Authernative to support President Obama CTO Council

– SecureGov2009, January 19, 2010

Authernative receives Best Solution Award at the December 2009 Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) Council Meeting.

– SecureGov2009, December 8, 2009

"Authernative was very creative in their Authentication Software and we will definitely have to show their product around the department!"

Jack Israel, Chief Technology Officer, Office of IT Systems, FBI/Justice

─ Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) Symposium – SecureGov2008, December 8, 2008

"As a user, I think that Authernative can become to passwords what Google is to search! It is simple, clever, and entertaining."

Zenny Sadlon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Office of Information Services

─ Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) Symposium – SecureGov2008, December 8, 2008

Patents and Authentication : Does revealing the authentication process make it less secure?

“It is extremely tough to list the weaknesses and threats of the AuthGuard authentication system. This is primarily because AuthGuard utilises many different protocols, each of which protects against the threats and weaknesses of the others. AuthGuard is also being continually updated with many patents pending. A new patent was granted, #7,299,356, on November 26th, 2007 (Finextra, 2007b) which further enhances the single-session symmetric key protocol which AuthGuard utilises.”

“AuthGuard is aimed primarily at large scale businesses and organisations. Authernative have realised that no single authentication method is completely secure. As such they have combined many open source and private authentication methods into a single authentication server. They have aimed to create great flexability to allow any balance of security and usability required.”

─ University of Portsmouth, Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, December 3, 2007

Authernative Granted US Patent For User Authentication Method and Interface

Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies announced that the US Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company its patent for a user authentication method and interface. Authernative was voted Best of SecureGov2006 Solution Provider and is committed to helping Government agencies securely extend their networks and access for mobile workforce, employees, vendors, and public citizens.

─ Convurge, August 2, 2007

“Pattern Recognition Plus - Authernative: The Ultimate Pattern Recognition!”

─ Don McKillican Senior Security Architect, Bell Canada
ISSA: Strong Authentication, April 19, 2007

Authernative voted Best of SecureGov Solution Provider by Federal Departments’ & Agencies’ security executives and personnel attending the Convurge SecureGov conference held December 3-5, 2006 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The secureGOV meeting offers senior Government IT, Security and Privacy Officers insight into the latest developments critical to maximizing the protections of information resources, wireless communications, networks and critical infrastructure. SecureGov features a variety of presentations from government officials and security providers. The interactive sessions, business meetings and networking opportunities are designed to form relationships among attendees, and provide efficient evaluation of leading edge security technologies.

─ SecureGov, Convurge, December 12, 2006

There is an alternative to old-fashioned, username-and-password security. This authentication factor is graphics based offering higher levels of security while making the user’s experience easier and more engaging

─ Campus Technology, December 1, 2006

“The combination addresses "what you have" and "what you are", and to add "what you know" the smart card can include an activation password (one time, multi-factor, PIN based) as well (something similar to what authernative offers) embedded in the smart card with a thin display. This approach would probably make it more secure and conducive for the mass market as well.”

─ Identity Enabled Architecture (IDEA!!), October 26, 2006

“Step 2: Rigid Authentication- this includes multi-factor authentication, strong authentication, bio-metric, certificates and more based on the sensitive nature of the content and services that are expected to be accessed. Some firms like authernative specialize in this space. Strong authentication is important not just to validate the identity of a user and/or a device but is also important to establish confidentiality and integrity (a secure communication channel with the user and his or her device).”

─ Identity Enabled Architecture (IDEA!!), September 27, 2006

“It essentially virtualizes the physical device that users carry "one time password generators" as a java app that runs in a browser”.

─ Identity Centric Architecture, September 18, 2006

With the growing body of regulation dealing with the retention, privacy, and security of information, it is a good idea for a lawyer to look at his or her corporate client list to see if there are some compliance issues that can be dealt with. To get a feel for the amount of regulation, enacted and pending, check out the list created by authernative.com

─ State Bar of Georgia, July 31, 2006