London legal practice Charles Russell is deploying
PortWise's IAM software to secure the delivery of applications to
employees, clients and selected external partners.
The law firm, which has offices in London, Cheltenham, Guildford
and Oxford, said it needed to replace its previous fragmented
identity and access management strategy, which differed for each
application it used. It also needed to provide a secure means of
accessing confidential data for the disparate communities of
clients using dealer and data rooms.
Charles Russell said it chose the PortWise IAM system because of
its two-factor authentication functions and ability to scale as the
business extranet grew.
PortWise specialises in identity and access management. Its
software platform enables users to remotely access corporate
information and applications.
The software uses a secure gateway so that applications and data
can be accessed through the web by a range of computing
devices.
PortWise IAM will give users access to the legal firm's Citrix
system. The supplier also integrated IAM into the Hummingbird
enterprise collaboration suite used by Charles Russell.