10 March 2010

High Risk Authentication

High risk authentication (banking, VPN), has always demanded separate hardware dedicated to authenticating users.  There’s good reason for having this additional security layer. Called two-factor authentication, the logic is simple - if one device is compromised, overall security isn’t breached.  Two common examples are:

  • Card + reader.  Your bank issues you with a card reader, which you use in conjunction with your bank card
  • Multi-purpose token generators

Unsurprisingly, with mobile phone subscriptions now outstripping the number of TV, personal PC and credit card owners, there’s strong interest in using them for authentication.

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Tagged with EMV Identity solutions Mobile Mobile payments Wallets

0 Comments. Posted by James 06 July 2009

NFC based ID for students in Russia

Having spent a number of years living in Russia, I can imagine that taking a school trip there might be a little challenging. So I was really excited to be involved in a project designed to make the business of keeping track of people - in a very foreign land - a whole lot easier. A few NFC handsets, a java midlet, some RFID wrist bands and an established call centre is all it took!

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Tagged with Identity solutions Near Field Communication RFID

0 Comments. Posted by Victoria 16 March 2009

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