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Why should I use Samson?
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Budget
cuts require more work from less people, so the bottom
line is efficiency:
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If
you're in any kind of health care industry, it is a regulatory
issue - HIPAA privacy/security.
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What are the main benefits of Samson
S3?
- Increases productivity
- Decreases the risk of compromised security
- Decreases support costs
- Decreases Administration expense
- Increases available resources
- Adds convenience and increases efficiency
- Meets pending legislative security requirements
- Complies with industry standards
- Reduces exposure to risk management
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What Architectural Challenges have
been met by Samson S3?
- Flexible Deployment Platforms
- Client/Server Protocols
- HTTPS, LDAP, SSL ….
- Flexible Deployment Model
- Hosting versus Enterprise
- Flexible Implementation Model
- Database Choices
- Certificate Models
- Directory Structures
- Scaling
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What can you tell me about the Client Architecture
of Samson S3?
- Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP (Industry standard)
- Self installing desktop exe with automatic
update
- Caches User Information in case of all
out failure
- Maintains Independent Session for multiple
users
- Provides Screen Saver
and User Lockout functions
- Inserts Access Rights
(directory) information into My Computer
- Inserts Certificate
Information when used
- HTTP/HTTPS Secure
communications
- Automatic Failure
detection -locates another authentication server automatically
- Automatic clean-up
in the event of system reboot
- Presents users with
defined access using standard desktop interface
- Grants access based
on system ID, Location, User ID
- Provides multi-user
interface
- Sets and Controls
the user desktop from modification, I.e. Screen Saver, backgrounds
and preferences
- Communicates with
user programs for added efficiency
- Administrator defined
logging capabilities
- Totally option driven
behavior
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How does Samson S3
differ from Internet based single sign-on?
Samson S3 is focused on Enterprise Security.
Samson S3 is a resident program on the workstation, be it
a client machine, laptop, tablet PC or CE device. S3 is meant
to be a security solution that secures the entire workstation,
not just the users session. In the case of Internet or browser
based single sign-ons, it is possible to simply terminate
the browser, or reboot the system to gain control of the machine.
The process of authentication cannot be secure if the hosting
platform is not controlled. S3 is focused on the actual security
of the workstation and the single sign-on presented to the
potential user.
- S3 is not limited to enterprise client
server applications; applications that use browser user
interfaces are easily supported by S3.
- S3 is a unique combination of security
and single sign-on which produces a secure single sign-on.
Many single sign-on systems are simply authentication to
any client system providing access to various applications.
Security beyond authentication is seldom the focus of those
types of single sign-on solutions.
- S3 is an installed solution that protects
the target workstation from undesirable activities that
occur from use. Simply terminating specific components of
the S3 solution will not free the desktop from S3 control.
S3 is a secure single sign-on, meaning it functions in an
understood environment that matches a description given
to it by an administrator. Failure to understand the working
environment causes S3 to deny user access to the single
sign-on applications and potentially deny access to the
system. In some cases, based upon options set by and administrator,
S3 may make the target system unusable.
- S3 cannot be terminated, it runs as a service.
- S3 is not intended to be a generic solution
for the Internet, it is a solution to provide single sign-on
to an enterprises trusted systems.
- S3 can function over the Internet with
encrypted communication to the S3 Administration Server.
- S3 is intended to function over large private
networks. S3 traffic is concentrated to small periods of
communication to the server and a proactive client that
watches over the client to insure smooth, secure operations.
- S3 was created for organizations that want
to control their own hardware. It is not meant to be a generic
controller of external hardware (Internet café systems,
airport kiosks, etc.) that is not owned by the enterprise.
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What are the features of the Samson
S3 User Authentication?
- First, you have your Choice of mode
and method of Authentication with these benefits:
- S3 single user and multi user
modes reduce user network login/logout time
- 45 sec. or more for each &
every login
- Novell single and multi user modes
provides an industry standard means and method of login
- Break the Glass guarantees a way to
authenticate users to applications during total system
failure/disaster
- Biometrics: Irrefutable logins
- Passwords: Current industry standard
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How is password usage different with
Samson S3?
- Application userid and passwords can be
generated in the background, adding another simple security
layer.
- Password Synchronization between client
and server can be handled by utility programs created to
interface to various programs (commercially available)
- User only needs SSO userID plus password
or biometric to authenticate
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Does my computer desktop screen look
different?
You have your choice of SSO application
and Desktop security User interface, plus you have full Windows
integration so your screen will look the same.
- Profile control of Windows features, functions
and timeouts
- S3 Maintains the standard look and feel
that Users have become accustomed to using
- Desktop appears to be a normal windows
desktop
- Minimizes training issues and barriers
to implementation/usage
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What makes Samson S3 different?
- Transparent to end-users
- Easy to installation and implement
- Scales Easily
- Complimentary to other Security Applications
- Biometrics, PKI, Encryption
- Addresses privacy issues
- Reduces the potential for liability
- Supports corporate security policies
- Simple
- NOTHING CHANGES!
- Reduced or eliminated UserID entry
- Customized to Fit within Workflow Requirements
- Break the Glass Compliant
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What are the enhanced Client Features
of Samson S3?
- Auto Logoff options based on policy
- Multi Station usage
- Time based access
- Forced by Administrator
- Automatic Application Locator
- Eases workstation configuration requirements
- Applications not required to be in
same place across the system
- If application can not be found a mapped
application can be substituted
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What are the enhanced Administrative Features
of Samson S3?
- Two way communication
- Automatic user logoff options
- Logoff user logged into multiple
workstations
- Users who forget to logoff of a
workstation before logging onto another workstation
- Extensive Logging activities
- Locate users through the system
- Audit/Report logging
- Administrator report generation tools
- 30 pre-formatted reports and
unlimited capabilities
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What kind of reports of activity with specific
applications and users can I expect?
- Administrator activity
- Event activity
- Batch activity
- Performance
- SSO db object inventory
- Alerts and responses
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