Two factors are better than one

Two-factor authentication is mechanism for verifying the identity of a user by using two different pieces of information. The most common methods rely on having the user confirm his or her identity by producing a password as well as a smartcard or a token.

Two-factor authentication for virtual infrastructure is understandably in high demand. Privileged access to the hypervisor puts every virtual asset--servers, switches, etc.--at risk of potential compromise, so naturally most organizations want to be highly confident in their confirmation of those user's identities. To date, however, configuring two-factor authentication on the hypervisor has been a costly endeavor, requiring the complex configuration of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) across all hosts individually.

HyTrust Appliance provides native support for two-factor authentication solutions, including RSA SecurID. HyTrust enables organizations to achieve strong authentication across their virtual infrastructure without requiring manual configuration or integration of each individual virtualization host.