SECUDE Releases First Adaptable Single Sign-On Solution with Windows Authentication to SAP

June 24, 2008 - PRLog -- Lucerne, Switzerland – SECUDE International AG releases an attractively priced single sign-on (SSO) solution for SAP that provides Windows authentication for SAP in a matter of minutes. Unlike other solutions, the new software can address customers’ future needs for security, E-SOA support, and compliance.

SECUDE International AG, the leading provider of SAP authentication solutions, releases a low cost Single Sign-On (SSO) solution for SAP that enables customers to deploy Windows authentication to all SAP NetWeaver-based business solutions in a matter of minutes. Unlike other Windows solutions for SSO to SAP, the new solution is designed to easily address customers’ future needs for security, E-SOA support, single sign-on for business partners, and compliance - thus avoiding a technology lock-in that may require a costly migration in the future.

Due to cost pressure and standardization, many companies want to leverage existing investments into their IT infrastructure when they build a Single Sign-On (SSO) solution for SAP – for example their existing Windows authentication infrastructure based on Microsoft Active Directory Server (ADS) and Kerberos. They look primarily for a cost-effective, zero maintenance solution for Single Sign-On to SAP, which is proven and certified by SAP.
SECUDE secure login 4.2 Rapid Deployment Edition is based on SECUDE’s proven, SAP-certified Single Sign-On Technology. The solution leverages customers’ Windows authentication infrastructure from Microsoft to enable users to log into SAP without entering any password, once authenticated as a Windows domain user.

Unlike other Kerberos-based solutions for SSO to SAP applications, the new SECUDE solution does not lock customers in from a technology and functionality perspective. For example, customers can easily activate encryption of all SAP communication for compliance with data privacy or PCI-DSS regulation. Or they can trigger re-authentications before critical business process steps are executed. SECUDE thus prevents customers from being locked into a technology that may require a costly migration in the future.

“This is a user friendly, low-risk and low-cost entry into Single Sign-On for SAP,” says Peter Adams, Vice President of SAP Security, “We are excited about SECUDE secure login 4.2 Rapid Deployment Edition, because it gives SAP customers the choice to address additional requirements at a later point – with very little effort. This leaves customers the option for easy functional upgrades and support of the new E-SOA world. We have pushed the boundaries in terms of ease and speed of deployment. I’m convinced customers will be excited, once they see how easy it is to start with Single Sign-On for SAP.”

To learn more and to get a free evaluation version of SECUDE secure login Rapid Deployment Edition, please visit http://www.secude.com, send an e-mail to: info@secude.com, or contact one of the SECUDE or channel partner representatives.

Further information about other market-leading SECUDE security solutions for SAP customers is available at http://www.secude.com/sap

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SECUDE International AG is a market leader in End-to-End Data Protection and SAP Security, delivering a higher level of IT Security to organizations around the world. SECUDE is a member of IT SEC SWISS AG and was founded in 1996 out of a partnership between SAP AG and the Fraunhofer Institute in Darmstadt, Germany. Headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland, we have a world-wide partner and customer base and with offices in Europe, USA, Asia, and United Arab Emirates

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