Visual Guard
     
 
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  Visual Guard for .Net Applications

User Management
  Manage user accounts (create / validate / update / unlock / remove…)
Manage hierarchical user groups
Allow Windows Accounts and Windows Groups to access your applications

User Authentication
  Form authentication (users enter username/password combinations)
Windows authentication (Windows users authenticated against Active Directory)
Single Sign-On available (users can enter all applications after initial authentication) ...read more
Password Policy (design rules to enhance security when defining passwords)
Off-line mode (when client is disconnected, users can log in local mode)
Integration with SharePoint ...read more

User Permissions
  Define application level permissions
Dynamic permissions for .NET and PowerBuilder applications what is a dynamic permission ? ...what is a dynamic permission
Automated deployment of permissions in production ...read more
Off-line mode (when client is disconnected from server, permissions are applied in local mode)

Logging and Auditing
  Keep track of important events in your application
You can review :
   - Operations performed in your applications
   - Operations related to Access Control management
   - Log-on attempts by users (both successful and failed)

Reporting
  Generate detailed documentation about all existing users, roles, permissions…
Next: Visual Guard Architecture
 

Technical Requirements

  Professional Edition
for .Net		 Professional Edition
for PowerBuilder		 Enterprise Edition
Applications secured by Visual Guard:      
.NET applications (C#, vb.net, asp.net, winforms, wcf, wpf, .Net 2.0 and above) X   X
  PowerBuilder applications (PB8 and above)   X X
  Other technologies (Java, C++, Delphi…) capable of HTTP Requests     X
  Simple architectures (Windows, Web, WebServices) X X X
  Complex architectures (Multi-tiers, Multiple sites…)     X
Visual Guard Repository:      
  Oracle X X X
  SQL Server X X X
  Sybase ASE, Informix, ODBC   X  
  Proprietary File System X   X
Windows Authentication      
  Active Directory X X X
  Other LDAP (Windows accounts only) X X X
         
Support for Other Technologies      
  Microsoft Sharepoint X   X

 

Main Features

  Professional Edition for .Net Professional Edition
for PowerBuilder		 Enterprise Edition
User Management      
Manage user accounts X X X
  Manage hierarchical user groups X X X
  Allow Windows Accounts to access your applications. X X X
  Web Administration Console     X
User Authentication      
  Form authentication (username/password combination) X X X
  Windows authentication against Active Directory X X X
  Single Sign-On X X X
  Password Policy X   X
  Off-line mode X   X
 
User Permissions      
  Fine-grained permissions at application level X X X
  Dynamic permissions X X X
  Automated permission deployment X   X
  Off-line mode X   X
 
Security Reporting X X X
 
Logging and Auditing X   X
  Other technologies (Java, C++, Delphi…) capable of SOAP calls or HTTP Requests      

 

 

Ressources

 

 

 

 
 
Other Solutions:
User Authentication, User Permissions, Identity Federation and Audit for PowerBuilder and .NET
Single Sign-On (SSO), Windows Authentication, integration with Active Directory and ADFS 2.0
Access Control for Silverlight, WCF, WPF, asp.net, Winform, Java and PowerBuilder applications
Protect your PowerBuilder code against reverse-engineering and powerbuilder decompiler
Localization and translation of PowerBuilder Projects
Code analyzer for Powerbuilder, PL/SQL , Sybase ASE TSQL, and SQL Server TSQL
Cross references, documentation tools and advanced code exploration
PowerBuilder to web migration tools. Use the productivity of PowerBuilder for Web developments
Web-deployment: Convert PowerBuilder to .Net or Convert PowerBuilder to Java
Let users make changes in PowerBuilder applications for customization purposes
Let end-users customize or update a PowerBuilder application. No development skill required

Other Products:
Visual Guard - PowerBuilder and .Net Security
Visual Expert - Maintenance of PowerBuilder applications
Enable - localization and translation of PowerBuilder Projects
Appeon - PowerBuilder to web deployment
Customization Studio - Let non-developers customize PowerBuilder apps

Other Resources:
Novalys - PowerBuilder and .NET Companion Tools
PowerBuilderTV - PowerBuilder Webcasts
Worldwide PowerBuilder Survey