Control Break International and Real User Sign Solution Integration Agreement.NAPLES, Fla. & NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Market-Leading Mobile Data Encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign Solutions Integrate Innovative Cognometric Authentication Technology Control Break International Corp. (CBI CBI abbr. cumulative book index CBI Confederation of British Industry CBI n abbr (= Confederation of British Industry) → C.E.O.E. ), developer of SafeBoot(R) solutions and a market leader in mobile data encryption technology, and Real User Corporation, developers of Passfaces(TM) cognometric authentication products, announced today an agreement which gives CBI the right to integrate Real User's patented cognometric authentication technology into SafeBoot solutions. The agreement, announced at the 2004 Infosecurity Conference and Exhibition in New York, enables CBI to offer SafeBoot customers the option to use the Passfaces system to replace passwords or reinforce them as a strong, secondary authenticator for PCs, laptops, tablet PCs and Palm PDAs. Passwords, a primary means of personal authentication for systems, networks and applications, remain a weak link in IT security because they are vulnerable to dictionary, "brute-force," guessing, phishing and other social engineering attacks. The absence of a reliable, secure authentication See authentication token and SecurID card. system can cost businesses, infrastructure providers and government agencies billions of dollars annually in fraud, support costs and productivity losses. Also, forgotten passwords remain the number one cause of Help Desk calls. Based on humans' innate ability to remember and recognize faces, Passfaces(TM) cognometric authentication technology eliminates human-related security vulnerabilities as a replacement for passwords and PINs, both knowledge-based authenticators. As a strong, "second factor" authenticator, it provides a quantifiable level of additional entropy out of the box on all GUI-enabled systems. The Passfaces system works intuitively, and it does not require the installation of complex software or additional hardware. It is instantly scalable, can be rapidly deployed, and costs much less than other authentication solutions. "Real User's innovative Passfaces technology greatly enhances SafeBoot's leading-edge security solutions by providing a high-entropy authentication system The combination of authentication server and authenticator, which may be separate devices or both reside in the same unit such as an access point or network access server. The authentication server contains a database of user names, passwords and policies, and the authenticator physically and improving usability and reliability of access," said Gerhard Waztinger, COO of Control Break International. "Our partnership with Real User and the integration of intuitive Passfaces technology offers SafeBoot customers a practical alternative to passwords for access to their mobile data environment and is a perfect complement to CBI's powerful data encryption technology." "We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Control Break International," said Real User Chief Executive Officer Paul Barrett. "The integration of our Passfaces cognometric authentication technology with CBI's market-leading SafeBoot data encryption products is an important step in fulfilling Real User's mission to establish Passfaces as the natural successor to passwords and PINs." With more than two million users, SafeBoot is revolutionizing the world of data encryption with the largest installed base of any mobile device encryption technology. Control Break International's flagship technologies, SafeBoot Device Encryption and SafeBoot Content Encryption, provide state-of-the-art encryption technology for PCs, laptops, tablet PCs, PDAs and other handheld devices. SafeBoot solutions are integrated into a centralized administrator console that enables security personnel to manage security protocol efficiently. About Control Break International Control Break International designs, develops, supports and markets leading-edge data security solutions for network systems and mobile devices. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in The Netherlands, Control Break International operates several offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , United Kingdom, Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany and France as well as a network of more than 40 certified distributors worldwide. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , in which ABN Amro ABN AMRO Algemene Bank Nederland-Amsterdam Roterdam Bank (Dutch bank) bank holds a minority stake, saw corporate sales increase by 60 percent in 2003 and year-to-date sales for 2004 are double compared with 2003. Visit http://www.safeboot.com for more information. About Real User Corporation Real User's Passfaces(TM) technology provides the only fully scalable means to replace or reinforce passwords - the weakest link in IT security. Our products offer business, government and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers a uniquely strong, reliable and rapidly deployable authentication solution that improves security and usability while generating an ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). . Passfaces(TM) is a cognometric method of personal authentication, based on an innate cognitive function cognitive function Neurology Any mental process that involves symbolic operations–eg, perception, memory, creation of imagery, and thinking; CFs encompasses awareness and capacity for judgment : recognizing familiar faces. Passfaces(TM) work securely and reliably for everyone independent of age, language, culture or education; and provide an unforgettable authentication factor An authentication factor is a piece of information used to authenticate or verify a person's identity for security purposes. The three most commonly recognized factors are:
We are delivering Passfaces(TM) solutions to the US Senate and other government and enterprise clients today, and developing e-commerce solutions that mitigate the rapidly growing problems of on-line credit card fraud Credit card fraud is a wide-ranging term for theft and fraud committed using a credit card or any similar payment mechanism as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction. The purpose may be to obtain goods without paying, or to obtain unauthorized funds from an account. and identity theft. Try Passfaces(TM) for yourself at http://www.realuser.com/demo. |
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