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Mobile multi-factor authentication company PhoneFactor has developed a reseller partnership with Imprivata, a provider of sign-on and access management products for health care and other industries, to provide phone-based authentication services to Imprivata clients.

The joint solution works with Imprivata’s OneSign authentication and access management tool, as well as OneSign Anywhere, which provides OneSign services via a number of endpoint devices. This solution enables authorized users to access protected health information with a mobile phone. 

Psion announced that its Workabout Pro 3 and Workabout Pro-g have earned Apriva’s compatibility certification. Running on Windows Mobile 6.1, the Workabout Pro 3 and Workabout Pro-g have completed Apriva’s integration and testing with its secure mobile communications products deployed to government and public agencies around the world.

Apriva integrated and tested the Workabout Pro with its Apriva CSPware and Apriva Guard middleware to ensure compatibility with all government-issued FIPS 201 certified smart cards or Common Access Cards. The Workabout Pro has also been validated to comply with the government’s security technical implementation guide standards for how devices are protected. This requires that data be encrypted and the device locked down when not in use, making it nearly impossible to compromise. 

Experts affirm technology’s security, viability

While there are many one-time passcode devices on the market, RSA’s football-shaped key fobs are most often associated with the technology. In March a well-publicized hack of RSA’s seed code for its SecurID solutions sent shockwaves through the ID community. It led to attacks on the company’s end users, including military contractor Lockheed Martin.

RSA has responded to the incidents by expanding its security remediation program. This program offers best practices and further expands two separate options to help assure customers’ confidence: 

IronKey has released the IronKey Trusted Access Platform, a new platform for the online banking industry that provides security through multiple controls, with the goals of reducing the risk of online banking fraud and simplifying compliance with FFIEC guidance.

The company has also released a downloadable, secure browser application as a Trusted Access form factor. 

Unisys Corp. has released its Unisys Stealth Solution for Secure Virtual Terminal (SSVT) product, a USB device that secures a mobile user’s data and makes it available to only authorized users.

The portable USB device is certified by the federal government and can be customized and dedicated to a user. With it, the user can boot up remotely and line to an enterprise network through a secure session. Stealth Solution for SSVT can also create a virtual and independently secure group in which members can safely share the same physical or virtual network. 

Valtech, a consulting firm, has partnered with Biometric Signature ID Inc. (BSI) to offer enhanced identity proofing and electronic signature applications.

Valtech will leverage BSI’s BioSig-ID technology, a biometric handwriting and gesture technology that a user activates by using a mouse to create an online ID. For identity verification, the product’s Click-ID technology requires users to click on specific objects within an image in a certain way.