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A-Key®
4000 Token Use Cases
Secure Mobile Data
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Executive
Use |
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The
Authenex A-Key® 4000 Token makes sure that sensitive executive
data stays secure and out of unauthorized hands and away from
prying eyes. For example, sensitive corporate data to be given
out at an executive meeting can be saved onto A-Key® 4000
tokens before the meeting. Each token can be set with user and
administrator passwords, so that even the executives cannot
change the token's settings. The tokens can be given to the
executive team at the meeting, so that the team can have this
information afterwards. The secured data, such as meeting minutes,
data, presentations and documents, spreadsheets and reports
are secure even if the executive leaves their token on a plane.
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Non-executive
Use |
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In
another situation, many people (other than executives) in an
organization can carry around sensitive company data. For example,
engineers, developers, administrative aids, designers, management,
even training personnel can routinely have sensitive information.
Currently, that data is insecure and can be a weak point in
protecting the company's IP. In one high tech company, 500 engineers
were carrying around company sensitive information, like CAD
drawings, schematics and other intellectual property on insecure
flash drives. If they were to upgrade their users to the A-Key®
4000 token, company management could have the peace of mind
knowing that, no matter what, their data was secure, wherever
it was taken. |
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Military
- Sensitive documents |
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Corporate
data is not the only sensitive data that can be secured on
the A-Key 4000 token. The military can save data as well as
save face by storing sensitive information on the A-Key®
4000 token and avoid headlines like these:
Stolen military data for
sale in Afghanistan - Portable computer drives peddled at
bazaar outside Bagram Air Base
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12305580/
MSNBC.com April 13, 2006
At Afghan Bazaar, Military
Offers Dollars for Stolen Data
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/15/world/asia/15afghanistan.html?ex=
1177041600&en=f13f81b8c9627e00&ei=5070
New York Times.com April 15, 2006
Simply storing data on the A-Key®
4000 token and setting two-levels of password protection,
as well as maintaining self erase settings, would have saved
the government a lot of bad press.
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Doing
a Presentation and Leaving the Token with the Client |
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Sales
professionals who make presentation and leave company literature
with their client can now do it and create a lasting impression
at the same time. A sales person can take their A-Key® 4000
token with all relevant sales data, product literature and presentations
to their client; make their presentation on the client's equipment
and leave the token (containing all prepared materials) with
the client. Besides giving the client all the materials he needs
to make a purchasing decision, it does the favor of giving the
client a token that has up to one gigabyte of secure, encrypted
storage that he can use for his own purposes. The token can
also be set up to launch the salesman's company's website each
time the prospective customer plugs the token in. |
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Accessing
Email and the Web From the Token |
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With the addition
of applications like Firefox and Thunderbird, A-Key® 4000
token's users can access email and the web from the security
of their A-Key® 4000 token. The applications and any data
the applications store, such as passwords, history and emails
remain secure in encrypted storage. Any user can simply plug
their token into any Windows 2000 or XP computer, launch Thunderbird
(residing on the token, not on the computer) and check their
home or corporate email, without leaving a trail of personal
information behind them. |
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My
A-Key™ Software:
Secured Web Credentials That Can be Used Anywhere |
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Many people have information
that they use on a near daily basis, such as bank account numbers,
bank web site access credentials, social security numbers, VPN
credentials, etc. With the addition of My A-Key™ software,
the A-Key® 4000 token becomes the secure, portable data
repository that many have been asking for.
For example, it is not uncommon for someone to need to keep
track of five different web sites he regularly uses for work,
personal email, two bank accounts, postage on line, Amazon.com,
EBay, Netflix, etc. He could use My A-Key™ software
to securely store and use all the access and account information
on the A-Key® 4000 token. This could easily be 15 URLS,
passwords to several important applications used at work,
his checking account number and other information. In doing
so, this person knows that his encrypted information is secure
and won’t be accessible, even if his token is lost or stolen,
because the token is password protected and self erase will
keep all his data from unauthorized eyes. When he travels,
he can securely access web sites from a kiosk or Internet
café, because My A-Key™ software has his back. Without
his fingers ever touching the keyboard, My A-Key™ software
will log him into his secure web sites, thus frustrating any
key logger that lurks on the machine. |
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Automatically
Launching Your Web Site, to Keep Your Company Fresh in People's
Minds |
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My A-Key software can
be pre-loaded onto the A-Key 4000 token and configured at
the factory to automatically access any web site you want
when the token is inserted into the USB port of a computer.
This provides a great marketing opportunity.
For example, a bank could use My A-Key on the A-Key 4000
token to not only promote secure use of on line banking, but
also to promote how seriously the bank takes the security
of its customers. In such a case, the bank would order a number
of A-Key 4000 tokens with My A-Key software pre-installed
and configured to automatically launch the company's web site
when the token is inserted into a USB port.
In such a case, the first time a customer used the token,
he would insert it into his USB port, Internet Explorer would
launch and the user would navigate to the page where he accesses
his account. He then enters his access credentials and logs
in. My A-Key software would save that information in the encrypted
storage of the token. Every time thereafter the user wants
to access the site he plugs in his token and navigates to
the log in page. My A-Key will log him in automatically. The
user gets the security and convenience of My A-Key, the security
of the A-Key 4000 token, and the bank communicates to their
customer that it takes both its and the customer's security
seriously enough to provide this product. The bank is also
kept fresh in the customer's mind, because every time he plugs
the token in, Internet Explorer launches that bank's web page. |
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