BindView Unveils Multi Platform Password Self Service Solution; Web-based Password Reset Product Helps Organizations Reduce Administration Costs by Empowering End Users.Business Editors/High Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002 BindView Corporation (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 :BVEW BVEW Binary View ), a leading provider of IT security management solutions, today unveiled its new Password Self Service solution, a Web-based application See Web application. that allows individual users to reset their own user passwords and unlock their accounts, helping organizations save valuable time for both its system administrators and users. Continuing its commitment to providing users with solutions that help secure and automate processes associated with managing information technology infrastructures, BindView Password Self Service can help reduce costs and produce immediate ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for organizations. Available as a standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. product, Password Self Service can also be used with BindView's bv-Admin or bv-Control products to help further ensure the integrity and compliance of IT infrastructures while lowering the costs associated with maintaining and managing those systems. "Password Self Service has the capability of empowering our end-users to take a piece of account management into their own hands and minimize the downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. they experience waiting for password to be reset," stated Mark E Chambers, project manager Enterprise Infrastructure, Petroleum Geo-Services Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (OSE: PGS, NYSE: PGS), an oilfield service company, provides geophysical services worldwide, and floating production services in the North Sea. . "Since we started testing the self-service password reset Self-service password reset is defined as any process or technology that allows users who have either forgotten their password or triggered an intruder lockout to authenticate with an alternate factor, and repair their own problem, without calling the help desk. functionality, we have been impressed with the ease of use and functionality. We have mostly implemented this product to give our Unix community a simple tool to change their Windows passwords from a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . This will bring a dramatic reduction in the number of help desk calls our end-users log, freeing up valuable help desk resources to focus on more strategic IT infrastructure issues." BindView Password Self Service provides users with a fast and secure method to restore access to their business critical resources. Typically, when a user loses access to resources - due to a forgotten password or locked account - they must call the help desk to regain access. The Password Self Service solution enhances BindView customers' ability to proactively administer their networks in the most cost-effective manner, reducing the workload of help desk personnel and helping to minimize the downtime end-users experience due to forgotten passwords. Employing a two-step identification process including an administrator-designed quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. , users can visit the Password Self Service Web page from any Internet connection and reset their own password or unlock their account. - Web-based access to accounts - Delivers self-service administration with no client side installation, reducing the total cost of ownership and increasing ease of use. Additionally, Web-based access provides administrators with a more a secure, distributed environment via controlled and encrypted capabilities. - Multi Platform Support - Ensures that supported platforms do not become out of synch during the password-reset operation. Because many organizations support a number of operating systems, Password Self Service can be used to update passwords in multiple directories in a single operation. User identities may be tied to Active Directory, Windows NT, Microsoft SQL Server, Novell eDirectory, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris and Linux. - Flexible user identification - Supports a number of methods for user authorization within the network, including e-mail address, account name, or a custom attribute such as employee ID number, allowing organizations to choose the most flexible and reliable system for their environment. - Group Restrictions -Provides administrators with control over user access to Password Self Service functionality, by limiting access to a designated domain or only to members of a certain group. - Extensive auditing - Provides administrators with an audit trail of all user actions performed in Password Self Service. www.bindview.com |
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