Monthly Archives: April 2014

High Availability for SSO

Posted on 04/15/2014 by Patrick Botz

Lately I’ve been fielding a lot of questions on single sign-on (SSO) and high availability. This post provides basic advice and considerations for using these two strategies together.

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Implementing SSO for Jack Henry Banking Services with HA Backup

Posted on 04/15/2014 by Patrick Botz

OR…. How I Finally Got to Use Some Really Cool EIM Security Functions to Enable SSO for a SaaS Implementation I love working on single sign-on projects that stretch the capabilities of Kerberos and EIM. Love them even more when … Continue reading →

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Windows XP in Utilities Could Mean Big Security Problems

Posted on 04/11/2014 by Patrick Botz

Utilities tend to harden their hardware and software implementations and stick with them for a very long time — 10 years or more. This article raises concerns about utilities sticking with Windows XP now that Microsoft no longer officially supports … Continue reading →

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Crypto-Gram Newsletter

Posted on 04/10/2014 by Patrick Botz

This tried and true newsletter contains many good articles as usual. Lots on the NSA, but take a look at “Choosing Secure Passwords.” Bruce Shneier always has a great point of view on anything security related!  

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