Protiva™ Trade Connect

Securing multiple Workstations with one Logon

Challenges and opportunities
 

Traders with multiple workstationsSimplifying the workstation

In the hustle and bustle of the trading floor, time is of the essence .The trader’s workspace requires that each individual trader have access to, and run applications on, up to 6 different PCs. And there’s precious little time for chasing around all those PCs, securing authentication on each one.

They need a simple yet highly secure authentication solution to synchronize logon, logout and desktop locking on several workstations to comply with regulations, increase sales efficiency and speed, all of which are critical to the traders’ job.

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How it works
 

Master PC gives access and controls slave PCs

Traders authenticate themselves on a “master” PC using their corporate PKI badge. Their other machines, known as “slaves”, are configured to use the smart card inserted on the master workstation. Once the logon is done, each slave has access to the smartcard certificate from the card attached to the master and can carry out a full smart card logon. There is no need for the user to re-input their PIN, which has been securely transmitted from the master to the slave.

Once authenticated, the user can authorize a range of actions from the Master workstation to the Slaves including Logon, Logoff, Restart, Lock, Unlock, Shutdown and the smart card can be used from any application running on any machine in the group. The trader manages cluster configuration through a standalone console.

Transparent screen lock feature

The user can also benefit from a transparent screen lock function. This feature developed by Gemalto, locks the workstation with a transparent non moveable, non closable window. The running applications are still visible but with no possible interaction.
When the card is removed from the master PC, all the screens display a session locked dialog and when the card is inserted and a correct PIN entered, sessions in all the PCs in the group are unlocked without any further user intervention.

Protiva One4all is a complete, standalone solution that is installed directly on the client’s workstation.

Benefits for the trader

  

Benefits for the bank
  • Fast login on multiple screens
  • Complete history of all their operations
  • Very simple to use
  
  • Improved monitoring
  • Each transactions tracked to a specific trader
  • Strong security means no repudiation
  • Specifically designed for the demanding trader environment

A real open solution

  

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  • Works with any PKI smart card
  • Uses standard interfaces, respects Windows processes
  • Can be customized for IT policy specifics
  • Open, yet single point of contact for project management and support available from Gemalto for both cards and workstation login