Arcot focusing on mobile two-factor authentication
17 May, 2010
category: Corporate, Digital ID, Financial
Jim Reno, CTO at Arcot, talks about the company’s technology and where he sees authentication heading at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
“We are able to create a hardware smart card but all implemented in software,” Reno says. “It’s strong two-factor security but it’s got the convenience, cost and usability of passwords.”
The company is providing basic authentication products and advances authentication, such as analyzing where a user logs in from and whether there’s a risk associated with that login.
But adding two-factor authentication to mobile devices is a strong focus for the company. “Gives us the equivalent of a hardware one-time password token on a mobile phone,” Reno says. “You’re using a devices that you already carry without having to carry any other devices.”
