Mobile Phone Software Tokens - Why and What?

Software tokens are future of the One Time Password tokens. The hardware tokens are difficult specially for retail / consumer commerce and internet banking. Software tokens are much simpler to manage and provision and they are able to offer following value proposition -

• Strong two-factor authentication to protected services
• Application available for all popular phone models.
• Application available for download through the Apple App Store
• One-tap token provisioning for the end user
• Support for Login and Transaction signing.
• Support for Roaming PKI using Transaction OTP.
• Support for Software Development Kit (SDK) for application developers to integrate into their work flows and platforms. Also enables end to end encryption too using Pend Patent OTP based encryption algorithm.

EZMCOM EzToken support more than 800+ phone models including –

• iPhone
• Blackberry
• Windows Mobile
• Smart phone / Java Enabled Phones

Mobile phone provide convenient and cost-effective two-factor authentication to enterprise applications and resources. EzIdentity Authentication Platform, the software that powers EZMCOM Identity Protection Platform / Authentication System – are available for free of cost evaluation and purchase worldwide.

EZMCOM offers enterprises a wide range of user authentication options to help positively identify users before they interact with mission-critical data and applications through:

• VPNs & WLANs
• Email
• Intranets & extranets
• Web servers
• Online publishing servers
• Remote Access through Citrix and SSL-VPN etc gateways
• Any Web Based System
• Any RADIUS Protocol Supported network resources

The use of software tokens decreases total cost of ownership for organizations as they don’t require any physical shipping, can be revoked and automatically redeployed if the phone is lost, eliminating the need for replacement tokens. Additionally, having the software authenticator on a business critical device like the iPhone and Blackberry reduces the number of lost or forgotten tokens, decreasing the number of costly technical support calls.

Free download of iPhone OTP Token: EZMCOM EzToken Software Token App for iPhone is available at no charge from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. The required token seed is available for purchase worldwide from EZMCOM and partners. The EzToken Software Token for Mobile Devices is designed for enterprise users whose organizations have the EzIdentity system implemented.