Strong Authentication for Law Firms

Law firms are under increasing pressure to maintain the same security levels as their clients. They may be covered under Graham-Leach Bliley, the California Database Protection Act, or other regulatory requirements.

Law firms are the ultimate knowledge-based enterprise. In today's environment, law firms compete for clients and for recruits. Providing an IT infrastructure that enables anywhere, any time access to information improves customer service and allows a quality of life that any attorney can appreciate. However, nothing is more important to attorneys than maintaining attorney-client privilege and privacy. To provide appropriate access while maintaining security across international boundaries and doing so in a cost effective way is a challenge.

Problems

  Increasing concern over hacking risks
  Increasing regulation: GLB, SB1386
  Increasing demand for telecommuting
  Deploying an SSL-based VPN increased concerns for authentication
  User push-back on hardware tokens
  No capability for 24 x 7 password resets

WiKID Benefits

  Strong Authentication for remote users
  No additional hardware/token to carry
  Self-service set up for end-users
  Seamless integration into network via Radius or LDAP
  Built-in password reset for NT/AD creates 24 x 7 automatic service increasing billable hours
  Protects Client-Privileged information
  Perfect solution for customer/co-counsel extranets
  Easily add two-factor authentication to Citrix Web Interface

Authentication Costs per Year

Item	Hard Tokens	WiKID
Password resets	$60	$0
Tokens/Clients	$25	$24
Distribution/Set Up	$7.50	$0.50
Server Software/Maintenance	$16.50	$3.17
Total Costs:	$109.00	$27.67

Assumes 3,000 users over 2 years

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