Butler Group, the respected analyst firm based in Hull, UK and New York, USA, has updated its technical audit of CRYPTOCard’s two-factor authentication technology with an in-depth review of the CRYPTO-MAS Authentication Services – CRYPTO-MAS.
CRYPTO-MAS is a global managed authentication service that leverages cloud based technologies. Offering unrivalled availability and service levels, CRYPTO-MAS delivers a practical alternative to managing passwords in-house.
“In Butler Group’s opinion CRYPTOCard’s service suits any organisation looking to implement security without the overheads of implementation, support, and management normally associated with traditional in-house systems.” Butler Group, Sept 2008.
Businesses of all sizes benefit from the affordability of no up-front investment and utility model pricing. CRYPTOCard’s market leading tokens deliver outstanding total cost of ownership, while the “out-of-the-box” design features and simple-to-use portal ensures CRYPTO-MAS quickly and easily integrates within a company’s infrastructure, and offers market leading security features to deliver maximum flexibility.
“In Butler Group’s opinion, all the elements of the CRYPTOCard solution collectively focus on delivering a low-cost managed authentication service that involves minimum setup and maintenance effort.” Butler Group, Sept 2008.
The report provides a comprehensive review of the key features of the service and the overall architecture of the service. It provides information that will be useful to resale channels, such as CRYPTOCard’s core focus of managed services providers and network service providers, during their sales campaigns. The report also provides traditional resellers with material to support their transition towards a more profitable and stable annuity based revenue stream. CRYPTO-MAS allows resellers to sell the service immediately – with no upfront investment in infrastructure or development of special skills.
Commenting on the report, Neil Hollister, CEO of CRYPTOCard said: “CRYPTO-MAS is a perfect managed service proposition. It appeals to companies that want strong authentication but can’t or won’t do it themselves, and has been built to carrier grade specification, yet is simple to administer. This audit demonstrates that simplicity comes from a well designed architecture that leverages market leading technology.”
CRYPTOCard’s market leading tokens deliver outstanding total cost of ownership, while it’s “out-of-the-box” design ensures that everything is included. The simple to use portal ensures it quickly and easily integrates within a company’s infrastructure, is simple to customize and offers market leading security features to deliver maximum flexibility.
“Overall Butler Group continues to be impressed with CRYPTOCard’s authentication tools, which have helped organisations move on from an insecure, static password infrastructure to a strong two-factor user authentication for all user types from a central source. The additional focus on CRYPTO-MAS now means this can be achieved with no servers to purchase, no IT training required, and no network implementation to undertake – so the capital costs decrease drastically providing mid-size organisations with a strong cost-effective authentication solution.” Butler Group, Sept 2008.
