SMARTCARD BASED PASSWORD MANAGER FOR WINDOWS® 7

Access Smart® updates its award winning Power LogOn® to Windows 7

Ladera Ranch, CA — July 07, 2010 — Access Smart, LLC announced today that its award winning Power LogOn supports Windows 7 and Server 2008 in both 32- and 64-bits. Power LogOn makes secure password management possible using affordable smartcard technology. By providing users with the convenience of never having to remember or type another password IT departments are free from the cost and hassle of continually resetting passwords.

Microsoft’s latest Windows 7 operating system is phenomenal. Businesses, healthcare providers, schools and government agencies are upgrading their computers and networks to take advantage of new operating system’s improvements. Access Smart stays current with the latest Microsoft technologies to ensure these groups have easy, low cost and secure access.

Windows 7, Internet sites and secure data files require a user name and password to access data. The security threat is not the password but how we, as users, pick and manage the password. Do you know employees who use the same password everywhere, have a simple password or write their passwords on notes by their desks? Are you one of those employees? Don’t be ashamed. You are in the majority.

When IT security implements policies to have complex passwords and frequent password changes that only compounds the problem because it forces the employees to implement poor password management practices. Do you know that IT cannot block or prevent access to data when a legitimate user name and password is entered, no matter who types it, and these unauthorized accesses are not detected or counted as a data breach? Access Smart’s Power LogOn uses powerful smartcard technology to secure the “front door” of the virtual world.

Power LogOn will authenticate, identify and authorize the person requesting data at the front end before the person ever gets into the network by taking advantage of our “Seven Levels of Assurance”.

1. Something you have – the smartcard
2. Something you know – a PIN
3. Something you are – fingerprint
4. Something the card has – card data encryption keys
5. Something the card knows – account URLs, passwords, user names, etc.
6. Something the card is - Chip Specific Serial Number (CHUID)
7. Something the card knows about you – user’s Classification code

“Securing information through authentication, identification and authorization is a direct response to our customers’ needs,” said Dovell Bonnett, founder and CEO of Access Smart. “We provide businesses with a low cost of ownership solution that safeguards them from an expensive data breach.”

Since Power LogOn runs on a secure network, network administrators maintain real-time control over a cardholder's ability to logon to the network. Administrators can "manage" logon entries for cardholders, loading changes and updates to cards, and even “kill” a card that is already in the field. So, if the card is ever lost or stolen it will no longer be accepted within the system.

Power LogOn leverages both the smartcard and network security by using the card as an authentication token, and using a secure network server as the secure storage device. To add even more value, we can combine RFID physical access into the card. “Because the data itself is secured by multiple layers of assurances,” said Mr. Bonnett, “then, even if someone steals the card, they cannot access the data.”

Easy to Evaluate
Access Smart offers Power LogOn Administrator Starter Kit for only $300. The kit contains software, cards, readers, manuals and limited free technical support; everything to fully test Power LogOn. If Power LogOn doesn’t meet your needs you have 90-days to return it for a 100% refund.

About Access Smart, LLC:
Headquartered in Ladera Ranch, California, Access Smart, LLC removes the burden and cost of internet security on employees, IT administrators and business owners. Dedicated to empowering businesses and consumers to securely regain control over their digital information, Access Smart offers unique, high-quality, integrated hardware and software packages that securely manage important data over wired and wireless networks, computers, Point-of-Sale devices, kiosks, and any other device that can accept and communicate via smartcard technology. For more information about Access Smart, please visit http://www.Access-Smart.com.

Access Smart and Power LogOn are registered trademarks exclusively licensed to Access Smart, LLC. Other product names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders.


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