Pulse Secure, the provider of secure access solutions to both enterprises and service providers, announced a Technical Alliance Partnership with BNTPRO to jointly sell and support a solution that offers SecTrail, an Identity Control and Management Platform developed by BNTPRO, as part of an integrated solution with Pulse Secure Connect Secure VPN appliances. The agreement will ensure that joint customers benefit from seamless compatibility, enhanced features and simplified support and upgrades.
The SecTrail suite includes a One-Time-Password (OTP) and Two-Factor-Authentication (2FA) solution with support for mobile devices, sending single use passwords by SMS and email along with captcha support. In addition, the SecTrail HotSpot module provides ID verification necessary for wired and wireless network guest access with full audit trail to comply with Turkish legal requirements under Law #5651.
Most widely used OTP and 2FA solution
SecTrail is the most widely used OTP and 2FA solution across Turkey and our customers include the 40 largest banks and financial institutions"“SecTrail is the most widely used OTP and 2FA solution across Turkey and our customers include the 40 largest banks and financial institutions along with other regional customers,” explains Kenan Bilgiç, corporate communications and marketing specialist for BNTPRO.
BNTPRO, a Pulse Secure Premier partner and winner of support partner of the year in 2017, has built a reputation across Turkey for its technical expertise and deep understanding of security best practice. Local customers include HSBC, Finansbank, Borusan Telekom, Turkcell and IBM amongst a growing list of national and international clients.
“We have worked closely, first with Juniper Networks, and then Pulse Secure for over a decade and are now the single largest partner for Pulse Secure across Turkey,” says Bilgiç. “With this new Technical Alliance Partnership, we strengthen our relationship so our development teams can work closely together to deliver the highest levels of compatibility between our products, ensuring security and ongoing support for customers of our jointly marketed solution.”
Authentication support for SAML 2.0
Pulse Connect Secure is available as both hardware and virtualised appliances and includes key features such as clientless accessPulse Secure Connect Secure is a pioneer in the VPN space and is used by 40 of the Fortune 50 companies with over 18 million endpoints secured. Pulse Connect Secure is available as both hardware and virtualised appliances and includes key features such as clientless access, group policy for seamless integration with directory services and strong authentication support for SAML 2.0, PKI, IAM and digital certificates.
“Pulse Secure and BNTPRO have enjoyed a successful long-term relationship along with many joint customers across the region,” says Paul Donovan, VP EMEA for Pulse Secure. “At a technical level, we continue to jointly test and certify our products with each other and there is constant communication between our respective developers to ensure that our combined solutions provide the reliability and features that our customers expect. With this new agreement, we will ensure that this partnership continues to grow to serve Turkey and new customers across the region.”
Pulse Secure and BNTPRO will be running several joint marketing initiatives including events and seminars during Q1 of 2019 to educate customers about the benefits of the combined solution.