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IronKey Announces Banking Channel Partner Program for Trusted Access
April 2011 by Marc Jacob
IronKey, the leader in securing data and online access, today announced its Trusted Access Elite Channel Partner Program. The initiative enables selected partners to help institutions offering commercial, business, and municipal online banking combat the growing threat posed by cyber criminals using financial malware. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, 25 percent of all computers are infected with banking Trojans such as ZeuS and SpyEye. With IronKey Trusted Access for Banking, institutions can stop online account takeovers, prevent ACH and wire fraud, and generate new revenue.
The program targets Banking Service Providers, Systems Integrators, VARs, and qualified current IronKey Elite Partners with significant banking experience and customer bases. Channel members can have confidence in IronKey’s strong track record as a trusted partner with proven security technology solutions and a strong brand.
Mitchell was named a Channel Chief by Everything Channel’s CRN in 2011 for the second time. Channel Chiefs are recognized as leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution providers.
IronKey Trusted Access is complementary to two factor authentication solutions such as RSA SecurID used by many banks. In light of the recently announced RSA data breach, organizations selling and supporting SecurID tokens can offer their customers immediate protection from likely attacks to monetize the stolen RSA data. Institutions can continue using SecurID and do not need to modify their online banking applications.
IronKey Trusted Access protects online banking clients from rampant bank phishing, session hijacking, and account credential stealing malware favored by criminals. Using the ZeuS Trojan and SpyEye toolkits criminals have stolen millions from banks and their clients in a single attack. Unlike other approaches, Trusted Access for Banking is the only solution to achieve NACHA and FBI guidelines for safe online banking by isolating access to commercial banking applications from potentially compromised host computers and networks in a tamper-proof virtualized environment that is portable, self-contained, easy-to-deploy, and enforces bank security policy. Trusted Access matches the criteria of a portable USB solution to protect from account takeovers as defined by draft FFIEC 2011 guidance on combating online banking fraud.
With IronKey’s Trusted Access Elite Channel Program, partners will:
Enter a new market with a timely, proven solution and high margins
Be able to refer, resell, train and customize Trusted Access solutions
Build recurring services revenue streams from deployment and issuance/distribution services and best security practices consulting
Ramp up quickly with the IronKey infrastructure needed to be successful
