SUNNYVALE, CA -- 03/13/08 --
Arcot Systems, the leader in software-only
authentication, today announced it has joined the Google Enterprise
Professional(TM) program to extend the power of Google across the
enterprise. Arcot also announced the immediate availability of its Arcot
A-OK On-Demand authentication service to Google Apps(TM) Premier Edition
customers, available at
www.arcot.com/google.
The new service provides an extra layer of online access security, ensuring
that only authorized users gain access to confidential, proprietary or
regulated data. Offering protection against phishing, keyboard logging,
man-in-the-middle and other online identity theft threats, Arcot A-OK
On-Demand prevents criminals from exploiting the vulnerability of
password-based authentication.
"Arcot already has eight years of experience delivering on-demand
authentication in the financial services industry, and operates a SAS 70
certified, PCI DSS-compliant data center that protects 18 million online
credit card accounts from more than 11,000 financial institutions and
100,000 merchants," said Ram Varadarajan, CEO Arcot Systems. "Now we are
building on that base to make on-demand strong identity authentication
available to any enterprise using Google Apps."
With Arcot A-OK On-Demand, Google Apps customers will have the same
anytime, anywhere access as before but with the added protection of
multi-factor access security. It works transparently to users, who keep
the simplicity of an easy-to-use and familiar username/password interface.
The 100 percent software solution provides strong two-factor authentication
without requiring users to carry around tokens or cards. It can be
implemented in minutes with the standard Google Apps administrator
interface, and works on-demand hosted by Arcot without the headaches of
installing additional software or hardware.
Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools
to organizations. With Google Apps, users can use tools such as Gmail(TM)
email services, Google Calendar(TM) shared calendaring, and Google Docs for
documents, spreadsheets and presentations on their own domain to work
together more effectively. Best of all, it's all hosted by Google, so
there's no hardware or software to download, install or maintain.
"Many of our users have been asking for an option for additional login
security," said Eran Feigenbaum, senior security manager, Google
Enterprise. "Arcot A-OK On-Demand is a great service for those Google Apps
customers that are looking for stronger user authentication than just a
username and password."
The Google Enterprise Professional program includes developers, consultants
and independent software vendors that provide value-added services for
Google enterprise products.
For more information on the Google Enterprise Professional program, please
visit www.google.com/enterprise/gep.
About Arcot Systems
Arcot Systems is a leading provider of risk-based authentication, strong
authentication, digital signing and cardholder authentication solutions.
The company makes online transactions safe for millions of customers by
blocking fraud and protecting access. Arcot technology defends against
Internet threats including phishing, man-in-the-middle, and spyware.
Its software-only authentication solutions eliminate the need for hardware
tokens and complex login processes providing customers with strong,
PKI-based authentication with the simplicity of a username/password
interface. Arcot offerings are compliant with U.S. and international
standards including SAML, OpenID, 3-D Secure, IdenTrust, SAFE and FFIEC
Internet Banking Authentication recommendations. For more information,
visit http://www.arcot.com.
Google, Google Apps, Google Enterprise Professional Program, Gmail, Google
Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs & Spreadsheets are trademarks of
Google Inc. Arcot, Arcot WebFort and ArcotID are registered trademarks of
Arcot Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners, and are used for identification purposes only.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Kathleen McVey
Arcot Systems Inc.
+1 408-969-6202
kathleen@arcot.com
