All businesses are not alike, however, no matter what their size, they share some basic common needs such as securing access to their networks and to business critical applications. DigitalPersona Pro SBS offers cost-effective end-to-end fingerprint authentication solutions for Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 R2 that eliminate the human factor while securing your business network.  DigitalPersona solutions are widely adopted with over 90 million users worldwide.

What is the DigitalPersona Pro SBS Solution?

A fingerprint authentication solution designed to work specifically with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2.

The Pro SBS solution delivers security with convenience and increased productivity with business continuity.  

There are two Pro SBS solutions to choose from targeting businesses using notebooks with embedded fingerprint readers and the SBS community in general with desktops and notebooks without embedded fingerprint readers.

What does DigitalPersona Pro SBS do?

Pro SBS is an enterprise-level solution designed to fit the needs of the SBS community.  It provides secure sign-on and password management for networks with up to 75 users.

Pro SBS delivers:

Centralized Management - Compliance and Network Security
IT staff can manage, enforce and audit security policies for all applications across the entire network.  DigitalPersona Pro SBS tightly integrates with Active Directory and comes with tools to view various log and audit trace files essential to enabling regulatory compliance such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and Gramm-Leach-Bliley.

Ease of Use and Deployment – Increased Productivity
Usability is crucial for adoption, deployment and increased productivity. DigitalPersona solutions offer a very intuitive user interface making access to your business and Internet based applications a single touch away. Furthermore, DigitalPersona Pro deploys out-of-the-box easily and quickly. It integrates into Microsoft Windows-based networks leveraging existing Windows infrastructure and security conventions.

Hardware Interoperability -  Protect Your Investment
DigitalPersona Pro software is interoperable with many fingerprint readers embedded into notebooks and with DigitalPersona¡¯s award-winning U.are.U optical readers. You can rest assured that your IT investment is protected and that your authentication software is consistent irrespective of the hardware. For the latest list of supported notebooks with fingerprint readers check:www.digitalpersona.com/notebooks

Why Choose a DigitalPersona Fingerprint Authentication Solution?

Cutting Edge Authentication Technology
DigitalPersona Pro is a fingerprint-centric Enterprise Secure Sign-On solution that revolutionizes password management and increases security without compromising convenience. Unlike other authentication methods, fingerprints provide a unique identifier for each person that cannot be lost or utilized by others.

Who is DigitalPersona Pro for?
DigitalPersona Pro is for businesses that:
• Require secure access to business-critical information while maintaining productivity with easy-to-use solutions.
• Need to increase network security with stronger authentication and better regulatory compliance.
• Require administrator tools for centralized management and policy adherence enabling compliance and sound business practices.
• Require seamless support for desktop and notebook computers.

FEATURES

Remote Access
DigitalPersona Pro enables administrators and users alike to access remote desktops with the security of a fingerprint using Microsoft Terminal Services. Similarly, by supporting Citrix Presentation Server users can access applications through the Citrix Neighborhood client and the Citrix client with the security of a fingerprint. This extends the convenience delivered by DigitalPersona Pro to such environments. All this translates to increased data and network security, and productivity.

One Touch® Logon
One Touch Logon allows users to log on to Windows using Credential Manager in Microsoft Vista and the GINA in Microsoft XP with a fingerprint in addition to, or as an alternative to, their Windows credentials such as a password or a smart card. One Touch Logon increases security with the convenience of a fingerprint.

One Touch SignOn
One Touch SignOn simplifies and secures access to password-protected, third-party software programs and Web sites. Just touch the fingerprint reader to automatically and securely fill in all logon fields, such as user name and password, on any Web site or Windows logon screen. One Touch SignOn administration and application policy settings are used to create and deploy One Touch SignOn templates, which specify information for logon screens. These user-side templates and policy settings can be set by IT administrators and deployed to large groups of users in one step. One Touch SignOn support includes Java and terminal-based applications. No plug-ins or application server-specific development is necessary. Support includes:
• Microsoft Windows applications
• Web applications
• Mainframe systems and applications
• Ability to automatically change and modify passwords on dynamic or complex Web pages

One Touch Internet
One Touch Internet provides users with many of the capabilities of One Touch SignOn for personal Web accounts through an easy-to-use wizard.

One Touch Unlock
One Touch Unlock enables a user to lock their  workstation and unlock it using their fingerprint.

Fingerprint Logon Manager (FLM)
A quick, easy and secure way for a user to add, change or remove fingerprint logons for Web sites and programs.  A user can access FLM from the fingerprint reader icon.

Localization
DigitalPersona Pro supports English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese.

SPECIFICATIONS

System Security
• Server-based authentication
• User data and client-server communication encryption 
• Data access control

DigitalPersona Pro Server SBS Edition

Database Support
• Windows Active Directory
• Schema extension utility

Fault Tolerance
• System data replication with Active Directory
• Automatic failover

Management
• Native Windows management via  Group Policy Object (GPO) editor integrated with Active Directory
• Administrator Access Rights: Supports Windows Server delegated administration
• Security Settings
   ° Cached credentials
   ° Authentication policies
   ° Server authentication
   ° Fingerprint False Accept Rate settings
• Performance Settings
   ° Logon identification list
   ° Maximum fingers per user
• Registration: Attended or self-registration
• User Query Tool
   ° Provides information such as: Total users, total registered users, dates users registered, number of fingerprints and more
   ° Runs from a console, command line, or script
   ° Output can drive reporting or auditing applications

Auditing
•  Centralized domain-wide audit logs
•  All authentication and user record modification events logged in Windows Event Log

DigitalPersona Pro Workstation

Windows/User Logon
• Logon to local PC and domain accounts
• User identification/authentication
• Supports Vista's Credential Manager access control

Application Logon
• Fingerprint verification of current Windows user
• Supports Windows logon screens
• Web site logons
• No scripting or programming required

Biometric Software Features
• Fingerprint recognition engine
• Local- or server-based authentication

Remote Installation
• Supports MSI-compatible installers
• Supports Windows 2000, 2003 GPO installation

REQUIREMENTS

DigitalPersona Pro Server SBS Edition:
• PC with Pentium Processor
• Microsoft® Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 with Active Directory
• 10 MB of available hard disk space
• Additional 1K-5K hard disk space per user

DigitalPersona Pro Workstation Software
• PC with Pentium 233MHz or higher
• Microsoft Windows Vista (Enterprise, Ultimate and Business), XP Professional
• 128 MB of RAM or above
• 52 MB of available hard disk space
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher for One Touch applications

Supported Fingerprint Readers
• DigitalPersona U.are.U Reader and Keyboard
• Notebook computers with embedded fingerprint readers. For the latest list of supported models check http://www.digitalpersona.com/notebooks

Donwload

• Pro SBS Overview