Can I see your credit card, please?
I did a couple of interviews today about PhoneFactor, and both times I spent some time on the difference between software- and hardware-based two-factor authentication. The problem is that sometimes the "something you have" acts more like "something you know." Have you ever shopped at a Lowe’s or Wal-Mart and been asked by the cashier [...]
Environmental impact of PhoneFactor
I was surfing the Blogosphere™ the other day and I ran across an interesting post about the environmental impact of the tokens used in other two-factor systems. While I can’t claim to have architected PhoneFactor with environmentalism in mind, I’m pleasantly surprised to note that PhoneFactor does seem to be relatively environmentally friendly. You see, [...]
PhoneFactor and accessibility
I just read a post at the Blind Access Journal about PayPal’s security tokens (which are basically RSA SecurID tokens). They point out that reading six digits off of a small token display is difficult or impossible for a visually impaired or blind person. This is another one of those cases where leveraging a long-available [...]
Secure mobile working
Mobile working is something that we know a little bit about around here at Positive Networks. After all, that’s exactly what our other product line, PositivePRO, is all about: a secure, hosted remote work solution. A blog post from SAA Associates today points out that mobile working can have major security implications, so it has [...]
