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Challenges
Solution

Trusted solutions for retail

Efficient use of working time is a key driver of successful development in the retail sector. This is why the leaders of retail businesses pay more and more attention to improving labor productivity and the overall HR efficiency. To that end, retailers widely use portable technology (laptops and smartphones) and various online services (email, CRM, mobile apps) allowing the employees to work offsite.

One of the key benefits of online services is the uninterrupted availability of information, resources, and tools required for performing the job. This may prove even more important in case of remote work or frequent business trips and other mobility.

However, zealous efforts to revamp business processes involving mobile devices and online services may drain the company’s resources. The IT infrastructure of modern companies develops too slowly to keep up with the progress in the industry and keep up with the current global trends.

That said, retailers rely on the services of accredited certificate authorities more often than other businesses. Electronic signatures are widely used in electronic document management, electronic procurement and supply management, and interactions with government agencies.

Challenges

Retailers normally use large-scale distributed information systems, and in most cases, serious security measures are only taken at regional headquarters and territorial offices.

That said, several major cyber threats may apply throughout the retail sector.

Vulnerabilities of public resources. Retailers traditionally use remote access tools to communicate with centralized public resources. This mechanism is used both for meeting internal needs and dealing with customers. Public resources, and web resources in particular, are the main target of cybercriminals.
Broken or lost electronic signature tokens. Retail businesses require large-scale distributed EDMS systems to work with remote branches in hard-to-reach locations. This means that a broken token may result in downtime and hence, losses for the company.
Challenges related to monitoring electronic signature certificates. Retailers extensively rely on certificates for electronic signatures and seals. These certificates are often issued by external certificate authorities, which means that a company cannot use standard automated tools for monitoring. As the number of certificates increases, this may become a burning issue.

Solution

Most attacks aimed at gaining access to corporate IT infrastructure target access control systems, in particular, the subsystem responsible for identification, authentication, and access control.

Axidian solutions can help address the following tasks relevant for retail businesses:

Protect remote access to public resources by using mandatory strong authentication tools — Axidian Access and Axidian Key
Enable the use of virtual and network smart cards: hardware tokens will be no longer required for gaining access to digital certificates — Axidian CertiFlow and Axidian AirCard Enterprise
Monitor the use of electronic signature certificates by tracking validity periods, storage devices, and certificate owner activity — Axidian CertiFlow
Create a unified authentication management system based on mandatory strong authentication — Axidian Access

Axidian offers reliable solutions to protect your business from diverse cybersecurity threats. Axidian products incorporate a wide range of tools designed to protect and safely manage user access. In addition, our solutions can save cybersecurity experts’ time and boost their efficiency.

Solutions for retail

Implement two-factor authentication based on smart cards

Secure remote access to corporate resources

Create a single access point to the corporate web applications

Protect passwords of privileged accounts

Manage PKI centrally

Migrate from legacy PKI solutions

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Andy Woo

Regional Director of Pacific Tech

At Pacific Tech, we are continuously evolving and bringing new solutions to our partners and customers in the region. We are delighted to be partnering with Axidian. With Axidian, we found a comprehensive access management solution which perfectly complements the growing population of Singapore work-from-home workers. As a leading cyber security solution provider, this strategic partnership is perfect for our two companies.

KC KuppingerCole Report

Executive view

Axidian’s innovative approach towards designing its whole product portfolio as a highly modular open application platform allows the customers to pick and choose the modules as needed and grow in the future as their business needs expand. Even out of the box, Axidian CertiFlow provides comprehensive yet convenient management capabilities for both administrators and end users.

Michael Bürger

Founder & Sales Partner at EU-HUB Network

Since approximately 5 years now I’m working with Axidian quite successfully. First as my vendor client and next as a trusted innovative software partner. Now we are re-selling Axidian software as a Distributor for the EU and beyond. Often I met Axidian CEOs, CTO, Product Management, Partner Managers and System Engineers, on the the phone and even in person in London and Munich and always my feeling was that this is are smart people, an excellent organized company, straight forward thinking and | don’t have any doubt that together we will be very successful this decade in the 2020s on everything we target.

Leo Querubin

Executive Director for Business Development of Pointwest Technologies Corporation

The products of Axidian, like Axidian Access, a software for strong and multi-factor authentication (MFA), can provide the structural changes that force everyone to follow necessary cybersecurity procedures. Customers get the best of both worlds — the world-class cybersecurity products of Axidian and the experience and expertise of the local cybersecurity landscape of Pointwest.

Volkan Duman

Information Technologies General Manager at vMind

As a result of the long-term laboratory tests and studies that we conducted, we believe that Axidian products should certainly be on the Turkish market. Thanks to our partnership with Axidian, we sought to expand the access control and certificate management market, which is located in a narrow profile in the country, as well as add value by transferring technology to our country. When we compare Axidian products with similar products, we can safely say that they contain much more different features and are more inclusive.

Marko Pust

Director of OSI.SI

We have a long partnership with Axidian for more than 2 years already. I can confidently say that Axidian CertiFlow is one of the best and technologically enhanced products for managing digital certificates and smart cards on the EU market. This product has a number of unique features such as Client Agent and Axidian AirCard Enterprise network-attached smart card that are highly valued by our customers. One of the customers said that Axidian CertiFlow brought automation and visibility to their PKI life.

Heng Lie

Director of Synnex Metrodata Indonesia

I believe that Axidian Access is an excellent solution for many of our clients. It manages access to all information systems of the enterprise and protects companies from internal and external cyber threats. It is a flexible platform combining different authentication scenarios and methods.

Sergey Yeliseyev

X–Infotech Owner, Business Development Director, Government eID solutions

Axidian is the company of professionals in the field of information security. They provide top-level solutions for PKI management and access control to corporate resources. We recommend this company as a reliable partner.