Secure identity offerings provider ActivIdentity has introduced 4TRESS Authentication Appliance that offers a complete multi-layered strong authentication, fraud detection and cloud security capabilities to enterprises, banks and ecommerce sites.

The new 4TRESS Authentication Appliance FT2011 provides more than 15 versatile strong authentication methods to achieve more security for end-users and it supports a wide range of tokens, including Web, mobile and PC soft tokens.

In addition it also provides Out-of-Band (SMS or email) OTP for transaction level authentication to block man-in-the-middle attacks, profiles PCs at registration and each subsequent login attempt to rate risk and to allow or disallow access accordingly.

4TRESS can provide OTP, OOB and smart card strong authentication in front of SAML V2-enabled cloud applications which allows enterprises to use their preferred strong authentication method wherever their data resides.

4TRESS Authentication Appliance enables enterprises and banking institutions to increase productivity by securely connecting from any location through a variety of devices and authentication methods.

ActivIdentity Financial Solutions Marketing & Global Business Development executive Christy Serrato said multi-layered strong authentication is one of the few reliable methods of inhibiting credential theft and account escalation endemic to Advanced Persistent Threats.

"4TRESS Authentication Appliance along with the ActivIdentity extended solutions portfolio ensures our customers are able to secure their networks in the most convenient, versatile and affordable manner currently available," said Serrato.