Logical Access

Nowadays, controling the access to computers or networks is a need as it protects your personnal and professionnal data against external or internal attacks.

Several methods exist to correctly authenticate a user before granting him rights:

1 FACTOR AUTHENTICATION:

The user is authenticated by what he knows, a password.

For an optimal security, you need to:

1. Choose complex passwords, different for each application,
2. Change passwords regularly.

2 or 3 FACTORS AUTHENTICATION:

The user is authenticated by the combination of:

• What he has : a token like a smart card, or a USB device,
• What he knows : a Password, a PIN, or who he is : by a fingerprint.

1 FACTOR AUTHENTICATION LIMITS, THE PASSWORD JUNGLE:

A user plays daily with around 5 to 10 password secured accounts. The multiplication of applications and passwords obliges him to use passwords:

• Easy to memorize, which means easy to hack,
• Same password for many applications, which means if you know one you know all of them,
• Most of the time password are written in clear on a post-it, close to the working station.

Replacing passwords by a single signature, stored in a secure maner and managed by a software, brings the answer:

As no need to remember complexe passwords that are in fact difficult to remember!

Fingerprint authentication brings comfort without risk! Only the template is stored by the application making reverse engineering impossible.

A security adapted to your needs! According to the level of security you need, you can pass from 1 factor to 2 authentication factors. Your passwords are stored inside a secure token, easy to carry, and data are freed only if you have the right finger or if the right code is given to the application.

Your data are safe even if you loose your computer or your token!