The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Selects PhoneFactor for Two-Factor Authentication
September 3, 2008 – Positive Networks, a leading provider of security products and services, today announced that PhoneFactor, its phone-based authentication technology, has been selected by The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital , one of the nation’s largest children’s hospital and pediatric research centers.
The Research Institute was searching for a secure two-factor authentication solution that did not require them to provide and maintain security tokens. The Research Institute evaluated several two-factor authentication solutions on the criteria of ease of use, flexibility, security, scalability and cost. PhoneFactor’s unique phone-based approach was selected as the two-factor authentication method for granting outside access to The Research Institute’s network.
PhoneFactor adds a second layer of security to The Research Institute’s existing login processes. It works with the user’s phone, so there are no devices to distribute and nothing to install. Users simply login with their user name and password and instantly they get a call. They answer the call and press # to complete their log in.
“PhoneFactor has provided an easy, secure and flexible two-factor authentication to front end our current SSL VPN solution,” stated Scott Kowal, Senior Network Engineer at The Research Institute. “This is a significant improvement compared to our static username and password solution.”
“PhoneFactor eliminates the need for expensive and cumbersome tokens,” said Tim Sutton, CEO of Positive Networks. “With so much focus on HIPAA regulations, it was extremely critical that they protect their sensitive data with a highly secure but yet affordable and user-friendly solution.”
About Nationwide Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Ranked in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 list of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare networks providing care for infants, children, adolescents and adult patients with congenital disease. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities in the U.S., supporting basic, clinical and translational research activities at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. With more than 300,000 square feet of dedicated research space, The Research Institute is organized into 13 Centers of Emphasis encompassing gene therapy; molecular and human genetics; vaccines and immunity; childhood cancer; cell and developmental biology; perinatal research; injury research and policy; microbial pathogenesis; cardiovascular medicine; quantitative and computational biology; biobehavioral health, innovation in pediatric practice; and clinical and translational research. Nationwide Children’s remains true to its original mission since its founding in 1892 of providing care regardless of any family’s ability to pay.
More information is available by calling (614) 722-KIDS (5437) or through www.NationwideChildrens.org/research.
