AXENT Technologies Announces Integrated Radius Server Functionality in OmniGuard/Defender 2.0 to Provide Strong Two-Factor User Authentication, Accounting and Authorization.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997-- Cost-effective and Easy-to-use OmniGuard/Defender Security System Provides an Optional Integrated RADIUS server to Streamline Secure Remote Access Infrastructure and Management AXENT(TM) Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AXNT), a leading provider of information security management and authentication solutions for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. environments, today announced OmniGuard/Defender Security Server version 2.0, a major upgrade to the award-winning, token-based remote access security solution. Version 2.0 can be extended to include Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server functionality, letting end users leverage the Defender(TM) Security Server as the single secure remote access server solution and management platform. The combined Defender/RADIUS solution enables administrators to manage users and authorizations in one place, instead of two. The Defender/RADIUS solution provides highly secure, two-factor authentication The use of two independent mechanisms for authentication; for example, requiring a smart card and a password. The combination is less likely to allow abuse than either component alone. See authentication. , authorization and accounting while simplifying the management of mobile user remote access. "Managing and synchronizing multiple databases of remote access users is a nightmare for organizations," said Ed Birss, vice president and general manager of AXENT's Defender Business Unit. "OmniGuard/Defender 2.0, with RADIUS server support, lets organizations use Defender as the single management platform for secure remote access activities--greatly reducing administrative efforts and ensuring the highest levels of security with two-factor token-based authentication." The OmniGuard/Defender Security System is the only token-based remote access security solution available on all major computing platforms that provides cost-effective and easy-to-use user authentication See authentication. . Version 2.0 also expands Defender's functionality with authorization capabilities, enabling Defender to both authenticate remote users--ensuring they are who they say they are--and authorize remote access users to have access to only the systems they are allowed to use. Built-in accounting abilities also let managers review a variety of usage reports to monitor the length of time individuals are connected to the system and bill back individual departments or user groups for their remote access usage. Adding Radius server functionality further enhances the already broad compatibility of the OmniGuard/Defender Security System. Defender 2.0 supports AXENT's new OmniGuard/PowerVPN, a personal Virtual Private Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) extension for the Defender solution. The combined Defender and PowerVPN solution leverages strong, two-factor token authentication, authorization and data encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign technology to easily provide highly secure LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. access over the public Internet--eliminating expensive long-distance and 800-number calls from mobile computing users. OmniGuard/PowerVPN is RADIUS compliant, enabling all PowerVPN user authorizations to be defined and administered from a centralized location through the intuitive Defender Management System (DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. ) Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ). OmniGuard/Defender 2.0 works with existing RADIUS and TACAS TACAS Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems (Workshop) TACAS Terminal Access Controller Access System (VPN) TACAS Tubed Artillery Conventional Ammunition System + servers running the Defender agent software. The optional addition of RADIUS server functionality to the Defender Security Server extends AXENT's support of a wide range of leading firewalls and communications servers. Through strategic partnerships, OmniGuard/Defender Security Server works in conjunction with firewalls from Raptor Systems, CheckPoint Software, TIS, and CyberGuard; and communication servers from Shiva Corporation, Ascend Communications, Cisco, 3Com, and Attachmate. The server software communicates with a Defender agent embedded in partner products enabling network managers to easily integrate Defender authentication with eting, and reporting software (DMS). OmniGuard Internet through firewalls or the World Wide We When a user requests network acce ss, the Defentware token to provide the correct response befo has--the token. Furthermore, the response th new OmniGuard/Defender Security Server is avail Technologies AXENT Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise-wide information security UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows(R) 3.x, Windows NT(R), Windows 95, NetWare(R) and mid-range systems. AXENT simplifies the seormation systems in heterogeneous computin g environments. Contact AXENT via e-mail at info@axent.com, or visit AXENT's World Wide Web site at http://www.axent.com . -0- AXENT, the AXENT logo, OmniGuard, OmniGuard/Defender, OmniGuard/Defender Security Server and OmniGuard/DSun Microsystems, Inc.; Windows and Windows NTowners. 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