SC Magazine expert panel selects SMS PASCODE as a top 5 Security Innovator that can impact the future information security landscape

At the internationally recognized SC Magazine’s SC World Congress, an expert panel has selected SMS PASSCODE as a Top 5 innovator for it’s two-factor authentication via SMS solution.


Copenhagen, October 21st, 2009 – SMS PASSCODE® - The world's leading two-factor SMS authentication technology using your mobile phone, today announced that SC Magazine, a globally recognized publication within computer security solutions, has named SMS PASSCODE® a winner in the Security Innovators Throwdown cotest.


The contest, which took place at the second annual SC World Congress conference and expo, the East Coast's largest security event, showcased young companies, new technologies and groundbreaking services likely to impact the future information security landscape. First, SC Magazine selected 10 finalists that were invited to present to a panel of experts. Based on these presentations, the expert panel selected 5 winners of which SMS PASSCODE® was one of the 5 winners.


“We are very excited about being named a SC Magazine Security Innovator as this is the second time this year that a globally recognized publication has acknowledged our technology leading solution being a new generation of two-factor SMS authentication solution” says David Hald, CEO and co-founder, SMS PASSCODE.


The SMS PASSCODE® solution distinguishes itself in several areas:

  • Firstly, it is a more secure login process that is both challenge and session specific. Essentially, a user first enters user name and password as a challenge. SMS PASSCODE® validates this and once validated, it sends a one-time-passcode that is session specific – ie it only works for that particular login attempt – to the users mobile phone. Once the user enters this, SMS PASSCODE® validates that it is the correct session and passes the user through. The notion of having it both challenge and session specific protects against the modern threats on the internet such as phishing and pharming. This capability sets it apart from other SMS and token based two-factor authentications that is based on a pre-issued code valid for a period of time. It is a given that if it is a pre-issued code valid for a period of time, it is not session specific and therefore can be phished as has been seen recently with the Zeus malware program. SMS PASSCODE® is not vulnerable to that virus.
  • Secondly, the solution is a very easy to implement plug-and-play product that supports all the leading authentication systems such as VPNs, Windows and web systems from vendors like Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, Juniper, Watchguard, Checkpoint, F5 and others. The solution extent these partner solutions with two-factor authentication as an intergral part of their solution making the login process very intuitive to the user. Furthermore, there is very straight forward single-click integration to authentication systems such as Active Directory. The solution works out of the box in hosting environments where multiple Active Directories can co-exist within the same solution.
  • Thirdly, it has been designed from the ground up as a enterprise class scalable and fault tolerant system offering the ability to add or remove any component on the fly without impacting the 24x7 operation of SMS PASSCODE® for mission critical applications. This advanced load balancing engine even include the ability to customize fail-over and load balancing across user groups, authentication clients and even mobile phone carrier services if multiple is implemented.
  • Finally, it offers a very low total cost of ownership compared to alternatives with an average payback compared to more traditional token alternatives of only a few months. On a normal token implementation, the cost of SMS PASSODE® is anywhere from 40-60% of the cost with a very fast deployment resulting in quick time-to-value.


To learn more about the award, visit http://www.scmagazineus.com/SC-World-Congress-concludes-with-announcement-of-winners-of-Security-Innovators-Throwdown/article/155816/


To learn more about SMS PASSCODE® or try it out live on your own mobile phone, visit www.smspasscode.com


About SMS PASSCODE®

SMS PASSCODE® is the leading technology in two-factor authentication using your mobile phone. To protect against the rise in internet based identity theft hitting both consumers and corporate employees, SMS PASSCODE® offers a stronger authentication via the mobile phone SMS service compared to traditional alternatives. SMS PASSCODE® installs in minutes and is much easier to implement and administer with the added benefit that users find it an intuitively smart way to gain better protection. The solution offers out-of-the-box protection of the standard login systems such as Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, Juniper and other IPsec and SSL VPN systems as well as websites. Installed at thousands of sites, this is a proven patent pending technology. In 2009, SMS PASSCODE has been awarded to the prestigeus Red Herring 100 most interesting tech companies list, to the TechTour 25 most interesting tech Companies in the Nordic Region and recently a Secure Computing Magazine Security Innovator. For more information visit: http://www.smspasscode.com


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For more information, please contact Lars Barthold Nielsen, SMS PASSCODE, at or mobile phone +45 21 26 81 98.