The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council released new guidance for financial institutions on online customer authentication to accounts. The council first releases guidance in 2005 recommending a risk-based approach and telling institutions to provide periodic assessments in response to new threats. The latest report reinforces those expectations. “Financial institutions should perform periodic risk assessments considering […]

Cisco affirmed its confidence in RSA’s SecurID two-factor technology by announcing the token is a primary security piece of its PCI 2.0 architecture. Cisco has bundled several components in order to make the PCI 2.0 architecture PCI-compliant with the Payment Card Industry’s toughest standards for payment card data protection. Verizon Business, a PCI qualified security […]

VASCO Data Security International Inc. announced the release of its latest smart card reader. DIGIPASS 836 comes with an optical interface and replaceable batteries and is designed to create a trusted environment for transactions. Data from the PC display automatically downloads onto the DIGIPASS 836 via the optical interface, eliminating the need for additional software […]

In an effort to enhance mobile security to broaden acceptance for mobile banking, Clairmail Inc. has joined the RSA Secured Partner Program. This program provides interoperability between Clairmail’s Mobile Banking Solution and RSA Adaptive Authentication, enabling its financial institution customers to be able to secure their mobile Web and Smart Client deployments with this risk-based […]

Equifax Inc. announced the post-acquisition integration of the Anakam Identity Services platform with general availability of Anakam Two Factor Authentication v5.0. The new release expands upon Anakam’s g effort to integrate the methods of authentication with large-scale remote identity proofing and professional credentialing. Version 5.0 has the capability to move legacy token holders to alternative […]

The pressure for banks in the U.S. to increase their security for online access to personal accounts may have reached the tipping point. The news that hackers stole information from 200,000 Citi credit cardholders may lead to financial institutions enabling stronger authentication for online access, according to a Reuters report. Much of this pressure has […]

DigitalPersona has announced a partnership with information technology software developer Quest Software to integrate DigitalPersona Pro with Quest Defender for an authentication solution. The new product is designed for use by small to medium-sized businesses primarily as a logical access control solution and enables two-factor authentication that includes one time passwords with either biometrics or […]

RSA Executive Chairman Arthur W. Coviello has responded to its clients about the security breach of its SecurID tokens. The security company confirmed that information taken from RSA in March had been used as an element of an attempted broader attack on Lockheed Martin, which was thwarted. As a result of the Lockheed attack, RSA […]

PhoneFactor and Right Networks have teamed together to offer an additional layer of strong authentication for its customers accessing cloud applications and data. Right Networks is a hosting provider of small business accounting applications. This new alliance gives Right Networks customers the option to enhance the protected access to their applications and data with phone-based […]

Entrust Inc. announced the release of Entrust IdentityGuard 10.0, which brings together security solutions for three worlds – physical, logical and mobile access. This latest update to Entrust´s authentication platform offers users a single platform that delivers a range of authenticators on the market, provides secure access through mobile platforms for business and is designed […]