Infoblox Boosts Security for Critical Government Network Systems with Support for Common Access Card (CAC) Smart Cards
Infoblox Inc. (NYSE: BLOX) today announced that the Infoblox Trinzic™ family of automated network control systems now supports Common Access Card (CAC) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards, ensuring that only approved IT professionals are authorized to access and perform changes on Infoblox systems. The two-factor authentication enabled by support for these cards is a compliance requirement for access to critical U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and other Federal government agencies’ computer systems.
Infoblox pioneered development of automated network control solutions that deliver essential network services, including domain name resolution and IP address assignment, which are foundational to every IP-based computer network and required to connect users and devices to a network, applications and the Internet. If these services are down or compromised, the connections can grind to a halt.
Infoblox’s solutions are currently installed at many U.S. Federal government agencies. To comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), many Federal agencies are under mounting pressure to install added security mechanisms for their computer networks. Infoblox now offers these agencies and other customers with strict security postures, such as finance and healthcare organizations, an added level of security with built-in support for CAC and PIV smart cards that facilitate the use of PKI authentication tools and establish an authoritative process for the use of identity credentials.
Without embedded support for CAC or other smart cards, administrators of networks that require two-factor authentication must create custom scripts, resulting in costs for software development and ongoing maintenance.
“Infoblox is pleased to be the only provider of essential DNS, DHCP and IPAM platforms to support CAC and PIV cards ‘out of the box’; this underscores the Company’s commitment to meet its customer’s requirements, help maintain network integrity and 24×7 availability, and reduce complexity and costs,” says Kevin Dickson, Vice President of Product Management at Infoblox.
The Infoblox Trinzic™ solution with built-in support for CAC and PIV smart cards offers:
- Enhanced Login: Automatically populates user name field from the smart card certificate.
- Easy, Scalable Configuration: Allows administrators to easily add any number of responses and integrates easily with most smart card product offerings.
- Ability to Test Configurations: Allows assessment of responder communications for easier, more reliable configurations.
- Full Logging of Successful and Unsuccessful Authentication: Streamlines the audit process and helps IT teams identify errors and issues on the network.
- Access Control: Supports the security of two-factor authentication the entire time a user is logged into the Infoblox interface.
For more information about Infoblox Smart Card Support and Federal solutions, visit: https://www.infoblox.com/en/solutions/government/federal-government.html.
Availability
The new PIV and CAC smart card support is now available with Infoblox NIOS™ version 6.4. Infoblox customers with a valid support contract can access the software using their assigned support login.