Active Directory Self-Service version 3.0.0.1

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CionSystems Active Directory Self-service, 3.0.0.1,  extends  Self Service and delegated management to group membership.  The solution is fully integrates email based notification and requests and  supports both Outlook and non-Outlook clients.  With this solution, you can manage all your groups –both security groups and Distribution Lists – including adding and removing members, and applying workflow to group lifecycle management.

Simplify access control for SharePoint and Windows File Shares.  Local admins do not need AD Expertise to manage access to their resources and to provision and de-propvision users.  Automate requests for access.  All grants and denials of access rights are tracked via a full audit history. Reports clearly show status and historical information regarding all access requests.  Both Reporting and Workflow are customizable.  The simple, web based, interface supports Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and mobile browsers.

Password changes are synchronized with Office 365, including changes made by help desk and administrative staff via ADMC or other tools.

Two factor authentication and self-service for any Web application

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CionSystems’  Self-Service provides a two factor authentication systems that can be easily integrated with any web or non-web application. Instead of application managing the authentication, offload that functionality to CionSystems self-service authenticator and self-service module. In addition the application provides end users self passwords reset and unlocking of accounts. It also allows them to securely make account changes reducing the need for HR staff or your web-application  to maintain current user information.

Benefits Features
“Eliminate the single most common support issue”

  • Empower your end users to securely reset their own passwords and unlock accounts
  • Track all password activity to support full auditing and reporting
  • Maintain stronger password policies
  • Lower your Help Desk workload and reduce operating expenses
  • Two factor authentication system.
  • Self signup of users
  • Supports Microsoft AD, Red Hat Open LDAP, and Centos Open LDAP
  • Easy integration to web application
 CionSystems’ Self-Service is a state-of-the-art solution for identity administration and access control.  Self Service provides an intuitive, easy-to-use web-based user interface that supports:

  • Policy creation and enforcement
  • User self-signup, self-registration and self-service
  • Self-management of user Profile
  • Self-service for Password and account unlock
  • Password expiry notification
  • Two factor authentication for logins
  • Webservice interfaces for any web-based application integration
  • Audit and other Reports
  • Flexible and policy based challenge question and answer configuration


Self-Service can also send alerts such as:

  • Locked Out Users
  • Soon To Expire Password for on-premise domain Users
  • Password Expired Users

Self-Service tracks all activity in an audit log that contain information such as when, by whom and which passwords or accounts were modified. Users can update their own personal information (as determined by policy set by system administrators).

Password Synchronization from on-premise domain to Office 365

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Now users’  Domain Account Passwords and  Office 365 passwords can be synchronized regardless of where or how the password change was initiated .   Change requests are intercepted, validated against  Office365 password complexity requirements and  then applied.  This is done securely, over an encrypted connection, protected from man in the middle attacks, spoofing, network capture,  or other attacks.  This process enforces  password complexity requirements and policy on shared accounts, even if the domain does not have  a password policy and effect.
Benefits

  • Same password complexity policy for on-premise domain without making any change to domain
  • Password is synchronized from domain, so regardless of how password is changed it is synchronized with Office 365
  • Audit trail of password changes

Sony’s security challenges are a warning to all industries

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Sony recently lost millions of credentials and personal user information such as credit cards, addresses, birth dates and other personal details.  In the wake of Sony’s hack attack all organizations should be vigilantly keeping records and reviewing every change taking place within the IT infrastructure.
Past experience has shown hackers use a compromised user account and then spend time in gaining elevated privileges. Once this is accomplished they make small changes over a longer period of time to remain undetected until they are able to gain the access to the data. Most likely the hack attack with Sony probably happened days and weeks ago. You can’t stop the hacking of digital distribution platforms but you can build redundancies into your technical infrastructure that notify administrators immediately of changes taking place within the IT environment to stop malicious activities from becoming a catastrophic event.  A current and consistently revised road map is fundamentally core to keeping your organization agile and ready to best handle any hacking activity.
Being proactive and forward thinking with your technical infrastructure can give administrator and technical leadership the agility to get in front of malicious technical events before they cannibalize the total integrity of your product offerings and services. All it takes is a moment of oversight to lose total reliability. If you haven’t already sat down to update your technical infrastructure then now is the time.

Maintain a secure and informed technical infrastructure with CionSystems.
http://www.cionsystems.com/active-directory-ChangeNotifier.php
http://www.cionsystems.com/active-directory-reporter.php (Notifier & Reporter v2.5 are bundled)
http://www.cionsystems.com/active-directory-SelfService.php (Compatible with on premise and BPOS)

Critical Services Outage

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The recent Amazon cloud services failure has taught us that just moving to the cloud is not the final solution for maintaining a secure and low cost infrastructure. 

The rapid adoption of cloud services will have to take a back step for a while until companies like Amazon can show how it plans to grow beyond its cloud services failure. No matter how many cloud data centers you have or redundancy’s you put in place you are still putting all of your eggs in one basket by not working with multiple cloud services or an on-premise hybrid. Establishing hybrid infrastructures of on premise and cloud based services will most likely remain a primary strategy of larger enterprise customers. I do not think this recent gaffe with Amazon will change the rapid adoption of the cloud for smaller enterprise class users. Some companies can afford the black eye but why take a chance when your company’s credibility is at stake.

 Sites that depend on cloud services should not be blaming the provider of the service but rather themselves for not doing a diligent job planning ahead for this type of event. No matter how many guarantees you receive about the resilience of a cloud service you should always have a backup plan independent of the one making the guarantees.

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Enhancing Enterprise Value

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The evolution of the cloud and on premise technology is providing enterprises with dynamic opportunities to lower IT cost while gaining redundancy, availability and disaster recovery at a fraction of the price.
The cloud has been transforming the on premise environment for businesses of all different sizes. However not all BPOS (Business Productivity Online Services) adoption is seamless. CionSystems can make this adoption of hybrid environments that engage BPOS easy.
CionSystems builds Identity and Access Management solutions. CionSystems has recently released solutions to simplify migrating and managing users and data on BPOS. They are great for hybrid environments. These solutions automate and extend the on premise infrastructure to BPOS. Download our Cloud identity and migration tool to see how simple it is to move and adopt BPOS without the hidden cost of migration and management.
CionSystems services work for enterprises of all sizes and eases the pain of dealing with information that needs to be kept compliant and in synch between on premise and BPOS cloud.
CionSystems is committed to making IT solutions that can enhance and manage the most challenging technical environments for on premise and the cloud. Are you moving to BPOS or staying on premise? CionSystems can help!
We offer a free 30 day trial and support for running any number of our products. Please send any support requests to support@cionsystems.com. Our team looks forward to assisting you.
Download a trial version of CMT (Cloud Migration Tool) or Self Service.
http://www.cionsystems.com/cim_selfservice.php
*we will match or beat all competitor price quotes!