Extensive capabilities in helping organizations to align IAM business requirements from strategy through to design and implementation.

The 443 head office is located in Melbourne with presence in Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Seoul (Korea).  For more information, visit http://www.443.com.au/443com/.

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For more information please contact:
Michele Favaro
(212) 901-8398
michelef@passlogix.com