PhoneFactor Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Out-of-Band Authentication
May 19, 2009 – PhoneFactor, Inc. announced today that Network Products Guide, the industry’s leading publication on information technologies and solutions, has named PhoneFactor the winner of the 2009 Best Products and Services Award in the category of Out-of-Band Authentication. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide.
PhoneFactor’s phone-based two-factor authentication solution provides superior security by utilizing any phone as a second channel to validate a login attempt. Users simply log in with a user name and password – just like they do today. Instantly their phone rings. The user must answer the phone and press # (or a PIN) to successfully login. Unlike many phone-based two-factor solutions, there are no one-time passwords to enter, making it a completely out-of-band solution and protecting against even the most complex man-in-the-middle attacks.
“These awards go to the best technology products every year and we’re honored to be included,” said Timothy Sutton, CEO of PhoneFactor. “Everyone knows that just using passwords is not secure; with PhoneFactor companies can get all the security of strong two-factor authentication, but in a way that is convenient for users and easy to implement for IT departments.”
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