California-based MY TrueCloud has released Invisible Cloud-Token, a tokenless way to deliver two-factor authentication via the cloud. MY TrueCloud uses proprietary algorithms to create one time passwords that a system uses automatically without an end-user seeing them. This web-based two-factor authentication method uses an existing VPN or MY TrueCloud’s SSL/VPN that optimizes the tokenless system. […]

Tyfone has announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT) that will bring mobile security in both cloud and NFC transactions to the U.S. government. IQT — a nonprofit organization that pinpoints technology solutions for use by the U.S. government — will use Tyfone’s mobile security and NFC platform in an attempt […]

Enterprise identity enforcement technology company SecureAuth has launched SecureAuth IdP for Android. This Mobile Access Management product is designed to help enterprises with BYOD policies to manage and enforce identity and application access management policies. Android users can download an app to put their own identity and application access on their phone. The app can […]

“We want to make the authentication of people over electronic systems convenient and secure,” says Charles Walton, CEO at SecureKey. Founded in 2008, Toronto-based SecureKey is a relative newcomer to the identity market. Its focus is twofold: place secure identity credentials on mobile devices and create identity ecosystems that use credentials consumers already have. One […]

North Carolina-based SaaS provider KnowledgeTree has added SAML single sign-on support for internal and external identity providers, enabling simplified user authentication and standardizing content security levels. The SAML single sign-on support enables companies to use their existing network password policies for access to KnowledgeTree’s cloud-based tools. This allows companies to quickly grant or deny employee […]

New Jersey-based Allweb Technologies launched its cloud-based, two-step identity verification and password management system. The new cloud-based system — dubbed AllWebID Premium — will authenticate user identities using either a fingerprint or cell phone. Unlike other password and identity management solutions currently on the market, AllWebID Premium eliminates the need for manual user profile synchronization […]

UK-based Swivel Secure, a network security solutions provider, has rolled out a university licensing program which enables schools in both the UK and North America to secure their network infrastructures more economically regardless of whether their data is stored in the cloud or on a virtual private network. Under the terms of the agreement, Swivel […]

Centrify Corporation, a security and compliance solution provider, released Mobile Authentication Services (MAS), a method to deliver Active Directory-based authentication for mobile apps to cloud services. Additionally, it has partnered with Appcelerator, a mobile platform company, for mobile authentication services for titanium studio-powered mobile apps. Mobile Authentication Services allows for “zero sign-on” Active Directory-based authentication. […]

CipherCloud conducted a survey that reveals that data security, privacy, residency and compliance issues continue to hinder cloud adoption. The survey covered all cloud applications as a group, rather than applications provided by a specific vendor. The poll also revealed that 66% of organizations reported that these concerns had led to at least one cloud […]

Finalists have been announced for the 2012 SESAMES Awards, with some 36 finalists narrowed down from the 475 submissions. The SESAMES Awards reward the most innovative professionals in the fields of smart cards, digital security, identification, secure transactions and contactless technologies. Competing companies range from start-ups to SME’s to the largest multi-nationals. Winners chosen will […]