Swiss Web hosting provider Hostpoint has partnered with Symantec to offer Symantec’s SSL security products in the Web hosting category. Hostpoint, a Symantec Gold Partner, will offer its Swiss clients the VeriSign Trust Seal, the VeriSign Secure Site SSL and Secure Site SSL EV digital certificates. These products enable Hostpoint to provide safe and encrypted […]

IDology’s ExpectID real-time identity verification suite has been validated for IBM Tivoli. The Atlanta-based company’s ExpectID product line enables businesses to electronically identify people in customer-not-present situations. Its integration with IBM’s Tivoli identity and access management products let businesses manage the entire authentication process for new and existing customers. Other features of the product enable […]

California-based authentication services provider BeyondTrust has launched PowerBroker Identity Services, an authentication platform for cross-platform and cloud-based environments. This product launch comes on the heels of its acquisition of Likewise Software, which gave BeyondTrust capabilities in inside perimeter privilege delegation and authentication and auditing management within the cloud. The PowerBroker platform features both an enterprise […]

Experian released Precise ID for Customer Management, another product in its Precise ID portfolio of authentication and fraud detection services. This product adds more layers to its identity fraud detection capabilities in existing accounts. “In today’s challenging credit environment, fraudsters are attacking organizations from many different angles. These strategies include using stolen identities to fraudulently […]

Network security provider Stonesoft has released the 5.3 version of its StoneGate platform. The package, which includes StoneGate Firewall/VPN 5.3 and StoneGate Management Center 5.3 expands the platform’s security capabilities in three main areas. In terms of access control, the StoneGate 5.3 platform gives network administrators new methods of access control in terms criteria that […]

Munich-based Siemens AG has selected Verizon’s OmniRoot certificate chaining services to provide its global identity authentication. The Verizon product authorizes Siemens’ in-house PKI and user identity certificates and intends to increase the security of its internal and external communications, as well as Web application delivery. “It is increasingly difficult – but also increasingly important – […]

Finnish wireless operators Sonera and Elisa have partnered to offer a mobile authentication and signature service to its subscribers. Mobile authentication company Valimo provided its Mobile ID product for this offering, that lets the wireless subscribers create legally binding electronic signatures for applications such as internet banking, e-commerce and e-government products. With this Mobiilivarmenne service, […]