The SSH Key Manager Is Vital To Organisations Who Need To Reduce Risk and Keep Costs Under Control
In 1995 SSH, based in Finland, invented the SSH protocol for data on the move solutions.
In 2012, over 3000 organisations across the globe trust the technology to secure the path to their information assets.
Their new platform enables these organisations to easily manage their user keys and monitor administrator traffic - even across networks, functions and between stake-holders.
SSH or Secure Shellis a protocol and software suite for securely sending files and data between servers, tunneling of sensitive data and securely administering remote computers, It is now a standard available in many commercial formats.
Examples of the SSH Protocol are available on practically all platforms from IBM, to Unix, Linux and Windows as well as embedded systems, routers and smart phones.
It is extremely adaptable and used widely for all sorts of application.
In order to set up automatic application to application data transfers, industry best practice is to employ public key authentication in the SSH protocol.
In public key authentication, a digital signature pair (a public and a private key pair) is created, which, after the distribution of the public key is used to prove the identity of the user during the authentication process.
In addition, many organisations also use it for awarding their system administrators access to computers that they manage.
These key pairs that are used for user authentication in SSH are called 'User Keys'.
it's the number of user key pairs and the fact that users come and go, they may have vindictive designs on an ex-employer, they may share their user key data, are not rotated frequently enough or any number of additional reasons why issues of key pairs need to take control of their generation, distribution, rotation, visibility and termination.
Large organisations are faced with the challenge of managing SSH user keys which is often manual, time consuming and prone to error for creating new keys and 'trust relationships', lack of processes, visibility and tools for removal of keys, the possibility of copying and misuse and now overall visibility as to which user accounts have the access which servers and services.
These issues are not simply a matter of good housekeeping, they can effect organisations deeply in terms of their risk, compliance and of course cost.
The new SSH Key Manager addresses existing technical risks attached to public key authentication and the lack of key management in enterprises.
The solutions can effectively decrease risks faced by enterprises today in managing their SSH User Keys.
In 2012, over 3000 organisations across the globe trust the technology to secure the path to their information assets.
Their new platform enables these organisations to easily manage their user keys and monitor administrator traffic - even across networks, functions and between stake-holders.
SSH or Secure Shellis a protocol and software suite for securely sending files and data between servers, tunneling of sensitive data and securely administering remote computers, It is now a standard available in many commercial formats.
Examples of the SSH Protocol are available on practically all platforms from IBM, to Unix, Linux and Windows as well as embedded systems, routers and smart phones.
It is extremely adaptable and used widely for all sorts of application.
In order to set up automatic application to application data transfers, industry best practice is to employ public key authentication in the SSH protocol.
In public key authentication, a digital signature pair (a public and a private key pair) is created, which, after the distribution of the public key is used to prove the identity of the user during the authentication process.
In addition, many organisations also use it for awarding their system administrators access to computers that they manage.
These key pairs that are used for user authentication in SSH are called 'User Keys'.
it's the number of user key pairs and the fact that users come and go, they may have vindictive designs on an ex-employer, they may share their user key data, are not rotated frequently enough or any number of additional reasons why issues of key pairs need to take control of their generation, distribution, rotation, visibility and termination.
Large organisations are faced with the challenge of managing SSH user keys which is often manual, time consuming and prone to error for creating new keys and 'trust relationships', lack of processes, visibility and tools for removal of keys, the possibility of copying and misuse and now overall visibility as to which user accounts have the access which servers and services.
These issues are not simply a matter of good housekeeping, they can effect organisations deeply in terms of their risk, compliance and of course cost.
The new SSH Key Manager addresses existing technical risks attached to public key authentication and the lack of key management in enterprises.
The solutions can effectively decrease risks faced by enterprises today in managing their SSH User Keys.