VASCO Authentication Solutions

Security for the Online Campus

VASCO Data Security provides educational environments with enhanced protection against growing IT security threats, including phishing scams, keylogger viruses, and simple password theft. VASCO’s two-factor authentication solutions eliminate the vulnerability of static passwords by introducing one-time-password generating authenticators to ensure secure access to critical online resources at all times. Two-factor authentication requires two elements to securely verify a user's identity, a PIN number and a DIGIPASS® authenticator. With VASCO's two-factor authentication solutions, educational institutions can meet the specific, individual security requirements of faculty and staff.

What is VASCO?

VASCO is a leading supplier of strong authentication and e-signature solutions and services specializing in Internet Security applications and transactions.  VASCO has positioned itself as global software company for Internet Security serving a customer base of almost 9,500 companies in more than 100 countries, including approximately 1,400 international financial institutions. VASCO’s prime markets are the financial sector, enterprise security, e-commerce and e-government.  VASCO’s two-factor authentication solutions have been enhancing the security of online accounts, identities, and transactions all over the world for over 13 years.

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One-Time Passwords

Protecting access to campus IT resources, applications, and portals is no small undertaking.  The elimination of static passwords is one way to further secure the online campus.  Replacing static passwords with one-time passwords also enhances the security capabilities of single sign-on systems such as CAS and Shibboleth Federated Single Sign-On Authentication Service.

Explore the security benefits of two-factor authentication solutions for the institution with Unicon and VASCO, and learn how to provide a safe, secure e-learning environment for students, faculty, and staff.  Click here for the free webinar recording!

Advantages of VASCO Solutions

One of the key advantages of the VASCO solutions is their ability to be integrated in virtually any IT environment or application without impacting the existing infrastructure.  VASCO's two-factor authentication solutions can be integrated with CAS (Central Authentication Service), in three different ways depending on individual institution needs.

• CAS authentication via IDENTIKEY® Java-based plug-in
• VACMAN® Controller, an API-based authentication backend, directly integrated into CAS
• VACMAN® Middleware lightweight authentication suite, integrated with CAS via a RADIUS protocol

Extending CAS to implement two-factor authentication enables CASified applications to benefit from stronger end-user authentication.

Unicon Services for VASCO

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