Remote Working - simplified with LiveEnsure- Unified Communications Show.

LONDON, March 8, 2011

A key subject at todays Unified Communications Expo 2011 http://www.ucexpo.co.uk is the new era of the 'remote worker' Today new research indicates that remote working is still a controversial topic in the UK.

Research among delegates who pre-registered to attend illustrates that there's still a difference of opinion when it comes to remote working in the UK. Almost exactly half of those surveyed claimed that people are accepting of remote working and that home working can be just as productive, indicating that attitudes here are almost perfectly split down the middle. There is however a marked difference between the technology- and business-focused attendees with 61% of the technology audience against just 45% of the business audience agreeing that it's acceptable.

79% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that smartphones are essential to their business, implying that, even if attitudes towards home working are divided, attitudes towards mobile integration are not.

LiveEnsure™, is able to provide secure multi-factor authentication for a variety of corporate network resources for internal and external security.

Remote Access / VPN
Protecting remote access mechanisms in the corporate network is crucial to prevent unauthorised access by external users. LiveEnsure™ is able to protect these resources with strong authentication and is easily integrated by your web developer or digital agency. It is a mashup.

Web- Authentication Security- Protecting Login.
LiveEnsure™ is the solution for providing convenient, strong authentication to an external user base which accesses a web service or application, such as internet banking, e-commerce sites, commercial portals or document repositories. LiveEnsure™ can be deployed directly from our portal it easy is to deploy and manage, and will integrate simply into your web infrastructure.



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LiveEnsure introducing Authentication to The Game Developers Conference.

LiveEnsure is attending the GDC – The Game Developers Conference (GDC), San Francisco the world’s largest professionals-only game industry event.

http://www.gdceurope.com/


Authentication is an essential layer of security for companies who are active in the online, mobile, betting, bingo, casino, lottery and street gaming sectors.

Christian Hessler will be discussing our authentication solution with programmers, producers, game designers, audio professionals and others involved in the development of interactive games.

The exhibition is packed with hundreds of genuine gaming innovators who will be launching thousands of new products and technologies.

This short video gives a short introduction into how we protect gamers online.

http://bit.ly/etggX6

Phone Apps Insecure!

It is becoming more clear to me that as we move into the mobile age, companies need to move to the next generation of identity security. Even the big brands are still burying their heads in the sand, majoring on what the password is its format etc rather than adding another factor to their security.

The world we live in today is fastly moving to mobile, ipads, tablets and phones are the way we all transact, the normal username/password credentials are just not enough to protect us. Yet apps and retailers still expect us to hang our 'assets' on the line when interacting with them. Only yesterday I read that the Starbucks app is insecure, why are they missing that necessary authentication layer.

Starbucks...
Mobile barcode scanning apps have come under fire recently. Earlier this month, security researchers found that the Starbucks iPhone app – which embeds a customer’s payment information in a picture of a barcode – can be hijacked in about 90 seconds. See Christian's Hesslers feature on Privacy Daily.


http://paper.li/tag/privacy

Brands who are developing mobile apps and websites can simply deploy LiveEnsure to protect their users from phishing, pharming and man in the middle attacks.LiveEnsure™ uses Digimetric™ technology to uniquely identify computers, cellphones and other devices, without building profiles of the people who use them.

Authentication is importand for The Big Society

17 February 2011, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
#bsngiving


The UK Government's great ambition is to build a stronger more resilient society where people have more control over their lives and local communities have the motivation and capability to take decisions which impact on them on a daily basis.

This 'Big Society' requires us to develop a generous culture of giving and mutual support.

The Big Society Network exists to convene people from across society to think about, support and generate new ideas to help enable people pursue their individual and collective aspirations.

Give it Up! is a unique opportunity to bring together established thought leaders in this field along with people with new ideas and technology know-how.

LiveEnsureTM will engage with the fresh thinking, and a forum for new connections and ideas.


With Big Society moving to the cloud the security challenge is really about securing the access points – the doors ( and windows if applicable ) to your house ( of data ). For standard lock read – user name and password.

And the reality is that most applications that are accessed via a standard user name and password ‘lock’ are hosted in the Cloud and insecure. LiveEnsure™ is much stronger authentication not identification, easy to implement and easy to scale.
It is a solution that is easy accessible and implementable a SAAS solution; one that is easy to scale (The end user does not have to carry around some kind of device like a dongle or USB key) and one that is strong (is immune to traditional hacks).

