Lockheed Martin was the victim of a large cyber attack, however quick detection by employees thwarted the security breach on May 21. Lockheed Martin, an aerospace engineering company, holds the U.S. government’s biggest military contract, and thus a security breach here, could have devastating effects on the federal government. Hackers may have gained access by […]

The University of Colorado at Boulder has chosen VASCO to protect its newly installed supercomputer on campus. VASCO which produces the IDENTIKEY server and DIGIPASS GO 6, are used in tandem to prevent intrusions to the supercomputer, and maintain security on the network. The university realized that access control for its supercomputer, which is accessed […]

VASCO Data Security International Inc. announced that Belgian cloud service provider Thinfactory has added its DIGIPASS as a Service to its product range for the disposal of its end-users on its online Web store. Thinfactory’s cloud services are gathered on Cloud Plaza, an online selling platform where customers and resellers can buy applications for desktops, […]

So, you want to deploy a converged smart card system for logical and physical access control for your company? You start taking inventory, looking at the operating systems in use, applications that would have to be enabled, public key infrastructure technology that would need to be deployed and physical access control infrastructure and try to […]

PhoneFactor is helping to combat bank fraud in Europe by teaming with Proton Bank. Headquartered in Athens, Greece, Proton Bank will implement the company’s multi-factor authentication service to add a layer of security to Proton’s eBanking application. The PhoneFactor service works by placing an automated phone call to the user to authenticate online banking account […]

Conn.-based Fairfield County Bank is moving to protect its business clients by now offering them the IronKey Trusted Access for Banking. Trusted Access isolates online banking customers from financial malware, including key loggers, man-in-the-middle attacks and DNS attacks. Trusted Access takes customers directly to Fairfield’s Web site and prevents visiting fake ones introduced by phishing […]

Bank of North Carolina is now offering IronKey Trusted Access for Banking to help keep its business clients safe while banking online. With Trust Access, BNC provides customers an online banking experience isolated from financial malware, including key loggers, man-in-the-middle attacks and DNS attacks. Following recommendations of the National Automated Clearinghouse Association and the FBI, […]

Swedish hospitals are now using YubiKey USB authentication to meet security requirements guidelines established by the Swedish Data Inspection Agency. Leveraging strong authentication, employees use YubiKey to securely log on to “Riks-Stroke,” the national register center for acute stroke patients. All Swedish health care providers admitting acute stroke patients participate in the program, which stores […]

IronKey announced its Trusted Access Elite Channel Partner Program. The initiative enables selected partners to help institutions offering commercial, business, and municipal online banking combat threats posed by cyber criminals using financial malware. IronKey Trusted Access protects from bank phishing, session hijacking, and account credential stealing malware favored by criminals. With IronKey Trusted Access for […]

VASCO announced the acquisition of Alfa & Ariss, an open identity and access management specialist of Enschede, The Netherlands. VASCO acquired all of the stock of A&A in exchange for cash consideration of approximately $1.4 million. The acquisition provides technical know-how that is expected to enhance VASCO’s DIGIPASS as a Service infrastructure and strengthen VASCO’s […]