Torkes, a partner with SecurEnvoy, has launched One Time Passcode (OTP) as a Service. An OTP secures remote logins and different types of applications such as VPN, WEB, Virtualization, IVR, and so on through a two-factor authentication. It is based on the tokenless method by SecurEnvoy that enables users to authenticate devices such as mobile phones, tablets, PCs, and landlines, among others, in which passcodes are received and/or generated without the need of additional hardware.
With OTP as a service, companies can secure applications and remote logins twice, because the two-factor authentication method requires personal login information (something the user knows) combined with the OTP on the device the user owns. Only the correct combination allows access. There are several ways to receive the OTPs: via SMS, email, Soft Token Apps, or Voice Call with passcodes entered on the phone’s keypad to session lock the voice network with the Internet. A new option comes with the One Swipe method released in version 7.2. It can be used without mobile phone reception or internet connection. The user’s mobile phone displays a single-use QR code, which the user simply photographs via a webcam. This way the user is ambiguously identified.
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“The rapid growth of cloud services such as IaaS, Paas and SaaS requires the implementation of security mechanisms not only at the level of encryption and encoding of information, but rather generate protection from access and thus combat intrusion mechanisms increasingly common as phishing, key loggers, etc.” comments Luis Felipe Lugo, Torkes general manager.
†”The market has changed in recent years and now needs and demands the flexibility of our providers to have both on-premise and hosted options,” adds† Steve Watts, sales and marketing director for SecurEnvoy. “The advent of the cloud has allowed our partners to offer turn-key solutions that customers need in their changing enterprises. This is a key relationship to us, and a strategic move to grow further into the South American market with Torkes. Having a tokenless solution that can be used on any device, using any method of communication both online and in offline modes, and is elegantly simple to use and manage is key to the growth in this region. A new ‘One Swipe’ version has been added to accompany SMS, email, apps and voice methods of authentication and further releases will be announced later this year”.
Secure Access: www.securenvoy.com/products/securaccess/overview.shtm
Torkes: http://www.torkes.com/
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