OPSEC Partners
SafeWord for Check Point
Product Version Certified: SafeWord for Check Point 2.0 on Windows 2000/2003
Certified For Use With: Check Point Next Generation with Application Intelligence, Check Point Express, Check Point Connectra 2.0 HFA1 and SSL Network Extender
Product Description: SafeWord for Check Point is the first strong authentication product specifically designed to protect Check Point VPN and Connectra systems. With tokens that generate new passcodes with every user login, and OPSEC-certified integration with the Check Point user management system, SafeWord for Check Point lets you easily and cost-effectively eliminate the password risk.
Evaluation
Company Description: Aladdin has been protecting the most important networks in the world for over 20 years. With broad expertise in security technology, we develop a comprehensive line of enterprise security products that help our customers create a trusted environment both inside and outside of their organizations. Our more than 11,000 global customers, supported by a worldwide network of partners, include the majority of the Dow Jones Global 50 Titans and the most prominent organizations in banking, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, public utilities, and federal and local governments. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has sales offices worldwide.
Key Features and Benefits
- Feature: Only authentication server software that installs on your existing Check Point hardware
- Benefit: Saves the cost and hassle of purchasing and implementing a separate server
- Feature: All tokens and authentication can be managed from Check Point user management system (or Active Directory)
- Benefit: Does not require maintenance of separate, additional user database
- Feature: Provides Check Point Connectra with strong user authentication and users’ RADIUS Group memberships for authorization, all managed from Active Directory.
- Benefit: Eliminates the need for a user database in Connectra.
- Feature: Integrated login to Check Point VPN-1
- Benefit: Low learning curve and familiar login make it easy for users to begin strongly authenticating to Check Point VPN-1
- Feature: Only strong authentication product with wizard-driven installation that takes less than 30 minutes to install and configure*
- Benefit: Saves administrative time and money--other strong authentication products can take hours or days to setup
- Feature: Users can enroll themselves into SafeWord for Check Point
- Benefit: Saves up to 85% of costs from traditional token deployment
- Feature: Uses one-button tokens that have Check Point branding
- Benefit: Easy for users and Check Point administrators
* Excludes other Aladdin products
OPSEC Integration
Integrated with OPSEC using the CPMI, RADIUS, and CAPI APIs, SafeWord® for Check Point adds strong authentication and positive identification of users to Check Point VPN-1 and Connectra environments, eliminating the risks associated with fixed passwords. SafeWord for Check Point is by far the easiest strong authentication solution to implement in a Check Point environment. It does not require a dedicated server machine, is tightly integrated with Check Point user management and Active Directory, and features user self-enrollment--saving companies hours of time and thousands of dollars
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