The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes designed to protect online banking and other web-based financial transactions from rapidly evolving security threats.

An experimental method for two-factor authentication to websites employs mobile phones in a new way to ensure that users' online accounts don't get hijacked.

Increasingly, whether due to regulatory requirements or a basic recognition that static passwords just don't provide adequate security, organizations are implementing some form of strong authentication.

IronKey rolled out its Trusted Access for Banking USB drive on Monday.

IT distributor, Open Channel Solutions (OCS), has signed an agreement with security vendor, Vasco Data Security International.