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The article discusses the use of challenge questions in business and the problems which are being seen with its use. Challenge questions have been used for years by banks and other businesses to authenticate customers' identities online. The problem is that many businesses today are finding that customers can't properly answer the questions due to forgetfulness or their having changed their answers. The businesses, therefore, are being forced to find and use different challenge questions for their customers.

The article cites the case of Carolina Bank in Greensboro, North Carolina and its implementation of an authentication software to tighten access to its Citrix and Outlook Web Access systems and create a higher level of security for employees who need remote access. The advantages of multifactor authentication include data privacy, geofencing and adaptive authentication, while the downside of text-message authentication include the need for end-user education and signing up of genuine users.

The article notes Good Technology company is integrating RSA company's mobile authentication software into its Good for Enterprise and Good for Government platforms which will help protect corporate data with two-factor authentication technology.

The article discusses a quarterly earnings report from Vasco Data International Security Inc. Net income and revenue declined 29% and 20%, respectively. Vasco reported it secured 357 new customers during the quarter. Chief operating officer Jan Valcke noted a trend among newer customers to make relatively small purchases.

The article reports that software distributer CA Inc. will sell fraud protection and authentication products made by Arcot Systems Inc. The software packages are called RiskFort and WebFort. RiskFort watches account transactions for unusual activity. Bill Mann, senior vice president at CA, thinks that the software is important for online transactions.

This article reports that Fiserv Inc. has agreed to integrate biometric authentication software from BioPassword Inc. into some of its front-office applications. BioPassword said Fiserv will use the software to add multifactor authentication capabilities to its Fiserv CBS Worldwide's CBS Desktop, CBS Teller, and Fiserv Aperio applications.

The article focuses on the State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas which has agreed to use the Comodo Two Factor Authentication product from Comodo Group for its online banking site. The bank's web site checks for this certificate, username and password when customers log in. Richard Steel, State National Bank's executive vice president discusses using this method.

The article reports on a decision from the security vendor Arcot Systems Inc. and its chief executive Ram Varadarajan to make its authentication technology compatible with software from Oracle Corp. Arcot reported that it integrated its WebFort authentication software into Oracle's Access Manager to boost security during the login process.

This article reports that China UnionPay Data Co. Ltd. has licensed authentication software from Arcot Systems Inc. of California to improve security for Chinese credit cardholders making online purchases. The company will use Arcot's TransFort products which support online card authentication programs.

The article reports that security software company Arcot Systems Inc. has provided multifactor authentication software to the financial cooperative Golden 1 Credit Union. The software allow customers to log on to a bank account online using a username and password and to create personal assurance messages to distinguish the bank's website from impostor sites.

The article reports on a password and user identification program developed by Arcot Systems of Sunnyvale, California which uses Adobe Systems' Flash software. The chief executive officer of Arcot, Ram Varadarajan is quoted and assesses the new product. The product potentially increases security when using financial services websites.

The article discusses how First Data Corp. Has agreed to license dynamic authentication software from the vendor PrivaSys Inc. First Data Corp. Stated that the software would improve security on the contactless cards it producers for issuers. Dynamic authentication allows contactless payment cards to create a unique authentication code for every transaction.

The article reports on an announcement from Vasco Data Security International Inc. that more than 100 United States banks are using multifactor authentication tokens from the security technology vendor. The tokens, designed to protect against fraud, generate a new password every minute for logging in to a bank's Web site, an approach known as multifactor authentication because it goes beyond the standard user name and password measures. A comment from Jan Valcke, Vasco's president, is included.

The article looks at how Boiling Springs Savings Bank of Rutherford, New Jersey, is using multifactor authentication technology from Comodo Group Inc. According to Ken Emerson, Boiling Springs' chief technology officer, the company felt that Comodo TF solution offered the best mix of strength, security, and convenience for their online banking customers.

This article reveals that ING Bank has upgraded the authentication software on its Web site, and in the process it replaced an automated security system in its call center with one that is handled by people. The unit of ING Group NV is known for touting its automated approach to banking, making the call center system replacement somewhat counterintuitive.

This article looks at Share One Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee, which provides online banking software and core processing services to credit unions and has started offering RSA Security Inc.'s authentication software. Share One has said that it will integrate the software into its online banking software for any customer requesting it.

This article discusses the increased popularity of strong authentication technology among banks and its effects on sales of online banking software. Corillian Corp., S1 Corp., and Digital Insight Corp. have begun offering authentication software, and have seen a rapid increase in bank purchases of the software. The cost and complexity of installing authentication software is driving banks' willingness to outsource online banking.

This article reports that North Island Credit Union of San Diego plans to install authentication software from PassMark Security Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif. The software displays a user-selected image to verify that a bank's site is real, and it puts a file on the user's computer to confirm the user's identity.

The article states that International Bancshares Corp. will deploy a biometric fingerprint authentication system on its network. Chris Loehr, an executive at the Texas banking company, and Colin McLaughlin, sales manager at Saflink Corp., comment on the project, which uses the Washington firm's software.

This article discusses the announcement by Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates that his company will try online authentication again after its unsuccessful attempt with Passport in 1999. The software will let users store authentication and payment information -- such as phone and credit card numbers -- like a wallet holds multiple cards, and send the data in encrypted form. It will be included in Windows Vista, the operating system Microsoft plans to introduce this year.

This article presents information about the announcement by VeriSign Inc. that PayPal Inc. would be part of its VeriSign Identity Protection network, a shared system allowing customers to use a single strong authentication device on multiple Web sites. PayPal, a unit of eBay Inc., bought VeriSign's payment gateway business. VeriSign will also sell a fraud monitoring system that can be used with the strong authentication device.

This article describes Online Resources Corp.'s version of its online banking and bill-payment software that includes security features from Cyota Inc. The Online software includes Cyota's multifactor authentication and anti-fraud capabilities which will eliminate the need to use multiple security applications. The combination is designed to meet October guidelines from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council that urged banks to strengthen their authentication.

This article presents information on how Business Signatures Corp. is hoping to shake up the antifraud software market by undercutting competitors on price. The company is charging a flat annual fee of $48,000 for the basic authentication product that it expects to introduce this week. Peter Relan of Business Signatures said the product is similar to his rivals' but much less expensive, because many other companies charge a per-user price.

Reports on the online brokerage Scottrade Inc. agreeing to use the newest versions of authentication software from PassMark Security Inc. Revelation that Scottrade plans to start using the software in January of 2006, and will be the first customer to use the new version; Comments from Rodger Riney, Scottrade's founder, president, and chief executive, on the new version's ability to protect the identities of customers.

States Digital Insight Corp. in California will use Sender Policy Framework authentication on servers that hosts bank Web sites. How the upgrade will help customers fight spam and e-mail fraud.