TrustAlert is a software R&D company specialized in solutions for controlled access. With TrustAlert you gain ultimate access control of your network, applications and budget. TrustAlert offers you an easy and secure way to let the 'good guys' in, and keeps the 'bad guys' out.

The TrustAlert controlled access solutions are reducing IT support cost and are increasing the user efficiency. The TrustAlert controlled access solution is unique and patent pending and can be deployed in those environments where you deal with a dispersed user community.

The F5 and TrustAlert partnership yields a uniquely powerful and efficient solution that provides organizations with various controlled access options into the F5 products.

The technology of TrustAlert is based on providing temporary client certificates. Using the TrustAlert client, a certificate with a limited life-span (i.e. 8 hours) is obtained for each device used. The certificate can only be obtained after a positive authentication against the customers existing infrastructure (i.e. existing AD/LDAP). For each and every user, both AD/LDAP credentials and client certificate credentials are available to all applications. The AD/LDAP identity is stored in the client certificate as well as any other identity information not usually available such as unique hardware id.

A customer can allow access to applications on a server level or on an application level. Both access levels require changes to the configuration to allow the use of certificates. Based on the user credentials and for example the unique machine fingerprint the user receives a certificate. The user credentials can be for instance a hardware token response or just a password in combination with a username. The integration between the F5 FirePass and the TrustAlert controlled access solution creates a new webVPN solution where it is possible:

• To allow only corporate devices into a F5 Portal (Managed Device Service)
• To enable Single Sign-On toward applications (Single Sign-On)
• To enable Once-a-Day Authentication
• To easily authenticate external users or partners

The TrustAlert controlled access solution is based on open standards (X.509 certificate technology) and integration with the F5 products is out of the box, as F5 products natively support the X.509 certificate technology.