Active Directory-centric
Defender uses Active Directory’s scalability, security and compliance to provide a two-factor authentication solution for any system, application or resource. This enables Defender to take advantage of the corporate directory already in place, instead of creating an additional proprietary one.
Token Agnostic
Defender offers a truly flexible and cost-effective range of token options to suit every requirement. With a vendor neutral position, Defender supports any OATH-compliant hardware token and offers a wide range of software tokens, as well as web-based tokens.
ZeroIMPACT Migration
Defender’s ZeroIMPACT migration strategy allows organizations to undertake a gradual migration to Defender from an incumbent legacy authentication solution. Using Defender’s RADIUS proxy feature administrators direct all user authentication requests to Defender. If the user is not yet defined within Defender, the authentication request is transparently passed, via the proxy feature, to the incumbent authentication solution. This allows administrators to migrate users to Defender as and when their legacy tokens expire.
Centralized Administration
Defender’s integration with Active Directory enables it to take advantage of the centralized management of directory information and a common, user-familiar interface. User token assignment is simply an additional attribute to a user’s properties within the directory, which makes the security administrator more efficient.