As companies move to a one Net environment and increasingly rely on the Net for e-business, the need for secure authentication is paramount. There is an increased need to ensure strong security measures in order to protect sensitive and confidential information and business assets that reside on corporate networks.
Authentication is the process by which users prove who they are as they log in to a network.
While password authentication combined with sound password policy measures has traditionally been accepted as a sufficient authentication method in business networks, the e-business explosion has caused many businesses to reexamine their network security and in particular, how users authenticate to the network. Many organizations have determined that password authentication is insufficient for their security needs. Security is evolving from providing something you know, such as a password, to something that you are, such as biometrics, or something you have, in the case of tokens and smart cards. Currently, many businesses have a mixture of authentication methods and no way to manage them. Enterprise Edition 1.0.