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SMS PASSCODE® 5 announce the world’s real-time modern two-factor authentication platform designed for global use
April 2011 by Marc Jacob
SMS PASSCODE® announced the latest version of its award-winning technology that defines the global standard for modern mobile centric two-factor authentication leveraging the 5 billion mobile phones in the world. SMS Passcode V5 will combines the award-winning, carrier independent, local, regional and global SMS text messaging infrastructure with voice dial-out for landlines and non-text enabled phones as well as secure email for secure mobile networks like Blackberry or certain Asian infrastructures. To deliver this efficiently, the platform introduces a leading edge group policy engine, which based on administrator settings, allows end-users to flexibly select the preferred One-time-password code delivery option.
The company has also announced the appointment of Anup Vora as UK General Manager, to lead a significant investment in the UK.
SMS PASSCODE has quickly established itself as the de facto standard in a new generation of real-time two-factor authentication solutions. “We have experienced exponential growth in the past few years and are now present across the globe, and see the UK as a major part of our growth plans.” says David Hald, CEO, SMS PASSCODE. “Our many deployments around the world have inspired us to deliver the first fully integrated SMS solution augmented with regional specific features such as dial-out to the North American market and secure email in Asia”.
Specifically, the new solution introduces a set of new capabilities:
De-facto standard platform for modern global two-factor authentication
Modern mobile centric architecture using SMS text messaging globally delivered from central or local gateways that is augmented with voice dial-out for North America and secure mobile email for Blackberry users and e-mail centric markets seen in Asia
Policy Platform for flexible administrator driven policies
Advanced User Group Policy engine, that enables administrators to cascade policies to groups of users for flexible and secure login methods such as SMS, dial-out and email
Self-service portal for end-user configurable access
Based on administrator permissions set above, users can access an easy to use self-service web portal to set personal preferences. This delivers an unprecedented level of user friendly and customizable modern two-factor authentication. Settings include preferred phone number, preference of Flash vs. Regular SMS and preference of dial-out, email or SMS delivery as well as setting encrypted secure time-based codes.
New Client support for Citrix, Microsoft and OpenVPN
New two-factor authentication support for Microsoft Direct Access remote connectivity enables users to securely access corporate networks remotely with SMS Authentication. If a user is detected to have left the secure networks, a SMS PASSCODE authentication is automatically requested protecting the user in the event of a compromised PC. New clients also include support for Citrix Web Interface 5.4 as well as Citrix Receivers with Web Interface Authentication. It also supports the latest OpenVPN system, which is a popular VPN system used in many implementations such as VMware View VDI access.
New platform administration enhancements
Platform enhancements include a new easy to use web based user administration interface that enable administration of the many capabilities in a single interface that can be expanded or collapsed on demand.
SMS PASSCODE is an award winning more secure solution than comparable alternatives. Essentially, a user first enters username and password. It is not until that has been validated, that SMS PASSCODE generates and sends a real-time code that is only valid for that particular login attempt or session. Once the code is entered and validated, the user is granted access. This has proven a more secure login process at lower costs than seen in the first generation hardware token based solutions.
SMS PASSCODE version 5 is immediately available for all new customers as well as current clients on a current Software Assurance contract.
