CRYPTOCard Achieves Check Point Certification

March 15, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- CRYPTOCard, (cryptocard.com) a secure Password Technology provider, today announced that it has achieved OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) certification for CRYPTOAdmin 5.16 on Solaris and Windows from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(checkpoint.com), an Internet security company.

CRYPTOAdmin 5.16, coupled with CRYPTOCard's smart cards, hardware tokens, or software tokens, is now amalgamated with Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation (NG) Internet security platform, enabling organizations to positively authenticate users regardless of location or server platform before access is permitted through FireWall-1 and before the VPN-1 tunnel is established.

CRYPTOAdmin 5.16’s ability to identify the individual user attempting to access a network or application prevents hackers from gaining access by assuming the identity of a valid user through the use of a lost or stolen password.

Administration and authentication of users occurs at the CRYPTOAdmin 5.16 server, reducing the processing load on Check Point's FireWall-1/VPN-1, and enabling administrators to add, modify, and delete user profiles in real-time, without taking the FireWall-1/VPN-1 off-line.

Minimizes management costs, the software provides centralized authentication services for FireWall-1/VPN-1 as well as.

“Static passwords, a relic of the 1950s, are far too easily compromised as they do not enable an organization to authenticate each individual user,” said Malcolm MacTaggart, President & CEO, CRYPTOCard. “CRYPTOAdmin 5.16 provides hack-proof system security without complicating the log-on process.”