A new service, called xFA(TM), from Authentify provides a glimpse of multifactor authentication’s future. Building on the company’s legacy of certificate-based, out-of-band, phone-based user authentication, the company is employing a new, screen-based approach to replacing OTP (one-time passwords) or KBA (knowledge-based authentication) in order to log-on to a secure network.
In late March, the UK’s Technology Strategy Board – an “arms-length” agency reporting to the United Kingdom’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills – announced a grant of 300 British Pounds Sterling (Approximately $480 U.S.) for research, development and enhancement of use cases that deploy voice biometrics for strong user authentication.
With over 6.5 million registered voice prints supporting user authentication, we can begin to detect patterns that are defining successful adoption of the technology. It is clear that voice biometrics must be incorporated in multi-factor deployment schemes and that demand is destined to be driven by creating a positive user experience across multiple communications modalities and networks. That creates a “multiplier effect” as system integrators, application developers and mobile service providers discover the value of stronger authentication of individual end-users.
Lightbulbs are turning on all over the blogosphere and soon will provide sufficient illumination of a long-standing issue that will shape mobile access to social networks, financial institutions and corporate mail and message stores.
Equifax’s acquisition of multifactor authentication specialist Anakam shows that the risk and credit management specialist recognizes the value of stronger ID-proofing in anticipation of the public’s move to mobile commerce and the need for stronger controls on access management to personal information in an increasingly cloud-based world.
[Opus Research has released its latest report and forecast of voice biometric technologies and solutions: “Voice Biometrics 2010: A Transformative Year for Voice-Based Authentication.” Below is a brief excerpt that addresses the role of voice biometric technologies in multi-factor authentication,… Read More ›