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Get Out The Vote (for PhoneFactor)
PhoneFactor is nominated for a Network Products Guide Best Products & Services Award for Best Out-of-Band Authentication. The winner is determined based on your votes. So, please take a minute to cast your ballot for PhoneFactor.
There are two ways to vote:
• Cast your ballot online.
• E-mail your vote. Be sure to put your name & company name in the body of the e-mail.
The voting booth closes this Friday.
Thanks!
Sarah
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RSA Conference Highlights
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the PhoneFactor booth at RSA. It was a great event for us. Here are some highlights:
Before the show even started, Ira Victor, co-host of the weekly Data Security Podcast, named PhoneFactor’s Security Cradle the Best Security Swag of the RSA Conference (at least for a while). No other tchotchkes seemed to displace PhoneFactor, so we’ll claim the title. Read all about it at: http://datasecurityblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/rsa_sf09-dispatch-best-security-swag-for-the-next-15-minutes/
We were featured on the cover of the issue of SC Magazine that was distributed at the show. Check your show bag for a copy if you didn’t pick one up outside the exhibit hall.
We did our first live broadcast of Security Break Live from the show floor on Thursday with very few hiccups (aside from the fact that the audio mixer and one phone line were fried during rehearsal on Wednesday night). Steve was joined by Derek Brink of Aberdeen for a lively discussion about the Perpetual Password Threat. You can listen to the archived show at http://www.securitybreaklive.com.
We gave away two $250 prizes during Security Break Live. And the winners were Andy Seul from Calliduss Software and Tina Mitchell from American Specialty Health.
Steve was interviewed by Jimmy Ray Purser. The video is being edited now and should be available online soon. Jimmy Ray posted a glowing review of PhoneFactor on his NetworkWorld blog at http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/41212.
We had a ton of traffic at our booth, up over 30% from last year’s event. If you weren’t able to stop by, call and we’ll schedule some time for a chat.
Next? We’ll be at Interop in Las Vegas in May. We hope to see you there.
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PhoneFactor In The New York Times
PhoneFactor was featured in a New York Times article this week titled “Logging on Securely, and Confirmed via a Cellphone Call as a Sentinel Against Intruders.”
A deteriorating financial system isn’t the only fear online banking customers face. The specter of hackers snatching passwords or breaking into corporate computers is a constant threat. But defeating such criminals may be just a phone call away.
The article is in the Oct 9th print edition and online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/technology/personaltech/09phone.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink.
Sarah
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Texting Prices On The Rise
Bank Technolgoy News recently published a piece entitled “Rising Text Rates a Threat to M-Banking?” Apparently, text messaging prices have doubled since 2005 to an average of 20 cents per message. This doesn’t bode well for mobile banking or two-factor solutions that rely on one time passwords delivered via sms.
http://www.americanbanker.com/btn_article.html?id=200809128DTHHCC0&email=y
Sarah
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LogMeIn Version Now Free
In our altruistic effort to enable two-factor authentication for the masses, we’ve made our LogMeIn version available at no charge. (Really we’re greedy capitalists and want to get the word out about PhoneFactor by giving it away to the rather large LogMeIn community.) Either way, you can benefit by enabling two-factor authentication for remote access to your computer using LogMeIn Free, Professional, and IT Reach products.
www.phonefactor.com/solutions/logmein
www.phonefactor.com/news/free-two-factor-authentication-now-available-for-logmein.php
Sarah
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New Blog Contributor
My name is Sarah Fender, and I’m the VP of Marketing and Product Management for PhoneFactor. I joined the company in the summer of 2007 just in time for the launch of PhoneFactor. So, I’ve had the pleasure of being involved with the product from pretty early on. My background is in the software industry, where I’ve served in executive level marketing, product management, and operational roles.
I’m fascinated by the changes I’ve seen in the authentication space this past year. New data breaches are being reported almost daily forcing regulators to really get serious about authentication. Two-factor is becoming the new standard for corporate and consumer authentication. It’s an exciting time to be a part of the two-factor movement and the PhoneFactor team.
I am pleased to be joining the PhoneFactor blog as a regular contributor, and I look forward to interacting with our readers.
Sarah
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PhoneFactor Honored as a Top Banking Technology
We are proud to announce that PhoneFactor has been selected as one of the Top 10 Technologies for 2008 for the banking/financial services industry. Check out the story below. Thanks.
Evan.
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New PhoneFactor Video Uncovers Banking Security Breaches
Tough news stories require tough reporters to really dig in and get to the bottom of the issues. No one does this better than JoJo JoHanson. Take a moment to watch the video below that delves into the dark secrets of online banking that your banks don’t want you to know. Sometimes it take a serious reporter to really tackle the serious issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StLaBax7CvU
Enjoy.
Evan.
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Worst Gadget Ever??? Tokens!!!
As the purveyers of an offering that promotes the fact that tokens are not necessary for secure two-factor authentication, it warms the heart to see the current issue (June) of Wired Magazine. They have selected SecureID tokens as one of the “worst gadgets ever.” I particularly enjoyed the quote that was along the lines of “remembering a time when your IT people didn’t yell at you for losing things.”
Secure authentication is good. Tokens……..not so much.
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OpenID adds PhoneFactor option
OpenID continues to grow at a tremendous rate. It allows users to create their own personal identity and use it to access more than 10K web sites (and growing). It has been endorsed by Google, Yahoo, IMB, etc. and appears to be one of the open source technologies that will take hold and become a mainstream standard.
Of course, the power of OpenID can also be a danger. Maintaining a single (or a few) OpenID identities is simple, but it also makes the case for strong authentication security even more important. If someone gets your password (through whatever means), they can potentially access a lot of important imformation without your concent.
This has led to a great new offering from Positive Networks/PhoneFactor and JanRain regarding using PhoneFactor authentication with OpenID. It is now available in the US (and some other places on a test basis) and you can create an OpenID account enabled with PhoneFactor two-factor authentication at www.myopenid.com
Check it out and the announcement is below:
https://www.phonefactor.com/pressrelease051208.php
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