DigitalIDNews | Deloitte Ireland deploys two-factor authentication

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Deloitte Ireland will begin facilitating secure remote and office-based access through the use of a strong certificate-based, two-factor authentication solution from ActivIdentity.

Deloitte Ireland is using the ActivIdentity solution to provide more than 900 employees with secure remote access to I.T. systems across the firm’s locations in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. In addition, Deloitte practitioners also use a smart card to access laptop and central I.T. systems when working within any Deloitte facility.

The company also worked with ActivIdentity to create a single multi-application smart card, enabling employees to authenticate themselves to all Deloitte Ireland offices and IT systems. The solution is based on Deloitte’s global PKI implementation.

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