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Gemalto and Microsoft to launch integrated security solution

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Gemalto has announced that its Protiva Strong Authentication Server is now fully integrated with Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010, allowing organizations to provision, deploy and manage smart card-based one-time password (OTP) devices linked to Gemalto’s server on the familiar Microsoft interface.

Gemalto will be demonstrating the combined solution at the RSA Conference 2010 in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion, booth #1527, and at Gemalto booth #1923.


According to Gemalto, the integrated solution allows security managers that work with Microsoft identity solutions to implement and manage OTP devices without learning a new interface. Managers can use the Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) portal interface for all of the administrative functions for managing OTP devices, while the Gemalto strong authentication server (SAS) works in the background for authentication.

Users can also create or update a Gemalto SAS OTP device record, link the record to the user, and activate the device. They can then manage or change access privileges or remove devices using the same Microsoft FIM interface. [end] 

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