Business
Partnership with Microsoft
Partnership with Microsoft.
About this update from Intercede Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 7714D Intercede Group PLC 29 March 2011 \n \n\n29 March 2011\nIntercede Group plc\n(\"Intercede\")\n \nEnterprise Credentialing Partnership with Microsoft\nIntercede (London Stock Exchange AIM: IGP) today announces the release of the Intercede MyID Management Agent (MA) for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM). This is the culmination of close collaboration with the Microsoft Identity and Access Management technical team.\nThe combination of Intercede MyID and Microsoft FIM provides customers with today's most comprehensive credentialing solution for Enterprise customers. \nThe Intercede MyID Management Agent for Forefront Identity Manager enables Intercede MyID to work as a 'plug-in' into FIM. This significantly simplifies the task of adding smart card and credential management capabilities to any Microsoft FIM enabled environment. Organisations that rely on Microsoft infrastructure can now take advantage of Intercede MyID to more easily reinforce their defences against cyber attack and identity fraud. This may include issuing smart cards to employees for smart card logon, email signing and encryption, VPN access, BitLocker encryption and other enhanced security features.\nIntercede MyID's flexible issuance policies allow organizations to rapidly implement 'best practice' card and credential management processes, to enhance security and to increase user satisfaction.\nKey features include:\n· Technology independent, supporting a wide range of smart cards, USB tokens, printers, certificate authorities etc.\n· Supports key archive and recovery for replacement cards.\n· Management of temporary cards.\n· Graphical card layout editor and card printing.\n· Can be integrated directly into the FIM / Sharepoint GUI for a single system view.\n· Fully FIPS 201 compliant (PIV, PIV-Interoperable and PIV-Compatible).\n \nFor further information on Microsoft FIM management agents visit: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/fim-2010-management-agents-from-partners.aspx\nRichard Parris, Intercede Chairman & Chief Executive, said:\n\"We are delighted that Microsoft has recognised the advantages that Inte...