Two Factor Authentication, Smart Cards, Tokens

The Digipass pack product from Vasco is perhaps less of a product in the accepted sense and more of a security philosophy – the philosophy in question being that of dynamic, one-time password creation using portable tokens.

First, allow us to congratulate Datakey on a most comprehensive and clearly written set of user guides. This is an important factor for many users and yet so often overlooked in contemporary products. For those as yet unfamiliar with smartcards and tokens, this can be very helpful and save them ...

In this review we are not so concerned with remote access as such, but more with the security and ease of use for the teleworker; a growing breed of employee. But this still means a high level of control and security.

Maintaining the security of an organization's laptops and desktops is never an easy task, with many a sleepless night worrying if all devices that come into contact with the enterprise are secured against theft and compromised data. Managing all this can be an overwhelming task.
GlobalAdmin is a management application that ...

The DigiSafe USB token seems just like any other at first glance, but it gradually reveals itself to be an exceptionally interesting device.

You might find it strange to see Novell Netware (essentially a network operating system) included in a group test of two-factor authentication products. But we are discussing secure access to information and services from both local and remote access points. We are also discussing effectively managing user profiles and administering ...

This is a comprehensive and flexible product upon which may be built an equally comprehensive access security model. It is scalable and facilitates the management of both local and remote network access within various environments and, if required, across multiple authentication servers.

This is an easy two-factor system that a new administrator can implement to boost an existing system.

The SecuriKey Authentication System (Professional Version 1.2) is a straightforward product which supplements a conventional password with a USB token key to provide two-factor authentication.

The ECHOsystem from Fizians Inc. is certainly different. It uses audio to transmit the equivalent of a dynamic password across the network for user authentication purposes.