Fleet operators struggling to protect precious data from hackers without making remote access difficult for staff and contractors may benefit from a new piece of technology.
Jonathan Craymer has helped to develop a software-based system capable of creating hacker-resistant one-time codes without the need for additional hardware, such as key-fob tokens.
The former Fleet News journalist says that pin+ offers a perfect ‘anywhere, anytime’ login experience at around one tenth of the cost of traditional hardware-based secure login systems.
There are two versions – the high-security pin+ Pro 2-factor system, where users have apps on their laptop, PC or all popular current mobile platforms, and pin+ Core suitable for large scale use by virtually unlimited numbers of people.
“We’re particularly excited about pin+ Core’s potential to revolutionise things like websites where there’s a ‘My Account’ login,” explained Craymer.
“The world badly needs a universal upgrade for vulnerable fixed passwords and PINs, as evidenced this year by Barack Obama asking the US Commerce Department to find something better, and we think this could well be it.
“We’re working in partnership with one of the world’s foremost online security systems developers, Winfrasoft Corporation. Together we’ve created a range of products using pin+ technology which fleet operators and sector suppliers such as leasing companies can install and start using right away.
“The system is powered by a patent-pending algorithm built to OATH standards, which complies with FIPS cryptographic standards and is RADIUS compatible, meaning it’ll work with most standard firewalls and can be used alongside legacy token or smart-card systems to cost-effectively expand organisations’ secure networks.”
First users include the South London NHS Trust and one of South Africa’s biggest law firms Webber Wentzel, which rejected a number of competitor systems as they simply weren’t secure enough.
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