Security Identity Theft: Protecting You & Your Business April 29, 2013 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Techgig posted an article titled, ‘How to avoid online identity theft‘ which details some of the ways people can have their identity stolen from simple over the shoulder skimming to more sophisticated phishing scams. The focus of the article is one of personal safety but the identity theft techniques listed, from over the shoulder skimming […] Read more »
Feature Password-Self-Service Protecting Your Business Assets April 23, 2013 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Businesses have many challenges these days, users need access to company data, applications and resources around the clock. They also need access from anywhere and everywhere whether internal to the company network or external. For IT these end user demands are becoming increasingly more difficult to manage without opening up the network to unscrupulous attacks, […] Read more »
Password-Self-Service Releases New Release Access Manager 1.1-R7 March 21, 2013 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Nervepoint is proud to release the latest version of Access Manager – 1.1 R7. In the tradition of worthwhile upgrades, R7 includes a number of key fixes the most important of which is improvements to the authentication flow UI. The UI responsiveness of moving authentication modules in and out of the flow can be very […] Read more »
Uncategorized Improving Authentication Guesswork November 10, 2012 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter I was reading Gunnar Peterson’s article on darkReading recently about authentication and authorization and he concludes with the idea that we should focus more on authorization while improving the guess work associated with authentication. As Gunnar points out there are more authentication contexts these days that it’s impossible to support them all. Nervepoint Access Manager […] Read more »
Uncategorized Dedicated Identity and Password Solutions July 11, 2012 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Computerworld recently reported KPN closed down its self service portal for its corporate customer care service, as 2/3 of them had never changed their default password; a security disaster waiting to happen. KPN security breach closes self service portal It struck me that this is what self service password management (SSPM) solutions are surely for! […] Read more »
Uncategorized Password Self Service Challenges June 28, 2012 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Today’s business environment is becoming increasingly complex with more pressure than ever to reduce costs while at the same time increasing user productivity and improving security levels. Traditionally password management has been an IT responsibility. With so much at stake, businesses need to be certain that a user’s identity is securely managed. Regulatory compliance initiatives […] Read more »
Feature Password-Self-Service Free Self Service iPhone app June 13, 2012 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Nervepoint Technologies is pleased to announce the free release of the Access Manager iPhone app – that’s right free! The iPhone app enables end users to safely and securely reset passwords, unlock their accounts and manage their identity remotely or on the go. The app is available below free of charge to be used with […] Read more »
Feature Password-Self-Service Extending Self Service Capabilities to Mobile June 4, 2012 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Mobile devices have become so entrenched in our way of living that most of us would have withdrawal symptoms if we forgot to take our mobile phones with us on a visit to the local supermarket. We carry everything from personal to business information – in fact in many businesses today you are given a […] Read more »
Password-Self-Service Releases Access Manager Enterprise Goes Live! May 28, 2012 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter This release marks the beginning of our Enterprise Edition line and comes with some major new additions to extend the versatility of our password self service solution and give you even more. Take a look at what’s new and then explore Access Manager Enterprise Edition for yourself. Get Access Manager Enterprise now Mobile Self Service […] Read more »
Password-Self-Service Releases Access Manager 0.7 – New Database Better Performance April 14, 2012 / September 2, 2025 by Lee Painter Today sees the release of Access Manager Avalon 0.7 which sees a major change to the application infrastructure. We’ve taken out the old database which served Access Manager well in the short-term but as more and more of you have started using Access Manager in larger deployments it became unsuitable. So we’ve spent the last […] Read more »