Authentify Receives 2009 CODiE Award from Software & Information Industry Association
Authentify’s Out-of-Band Authentication Recognized
as Best Identity Management Solution
Chicago, IL – May 12, 2009 – Authentify, the leading provider of Out-of-Band Authentication, today announced it has been named winner in the “Best Identity Management Solution” category of the 2009 CODiE Awards. Authentify’s service, which employs a user’s phone as an authentication factor, making contact with a user while they are involved in a web session, was recognized at the SIIA sponsored CODiE awards gala held recently in San Francisco.
Authentify provides strong authentication of an identity by employing the telephone as a practical, cost-effective means of reaching out to the actual user and verifying the legitimacy of a web transaction. “We are extremely proud to be a CODiE Award winner,” said Peter Tapling, Authentify President & CEO. “We introduced phone based 2-Factor and multi-factor Out-of-Band Authentication 9 years ago. It’s gratifying to see our continuing technology and market development efforts recognized as leading edge.”
Authentify is used by many financial institutions, e-Commerce properties and corporate entities to verify user identities in a quick, real-time process, providing the most advanced identity protection available.
The CODiE Awards, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), represent a long history of rewarding innovation in the software industry. "Now in its 24th year, the CODiE Awards continue to recognize those companies providing the best new technology products and services across a broad array of industries," noted SIIA President Ken Wasch.About Authentify
Authentify Inc., provides automated authentication services to prominent global businesses, routinely protecting accounts and transactions in more than 150 countries. Authentify delivers an effective authentication process relying on making telephone contact with a user while they are managing an online account. It is a process that is practical for businesses, easy for users and effective worldwide by virtue of leveraging the reach and stability of the public switched telephone network. The company’s patented technology employs a message based architecture permitting easy layering with existing technology and infrastructure. The company’s primary focus is providing authentication services to enable routine but sensitive processes to complete with high levels of certainty. For more information visit Authentify at: www.authentify.com or contact:
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Authentify technologies protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 6,934,858/7,383,572/7,46,258
