Forwarded From: "Spencer, Will" <wspencert_private> HP Updates Access Server Information Week Daily 7/15/1998 Hewlett-Packard next week plans to ship a new version of its Praesidium Authorization Server, which is designed to help companies control user access to information served up over intranets and extranets. "In the past, companies were interested in firewalls and were thinking about securing the perimeters of their corporate networks," says Cyndi Nickel, business planning manager for Internet security at HP. "Now, after having to punch holes in the firewalls so they can share information with their business partners, companies are discovering that they need to have fine-grain control over who can access what." The previous version of Praesidium Authorization Server let organizations establish a security framework via application programming interfaces to govern user access to a variety of applications and systems. The new version lets companies establish business rules that govern who can access Web applications, Web-enabled legacy applications, and Web forms. For example, a financial company can prevent junior traders from conducting trades in mutual funds worth more than $100,000. Praesidium Authorization Server can intercept the trade transaction, determine who sent it, and review the content, then match the information against pre-set business rules. If a disparity is found, the trade can be stopped, Nickel explains. The server includes an embedded relational database that holds the user information and business rules; a future version will also support the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol so it can leverage LDAP-based directories. The server supports various public key-certificate authority software from companies such as Entrust and VeriSign, as well as other authentication mechanisms such as hardware tokens. Pricing is not yet set. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomot_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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