Flexibility is the key when it comes to multifactor authentication and you can also use these same methods to authorize access to your host systems as well. You can set up different authentication requirements for different types of users and manage everything from a central console. David Fletcher provides more insight in his blog….
More and more companies are moving to multifactor authentication. Almost everyone agrees that multifactor authentication is the best way to provide the strongest level of authentication (who you are). This technology is taking hold in many industries, and for the most part it’s working pretty well. Now ask yourself “How can I use multifactor authentication to authorize access to my host systems?”
Complex and Expensive?
Wow—things just got really complicated and expensive. Think about who is accessing your host systems today. Employees all over the world with different devices and different access needs. Business partners who need access but don’t have your same systems and devices. What about customers who are actually updating their own data via web services on your host systems? The level of complexity that comes with implementing multifactor authentication for enterprise applications is hard enough. Now throw in the mainframe and it’s enough to keep anyone from moving in that direction.
But what if there was a flexible and manageable way to use multifactor authentication for host applications? Because Micro Focus is the expert in securing and managing access to your host systems, we have developed new capabilities to make implementing and managing multifactor authentication flexible and affordable. You can even use the same products for implementing multifactor authentication for your enterprise applications and authorizing access to your host systems.
Affordable and Flexible:
The key to making multifactor authentication affordable and flexible is having a system that supports many different ways of authenticating. Such a system could support whatever methods of authentication are right for your users and your budget.
There are many different ways that a user can be authenticated. You can take advantage of the fact that most (if not all) employees or partners have a cell phone. No need for costly devices to increase security to your systems. What if you could let a partner choose between answering three security questions or using a fingerprint for authenticating or a combination of questions and cell phone?
Flexibility is the key when it comes to multifactor authentication. Now you can also use these same methods to authorize access to your host systems as well. You can set up different authentication requirements for different types of users and manage everything from a central console.
Micro Focus® Advanced Authentication, combined with Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) and one or more of our terminal emulation clients, provide up to 14 different methods of authentication to authorize access to host systems. As new technologies emerge, you can count on Micro Focus to stay ahead of the game so that when you are ready to make a move, we are too.
To learn more about enabling multifactor authentication to authorize access to your host systems, contact your Micro Focus sales representative today.
