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PhoneFactor adds support for IBM Tivoli Access Manager

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

PhoneFactor Inc. announces its new compatibility with IBM Tivoli Access Manager. The certified, “Ready for IBM Trivoli” solution can authenticate a user’s sign-on using phone-based two-factor authentication technology.

PhoneFactor can be downloaded, installed and configured to Tivoli Access Manage on company networks. PhoneFactor integrates with Tivoli’s directory system as well as AD and LDAP servers to streamline user management. The company also provides automated self-service options through the phone and Web. [end] 

DigitalPersona announced the release of a new version of its Pro Enterprise software solution, version 5.2.

Among the aspects of the new version DigitalPersona is touting are the extensive number of factors a company utilizing the solution can use to authenticate for access to sensitive information or secured computer stations. These factors include what a user knows, such as PINs or passwords, things you have, such as smart cards, contactless identity cards or Bluetooth devices, and things you are, such as fingerprints.

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The Web Authorization Protocol (OAuth) has submitted OAuth 2.0, a framework for using security identity access tokens for native mobile application and API security, to the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), reports ZDNet.

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ARX received FIPS 201 approval from the U.S. Government’s General Services Administration on the Approved Products List for compliance for its PrivateServer network-attached hardware security module.

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IDology’s ExpectID real-time identity verification suite has been validated for IBM Tivoli.

The Atlanta-based company’s ExpectID product line enables businesses to electronically identify people in customer-not-present situations. Its integration with IBM’s Tivoli identity and access management products let businesses manage the entire authentication process for new and existing customers.

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HID Global has launched a software interface that enables customers to have converged physical and logical access control on one card with with IBM Tivoli TAM enterprise single sign on (eSSO). Called OMNIKEY Device Service Provider (DSP), this software works and uses a person’s existing contactless physical access credential for sign on to IT networks and applications.

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PhoneFactor launched an app for smart phones and tablets that allow users to physically verify a transaction. The app pushes a notification to the user’s smart phone alerting the user a transaction is in process.

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