Altus 2.0 Serves Us so we can better Serve the Public

We currently use Digital Persona Altus in our enterprise environment with over 500+ computers and up to about 800+ users. We implement biometric (fingerprint) access for all computer authentication in the network and for some managed applications that require enhanced security measures. We are about to roll out token authentication for a few departments that are now requiring improved measures of secure access and authentication of users.

We haven't tested or used the features for VPN or cloud. We have found that the ease of use for Windows logon is a benefit for some of our less technical users. Facial recognition has been a blessing for those users that do not have fingerprints or a mobile device to use OTP.

We have greatly benefited from this feature, as we are a MS AD environment. Being able to successfully authenticate users using not only secure but different features depending on the work zone has helped a lot. Being able to provide two factor or even three factor in some instances to protect the user, machine and data is wonderful.

All our platforms are pretty much Windows 7 desktops, in-house applications, and some proprietary applications specific to a department. We also utilize the kiosk setup for public users for public information lookup. This allows the department users to log in with their credentials (fingerprints) to reset any software or windows for the general public or to reboot the machines, reducing the calls for IT to assist with lockouts.

We do not currently use Microsoft Azure Active Directory at this time. We have no comment for this topic.

Testing and trialing other vendors.

We were having an issue with hardware tokens working with the system or not being compatible. Crossmatch went above and beyond to assist with testing vendor tokens for use.