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Funk Software, has launched version 5.0 of its RADIUS/AAA server, Steel-Belted Radius. Steel-Belted Radius v5.0, which adds a completely revamped administration program and powerful new reporting capabilities, lets enterprises enforce a uniform network access security policy across a variety of access methods -- providing enhanced security, easier, more streamlined management, and granular control over who can access the network and how. Steel- Belted Radius v5.0 is available across the Enterprise and Global Enterprise Editions of the product.
For enterprises, Steel-Belted Radius plays a critical role in managing and securing wireless LAN (WLAN), remote/VPN, and/or identity-based (wired 802.1X) networking access, and integrates easily into an enterprise's network infrastructure, regardless of equipment vendor or authentication scheme.
"RADIUS is becoming more and more pivotal on enterprise networks; its central role in managing and securing all types of network access has made it a very visible purchase in the enterprise," said Joe Ryan, vice president of Funk Software. "With our ongoing commitment to engineering excellence, and the powerful new features in Steel-Belted Radius v5.0, we are uniquely able to deliver to enterprise customers a product they can totally rely on to manage and enforce their increasingly complex network access security policies - and significantly enhance the security of their networks."
Enterprise networks are growing increasingly complex as organizations expand globally and workers become more mobile. Employees need to access corporate networks 24x7 from a wide variety of devices (such as PCs, wireless laptops, or PDAs) and locations (such as their cubicles, hotspots, virtual offices, warehouses, shipping facilities or home offices). The result is a web of access technologies within the corporate network that can make secure network access a challenge for administrators. Along with complex access requirements, organizations have increased security concerns driven...