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nFront Security, Inc. — -0001-11-30T05:00:00+0:00

ING Financial Purchases nFront Password Filter

nFront Security, Inc. — 2008-06-17T04:00:00+01:00

Alpharetta, GA – ING Financial (NYSE:ING) committed to the purchase of nFront Password Filter. The product was purchased to increase password security requirements on critical systems.

Windows Update Tips and Tricks email newsletter recommends nFront Password Filter

nFront Security, Inc. — 2008-04-14T04:00:00+01:00

When posed with the question of “How do I exclude users from my domain-password policy, and can I exclude those same users from domain-policy read-and-apply permissions?” John Savill responded with the following answer:

No, the domain controllers (DCs) enforce the password-complexity requirements, so blocking certain users from read-and-apply permissions won’t exclude them from the password policy. When you change your password, it’s sent by secure session to the DC. The DC gets the unhashed and unencrypted password, and checks for rules to apply.

This process is different from typical logon-password handling, in which users’ passwords are hashed by means of a one-way algorithm at the workstation and sent to the DC. Users could set their passwords before introducing the password policy; then, you could make the passwords never expire. Doing so would mean that users would use simple passwords, but then they could never change their passwords, which isn’t a good idea

To configure different password policies for different users, you have three options:

Place users that need a different password policy into a separate child domain. This tactic would require a lot of additional infrastructure.
If you’re using Windows Server 2008, you can use fine-grained password policies. The domain must be running in Server 2008 mode because only Server 2008 DCs understand fine-grained password policies.
Use a third-party add-on that enables multiple password policies within a domain. Third-party options include nFrontSecurity’s nFront Password Filter (nfrontsecurity.com/products/nfront-password-filter/).

Dr. Tom Shinder of Windowsecurity.com Recommends nFront Security

nFront Security, Inc. — 2008-04-09T04:00:00+01:00

Dr. Tom Shinder of Windowsecurity.com has recommended nFront Password Filter as a solution to enforcing a strong password policy. We would first like to take the time to thank Dr. Shinder for his plug.

It is very important that campanies realize the issue being brought up in the story above. Requiring the use of strong passwords is extremely important to any corporation's security initiatives. You can have the strongest and most advanced firewall and security appliances money can buy. If you have a single user on your domain that sets their password to "password" (or any other iteration) you might as well throw that fancy hardware out the window. Establishing and enforcing a strong password policy should be top on your things to do list.

nFront Password Filter makes things easy. Simply install the software and configure. You could be up and running in a matter of minutes for around the cost of a postage stamp per user (depending on user base of course, since nFront Password Filter is licensed per Domain Controller).

If you have any questions, don't hesistate to contact us and let us know.

Thanks again Dr. Shinder!

SIFMA Technology Management Conference & Exhibit

nFront Security, Inc. — 2007-06-20T04:00:00+01:00

Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, BOOTH 4127

Join innovators and experts in exploring the critical technology issues facing the securities industry today. Get the strategies and solutions your firm needs to stay competitive and learn about the emerging technologies that will keep you ahead of the field.

SIFMA's 27th annual Technology Management Conference & Exhibit is the industry's leading event with over 300 vendors and 7,000 attendees. The conference will address the rapidly-changing world of technology and how the financial industry is using technology to drive productivity, comply with regulatory requirements, and adapt to converging markets, products and investors.

This year's program puts forth an informative and educational program designed expressly for individuals within securities firms who have management responsibility for technology-based support activities, including: communications, market data, information security, trading room support, web and Internet technology and information systems. The three general sessions, 10 workshops, luncheon speaker and Exhibit are all aimed at giving you the information you need to become more effective at your firm.

nFront Security to Specialize in Network Security Software

nFront Security, Inc. — 2007-12-23T05:00:00+01:00

Alpharetta, GA - The company businesses trust for network security has a new division and a new focus. nFront Security, www.nFrontSecurity.com, is a new division of Altus Network Solutions, Inc. nFront Security is positioning itself to be a leader in the manufacture and sale of innovative security software products that improve network security and save administrators time.

Altus Network Solutions, Inc. originally was established as a consulting company in 1997. However, with the development and success of a revolutionary password policy enhancement and enforcement tool, the business focus has shifted from consulting to opportunities in security software. Until recently we were a consulting company that just happened to produce software. Moving forward, nFront Security is focused on being a top notch software company with a product line of innovative software security products, said Gregg Branham, nFront Security CEO.

nFront Security's flagship product, now called nFront Password Filter, is a password policy tool for Windows Active Directory and SQL Server that prevents the use of weak, easily hacked passwords. nFront Password Filter allows network administrators to create and enforce multiple password policies within a single domain. The policies can be configured to encourage the use of passphrases or to simply force administrators to use passwords that are less susceptible to rainbow cracking. The software includes the ability to scan a new user's password against a multiple language dictionary of commonly used passwords. nFront Password Filter can scan the new password against over 2 million commonly used passwords is less than one second. The software can then reject the non-compliant password before it is allowed on the network.

All software configuration is done via Group Policies (GPO) and the software architecture includes no single point of failure and no password policy server. nFront Password Filter is used by many companies to meet SOX, PCI and HIPAA password compliance requirements.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services purchase nFront Password Filter

nFront Security, Inc. — 2007-05-09T04:00:00+01:00

Alpharetta, GA - After much testing and due diligence the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services committed to the purchase of Passfilt Pro (now nFront Password Filter). The product was purchased to increase password security requirements on critical systems.