Released on = December 6, 2006, 2:14 am

Press Release Author = mutual pr

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Banglaore, December 5th, 2006-Leading SSL VPN provider
Aventail today announced its partnership with Encentuate to provide mobile users
with easy remote access to business-critical information-anywhere, anytime-while
retaining the highest level of network security. The joint solution combines the
secure remote access capabilities of Aventail's SSL VPN with Encentuate's
token-less, two-factor authentication for strong authentication security. According
to security experts, organizations need to use two-factor authentication to increase
their security, but most organizations have not adopted it because of the associated
costs and hassles of deploying tokens. Now, organizations can use the
Encentuate/Aventail joint solution and enjoy the benefits of providing "anywhere
access" to users with the security of two-factor authentication and robust access
controls, easily and cost-effectively. Optionally, organizations can also leverage
Encentuate to provide single sign-on to web, desktop, and legacy applications that
are accessible over the Aventail SSL VPN.



Press Release Body = Aventail Partners with Encentuate to Deliver Best of Breed
Secure Remote Access with Easy, Two-Factor Authentication


Encentuate's TCI Mobile ActiveCode provides token-less two-factor authentication to
Aventail's SSL VPN using phones and PDAs



Banglaore, December 5th, 2006-Leading SSL VPN provider Aventail today announced its
partnership with Encentuate to provide mobile users with easy remote access to
business-critical information-anywhere, anytime-while retaining the highest level of
network security. The joint solution combines the secure remote access capabilities
of Aventail's SSL VPN with Encentuate's token-less, two-factor authentication for
strong authentication security. According to security experts, organizations need to
use two-factor authentication to increase their security, but most organizations
have not adopted it because of the associated costs and hassles of deploying tokens.
Now, organizations can use the Encentuate/Aventail joint solution and enjoy the
benefits of providing "anywhere access" to users with the security of two-factor
authentication and robust access controls, easily and cost-effectively. Optionally,
organizations can also leverage Encentuate to provide single sign-on to web,
desktop, and legacy applications that are accessible over the Aventail SSL VPN.



"Our partnership with Aventail gives organizations an easy way to increase the
security of the Aventail solution," said EK Koh, vice president of products and
alliances at Encentuate. "Our goal is to provide the market with the best identity
and access management solution possible. The combined solution helps us enable easy
and secure remote access to corporate information for end users without the need to
provision and administer tokens."



"We chose to partner with Encentuate because of its token-less two-factor
authentication solution, which leverages existing phones and PDAs," stated Sarah
Daniels, VP Marketing, Aventail. "We are delighted that our customers can now take
advantage of their solution-adding strong authentication to the long list of
security benefits that Aventail's remote access control already provides."



Aventail and Encentuate's solutions work together so that only authorized users have
secure remote access to corporate networks. When the user first logs in to the
Aventail SSL VPN, the Encentuate solution automatically delivers a one-time password
through SMS on the user's mobile phone or other preferred channels such as email.
The user then enters the one-time password, and if the user's credentials are valid,
the Aventail SSL VPN then checks the identity and health of the user's device, and,
according to corporate policy, provides the user with controlled access to corporate
applications and resources.



The joint solution benefits include:

Highly-secure and transparent access to all network resources from any environment
or device for all users.
No extra tokens to deploy, replace or administer, saving time and money
Increased security of two factor authentication with one-time passwords
Users conveniently receive their one time passwords over a channel of their
choice-mobile phones, PDAs, or email
No need for client software to be installed.
Support for other identity and access management features such as single sign-on and
user provisioning.


The joint solution is immediately available through both companies and their
authorized resellers. For more information go to:
http://www.aventail.com/partners_providers/technology/profiles.asp#encentuate



About Aventail
Aventail is the best-of-breed remote access company. Aventail delivered the first
SSL VPN solution in 1997 and today is a market leader, delivering a remote access
control solution that is the easiest to use and easiest to control. Aventail SSL VPN
appliances provide users with transparent, clientless access to more applications
from more devices via any network environment. For network managers, Aventail
delivers a single secure access gateway for all users, internal and external, to all
network resources with complete security. With more than 2.5 million end users
around the globe, Aventail is the SSL VPN of choice among mid-sized to large-sized
organizations worldwide, including AT&T, Chicago Housing Authority, DePaul
University, DuPont, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), IBM Global Services,
James Richardson International, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Overlake Hospital, Radiology Ltd.,
and Sanyo. For more information, go to www.aventail.com.





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