Authentication

Authentication and authorisation of users is obviously crucial to maintaing the integrity of your organisations information assets. Objective's 'defence grade' security model can only be effective when appropriate authentication of users can be achieved.

Objective provides a number of mechanisms to enable user authentication to fit in with your organisations infrastructure requirements. 

LDAP Authentication enables Objective to use an LDAP compliant directory service (such as Microsoft Active Directory Service or Novell Directory Service) to check user names and passwords. 

LDAP Synchroniser performs the task of duplicating information about existing users, groups and user/group memberships from an LDAP compatible Directory into Objective and to synchronise upon repeated runs. This enables these existing users to be recognised by Objective, including their properties as were stored in the Directory. The Directory Synchroniser allows additions, removals and changes in the directory to be reflected within Objective, multiple directories are allowed and single sign-on (in the windows environment) between this service and Objective and the directory is supported

Single Sign-On eliminates the need for Windows users to have a separate login/password for Objective in addition to their Windows domain login/password.

Finally, Windows Authentication allows User passwords to be authenticated against a Windows NT primary or backup domain controller (PDC, BDC). This eliminates the need for Users to maintain multiple passwords for Objective and NT systems.