Transparent Operation

There is no requirement to deploy login replacement binaries, as Provisioning is correctly implemented to enable operation in conjunction with the native binaries included in supported operating systems. Standard user attributes for each platform are supported.

Hierarchic Account Domains

Create granular levels of security using policy inheritance with nested Account Domains.

Provisioning Reports

Reports are available to audit user logons, and system transactions between the Provisioning Manager and Agent. Email reports can be completely customised, and run ad-hoc or automatically generated to provide regular metrics and account logistics.

Policy Enforcement

Policy Enforcement Agents provide enhanced levels of user authentication attributes to normalize security policies across multi-platform environments.

User / Group Accounts

Provisioning enables the creation and management of domain / global user and group accounts and offers the ability to allow long group lines within the operating systems. When large numbers of users are added to a group, Provisioning automatically extends and rolls over the group line. The use of NFS is supported with the built-in ability to set common user and group ids for domain user and group account creation.

Security Policy Templates

Policy Templates allow the customization of specific variables, while the inheritance of policy values ensure compliance with security policies.

Web-based Console

Provisioning and the entire Framework is managed via a user-friendly web-based console which can be accessed throughout intranet and extranet zones.

Simple to deploy and configure

Download and install the Framework installers from the Fortefi web site then pull down and deploy all managers/agents online from the centrally located web console. The Framework application is the only component that needs to be installed on each platform; all updates (inc. Framework) are deployed through the console.

Single configurable port

All agent traffic is directed down a single SSL encrypted port to allow for easy product configuration through firewalls.

Database Encryption

Provisioning is driven from a SQLite database back-end where some or all databases can be AES encrypted.

Automatic Failover and Load-balancing

The hosts console allows agents to be configured into a hierarchical domain structure; multiple Provisioning managers can be assigned to each domain, with automatic replication to the primary manager. By introducing this structure the deployment is load balanced. Agents will contact the local manager in their immediate domain unless that manager becomes unavailable, in this case the agent will automatically seek the next closest manager for authentication.

Live Update Functionality

The entire product suite, including Provisioning utilizes the Frameworks' live update functionality; this allows administrators to centrally download, test and deploy fixes or enhancements without the requirement of manually accessing the hosts, or scheduling down time.

Role-based Access Control

The Framework contains its own role-based access control mechanism that defines what a Framework user can do.

Extensible Framework

The Fortefi Framework allows the easy deployment of additional solutions that work in conjunction with Provisioning. The framework modularity allows client environments to be adapted and scaled according to need, without the requirement to install new products that may not interact well with the existing solutions.