CA Technologies has enhanced its Advanced Authentication Cloud Service with the addition of tagless device identification, mobile authentication, and new levels of integration with its SiteMinder.
The company has added the Advanced Authentication Cloud Service (formerly known as Arcot A-OK for Enterprise) to its security offerings to fulfill part of its cloud strategy to provide security "to, for and from" the cloud.
The Advanced Authentication Cloud Service is a scalable, multi-tenant and configurable Software-as-a-Service application that provides advanced authentication capabilities to organisations in a range of industries including financial services, technology, real estate, and pharmaceutical.
The Advanced Authentication Cloud Service enhancements include: new integrations with company’s SiteMinder for improved security; "Tagless" device identification; and mobile authentication application.
The mobile authentication application features the company’s Arcot OTP technology, which turns a smart phone, iPad or other mobile device into a secure, authentication device that creates a one-time-password and eliminates the need to carry additional authentication devices.
These new features also are included in CA Arcot WebFort and CA Arcot RiskFort which can be deployed on-premise.
CA Technologies said that the cloud security service currently verifies 150 million identities and helps prevent fraud for approximately one million online credit and debit transactions each day.
CA Technologies security general manager Mike Denning said some organisations opt to move to the cloud, some opt to keep things on-premise, while many are adopting a hybrid model using both cloud services and on-premise software," Denning said.
"CA Technologies Identity and Access Management offerings are developed to address the needs of our customers no matter how they want their security offering delivered," Denning said.
"The new features in CA Advanced Authentication Cloud Service and in CA Arcot WebFort and CA Arcot RiskFort on premise offerings help address security concerns of a growing mobile workforce, and step up the authentication levels with every log-in and transaction."
