AUTHENTICATION
RSA Security
Authentication Manager
As the need for positive user identification and protection of valuable corporate information has increased, so has the need for an authentication solution that is a strategic, mission-critical component of an organisation’s network security infrastructure. RSA Authentication Manager, the premier enterprise-class authentication solution and the power behind the RSA SecurID product, provides this mission-critical component by scaling to support millions of users and protecting multiple applications and resources across numerous physical sites.
- Powers strong authentication for millions of RSA SecurID end-users worldwide
- Supports millions of users and hundreds of simultaneous authentications
- Offers high performance and scalability with database replication
- Provides centralised, easy and cost-effective administration
- Delivers robust logging and reporting capability
- Interoperates with more than 290 networking products and applications out of the box
RSA Authentication Manager software is the management component of the RSA SecurID solution. It is used to verify
authentication requests and centrally administer authentication policies for enterprise networks. RSA Authentication
Manager software is also interoperable with more network, remote access, VPN, Internet, wireless and application
solutions than any other system available today.
Features such as database replication and load balancing, automated LDAP import and synchronisation, web-based
QuickAdmin and high-availability platform support make RSA Authentication Manager the ideal solution for any size
network that requires a robust authentication server.
Features and Benefits
High Performance and Availability
RSA authentication manager software is built upon an enterprise-class, multiprocessor architecture capable of handling
millions of users and up to hundreds of simultaneous authentications. RSA Authentication Manager software is deployed
in more than 14,000 authentication installations worldwide in banking, government, manufacturing, high technology,
healthcare and more.
Configuration Flexibility
Designed to match the requirements of customers of all sizes, RSA Authentication Manager is available in two versions,
Base Edition and Enterprise Edition. The Base Edition provides for a master server and one replica to ensure maximum
availability. The Enterprise Edition supports up to ten replicas in each of up to six realms, offering increased
performance and high system availability that lets organisations plan efficient, economical, global network
topologies.
Database Replication and Load Balancing
The database replication feature of RSA Authentication Manager enables flexible network configuration, load balancing
and, ultimately, higher performance and simplified, lower-cost management.
RSA Authentication Agent
Provides automatic load balancing by detecting replica server response times and routing authentication requests
accordingly. In addition, organisations can define their own load-balancing sequence by defining a pick list in the RSA
Authentication Manager configuration file. RADIUS users can do the same using RADIUS hunt groups.
Centralised, Easy Administration and System Management
RSA Authentication Manager software offers a high level of management flexibility and control. Using RSA Authentication
Manager administration and reporting tools, administrators can track user authentication to their network anywhere in
the world in real time; update security policy simultaneously across the worldwide network; and develop a global
network topology that increases network performance. RSA Authentication Manager software provides management directly
from the server console and remotely from a Windows interface or from a web browser, delivering centralised
administration of tokens, users, and servers across your network.
Native LDAP support and QuickAdmin
A web-based help desk utility, make the security administrator’s job easier. LDAP support enables the RSA
Authentication Manager software to take advantage of the user and group information in the directory. Automated LDAP to
RSA Authentication Manager import and synchronization utilities let administrators bring the data from the directory
into the RSA Authentication Manager program and keep the data synchronised. RSA Authentication Manager software
supports leading directories such as Microsoft Active Directory, Sun ONE LDAP Directory, and Novell eDirectoryTM.
QuickAdmin allows the security administrator to modify user and token information without installing an admin client on every desktop.
RSA Authentication Manager help desk administrators can use this web interface tool to handle 80% of RSA SecurID
calls, usually such as "I forgot my PIN", "I lost my token." QuickAdmin provides a simple, web-based interface to deal
with these calls. Administrative scoping allows companies to specify the users that an administrator can view and
manage.
The RSA Authentication Manager Enterprise Edition also includes RSA SecurID Authentication Deployment Manager, an
automated token deployment tool that significantly reduces the time and cost to deploy the solution. RSA Authentication
Deployment Manager also provides user self-service functionality.
Improved Uptime and Reduced Risk
To support mission-critical sites, RSA Authentication Manager Enterprise Edition software is certified to run on the
VERITASTM Cluster Server High Availability platform on Sun SolarisTM machines. Support for up to ten replicas with the
RSA Authentication Manager Enterprise Edition provides additional disaster recovery and fail-over options. RSA
Authentication Manager administration tools make it easy to promote any replica to the status of primary server,
thereby quickly and flexibly restoring administrative capability in the case of a system failure.
