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Cygnus Track, ThinkGeo's web-based GPS tracking solution, features several advanced security features to ensure the safety of your account and prevent unauthorized access and changes to your account information. In today's world of information theft and computer hacking, you can't afford to trust your GPS tracking to a system that lacks advanced security features. With Cygnus Track, you will have access to one of the most advanced and secure GPS tracking systems on the market.
Cygnus Track's Advanced Security Features
In Cygnus Track, through the Account General Settings Editor, powerful security controls can be used to specify things such as password schemes, how a user logs on to the account, how a user is authenticated in the system, and whether or not a user is allowed multiple logon sessions. In this article, the following security features will be discussed: Password RegEx, Enforce Secured URL, Security Authentication, Two-Factor Authentication, and Allow Multiple Sessions.
Password RegEx
Password RegEx stands for "Regular Expression" and uses Regular Expression scripts to specify the length of a user's password as well as the types of characters a user's password can contain. RegEx uses text matching to match a password to the RegEx script that is defined for the account. In order to define passwords for an account, you will simply do the following:
- From the Settings section of the Dashboard, click the General Settings link. This opens the Account General Settings Editor.
- From the Account General Settings Editor, click the Security tab located at the top of the editor.
- Go to the Password RegEx text box and type your Regular Expression script.
- Click Save.
That's all there is to it! An example of a RegEx script to define passwords is \w{6,}. This particular RegEx script text matches a password to any alphanumeric characters that are at least six characters long. If this particular RegEx script is defined for the account, all user passwords must contain alphanumeric characters and be at least six characters long.
Enforce Secured URL
The Enforced Secured URL is used to enforce a secured URL address for logging on to the account. For example, if a user types an invalid URL to the Login page for the account, the user will be redirected to the URL address that is defined in the Enforce Secured URL text box under the Security tab in the Account General Settings Editor.
One of the key features of the Secure Enforced URL security control is that users are prohibited from book marking pages in the system and later returning to them. As a result, when users attempt to return to a book marked page, they will be redirected to the secured URL where they will be required to log back on to the system before the book marked page can be accessed.
Security Authentication
Security Authentication allows a system administrator to define the way a user is authenticated when the user log on to the account. With Security Authentication, an administrator can select one of the following authentication schemes: Forms, Windows, or Both. Each of these security schemes can be defined in the Account General Settings Editor.
With Forms, a user must log on to the account through the Login page by typing a valid username and password. Integrated Windows, on the other hand, allows users to log on to the system by typing a special account URL into the address bar of Internet Explorer. Once a valid URL is typed into the address bar, the user will automatically be logged on to the account. Finally, the Both option uses Integrated Windows whenever possible but defaults to Forms whenever Integrated Windows is unavailable.
Two-Factor Authentication
Two-Factor Authentication uses an authentication protocol that requires two independent ways to establish a user's identity and privileges. This contrasts with traditional password authentication, which requires only one factor, such as knowledge of a password, in order to gain access to an account. When Two-Factor Authentication is enabled, a user must provide not only a username and password to gain access to the account, but the user must also provide a second factor, such as a valid answer to a security question. Two-Factor Authentication is also defined in the Account General Settings Editor.
Allow Multiple Sessions
The Allow Multiple Sessions control affects logon privileges for users in the account. When enabled, Allow Multiple Sessions will allow users to be simultaneously logged on to the account from different IP addresses using the same username and password. If this permission is not enabled, users will only be allowed one logon session at a time from a single IP address. When Allow Multiple Sessions is enabled, new users that are created and added to the account will by default be allowed multiple logon sessions.
Learn More!
To learn more about Cygnus Track's security features or to see a free demo, please request to have a member of our sales staff contact you or email our professional sales team at sales@thinkgeo.com. You can also call toll-free 1-866-847-7510 to speak directly to a sales representative.
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