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VeriSign Gets Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in
Multi- and Second-Factor Security
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
VeriSign, a provider of Internet infrastructure services for the
networked world, announced that Network Products Guide, a Silicon
Valley Communications publication and a publication on technologies and
solutions, has named the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP)
Authentication Service a winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services
Award.
The annual award honors products and services that represent the
end-users of technology worldwide.
The VIP Authentication Service is a two-factor authentication solution
hosted by VeriSign that offers a wide choice of credentials including
standalone tokens, credit card sized devices and mobile phones. The VIP
Authentication Service is deployed on the VIP Network, a shared network
enabling consumers to conveniently use a single security device to
authenticate themselves across any participating VIP-enabled Web site.
"Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are
helping shape better products and services," said Rake Narang, editor
in chief, Network Products Guide. "VIP is bringing improvements in
consumer authentication and identity protection online."
"For online businesses, trust is essential for success," said Kerry
Loftus, VP of consumer authentication, VeriSign. "By adding an extra
layer of protection beyond traditional log-ins with two-factor
authentication, organizations around the world are preserving the trust
they've built with their customers. We're pleased that the VIP
Authentication Service has received a 2008 Network Products Guide
Reader Trust Award, an honor that reflects the importance of keeping
consumers and businesses safe from the reach of fraudsters and identity
thieves."
Network Products Guide is a provider of products, technologies and
vendor related research and analysis.
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