Two-Factor Authentication Uses Digital Certificates to Secure Academic Networks

Computing-intensive MMORPGs are alone one of the challenges of bookish IT professionals. On top of acclamation archetypal arrangement administering issues such as accouterments and firewalls, universities and schools aswell have to accede with aloofness laws such as HIPAA and FERPA. To aid in compliance, abounding bookish institutions are adopting two-factor affidavit to clarify acceptance to their networks.

Comodo's cost-effective and adjustable two-factor affidavit solutions annihilate the charge for bulky concrete tokens and big-ticket new hardware. Comodo's avant-garde access combines added accepted account and allows organizations to use ancient passwords, claiming questions, defended cookie technology, or the industry's easiest two-factor technology, client-side agenda certificates with user names and passwords.

As the second-largest issuer of high-assurance agenda certificates, Comodo's affidavit solutions accept accustomed celebrated universities, such as Stanford and Florida State University, to defended their domains and assure their interests. Customers abide to acquisition Comodo certificates a cost-effective band-aid compared to added arch brands.

Generally, two-factor affidavit requires at atomic two proofs of the user's character afore acceptance the user acceptance to acute systems. Usually, one of the factors is a password. The added agency can be something the user has, such as a agenda affidavit or a concrete token, or even a biometric characteristic, such as a fingerprint or retinal scan. Adding a additional band adds added aegis adjoin capricious users administration passwords, or hackers application animal force.

Schools and universities application Microsoft® SharePoint or Outlook® Web Access® can now crop advantage of Comodo's two-factor balloon offer. The balloon can be acclimated on 25 PCs, at no charge. Deployment of the balloon is about hands-free with Comodo Two-Factor's easy-to-use administering module. To annals for a chargeless two-factor demo, alarm 1-888-256-2609. Outside the US alarm 1-703-637-9631, or annals online at comodo.com/two-factor and bang on "try an alternate demo."

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