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PortalGuard is an application that can help you reset your Windows password and unlock you account. It can also be used for recovering passwords from any browser.
PortalGuard's Centralized Self-service Password Management (SSPM) demo allows you to perform self-service password resets, recoveries and account unlocks from any web browser and your Windows Desktop. The demo utilizes either test user scenarios or your local account (optional).
PortalGuard's self-service password management is flexible and offers a complete solution which has evolved with industry demands. By providing the exact same interface for both Windows Desktop and Web-based self-service, the user's learning curve is minimized and overall user adoption is increased. PortalGuard also supports users who are offline or disconnected from the network, allowing them to perform a password recovery.
All self-service actions can be performed from mobile devices such as iPads and smartphones, and PortalGuard integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, any LDAP-compliant directories and custom SQL user repositories.
To authenticate the user during an online self-service action, PortalGuard leverages challenge questions and answers and/or two-factor authentication via a one-time password sent to a mobile phone or email address. Challenge answers are cryptographically hashed and stored on a central server to support roaming users and prevent the need to re-enroll on multiple machines.
By providing auditing and reporting around user access, an Admin App for the mobile phone, and user verbal authentication through a Help Desk console, PortalGuard is a comprehensive self-service password reset solution.
Some of the advantages of using the application are:
Increased Usability - users are now empowered to self-service their own needs
Increased Security - provides two-factor authentication
Centralized Solution - same user interface for both the web and Windows desktop
No Kiosks - perform all self-service actions directly from the user's machine
Reduced Costs - alleviate password-related Help Desk calls
Configurable - to the user, group or application levels
Here are some key features of "PortalGuard":
· Two-factor authentication
· Centralized Solution
· Perform all self-service actions directly from the user's machine
· Easy configuration
Limitations:
· Uses test and local accounts for demo purposes only