We are happy to demonstrate and would like to offer to charities free of charge, your developers can download the freemium version now.

2011 The Year of Authentication for Security!

Last year ended with Gartner's John Pescatore note on the need for stronger authentication and a move away from relying upon reusable passwords. This post was driven by the recent Gawker incident but is simply more evidence toward what Gartner has been saying all along authentication is an essential as a security factor.

The one area where companies could get the most immediate value for their security budget is with stronger authentication. In the mentioned note Pescatore states:

LiveEnsure is trying to remove the barriers to multi-factor authentication to make stronger security available to everyone. LiveEnsure™ is embracing digital device fingerprinting technology for authentication with Digimetrics™, our patent-pending technology based on a synthesis of multiple factors. The "fingerprinting" data is challenged "outside" the browser, its data is *not* shared, and the process is session/commerce context specific, i.e. purpose-built keys - the "smarter" and "safer" version of a universal fingerprint. This architecture is based on years of study - finding that trusting purely general-built keys is great for convenience but not worthy for security.

LiveEnsure™ sits in the gap - providing strong, real-time authentication, using a universally unique digital footprint of a laptop, ipad, device or smartphone. There is nothing for the user to download, install and no out of band/dongle/token to look after. The login process is seamless the clever device recognition happens without the user being aware, checking the device fingerprint in real time as part of a secure triangulation.











Full Note Link below:

http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2010/12/17/the-future-of-passwords-put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket-and-really-really-watch-that-basket-or-stop-using-eggshells-as-the-foundation-of-e-commerce/

Digital Fingerprinting is an essential part of authentication!

The Wall Street Journal headlines last week announced the Race Is On to 'Fingerprint' Phones, PCs. Device fingerprinting is a powerful emerging tool in internet security trade, and LiveEnsure™ is leading the way with its SaaS authentication offering for web and mobile.

It might seem that one computer is pretty much like any other. Far from it: Each has a different clock setting, different fonts, different software and many other characteristics that make it unique. So it makes perfect sense to uses Digimetric™ technology to uniquely identify computers, cellphones and other devices, without building and sharing profiles of the people who use them.

I can't understand why more websites and apps are not more rapidly embracing digital device fingerprinting technology for authentication. It adds an altogether new layer of security for the user, the site and the session. The "fingerprinting" data is challenged "outside" the browser, its data is *not* shared, and the process is session/commerce context specific, i.e. purpose-built keys - the "smarter" and "safer" version of a universal fingerprint. This architecture is based on years of study - finding that trusting purely general-built keys is great for convenience but not worthy for security.

LiveEnsure™ sits in the gap - providing strong, real-time authentication, using a universally unique digital footprint of a laptop, ipad, device or smartphone. There is nothing for the user to download, install and no out of band/dongle/token to look after. The login process is seamless the clever device recognition happens without the user being aware, checking the device fingerprint in real time as part of a secure triangulation.

Low price high strength, developers can mash up today at http://www.liveensure.com/

Tis the Season of Scammers...

This December, figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) forecast that UK shoppers are set to spend 16 per cent more online this year than last. Across the web security vendors, the e-crime unit and consumer associations are warning of the pre-christmas spike in e-crime.

The guardian highlighted the risks to businesses and consumers http://gu.com/p/2y257

ISACA has issued a series of tips for workers using company computers or devices for online shopping:

• Do not click on an email or web link from an unfamiliar sender or looks "too good to be true".

• Be careful with company information that can be accessed through your mobile device (it suggests using a privacy screen shield). Authenticating your staff is key to data security on devices.

• Password-protect your mobile device and its memory card.

• Make sure the security tools and processes protecting your work-supplied mobile devices are kept up to date.


In preparation for the expected increase in web activity businesses are looking to secure sites, access points and apps to protect themselves, staff and customers.

The majority of employees and consumers are still not security savvy and the e-criminals will plunder from your site or data if you don't secure your logins. It is simple to implement LiveEnsure™ so your customers can then trust your site - and all surprises will be strictly for under the tree. LiveEnsure™ . http://www.liveensure.com/

Our Customer Charter: Affordable, Accessible, Authentication for Web and Mobile.

Live Ensure™ secures your credentials and accounts protecting you online.
LiveEnsure™ the strong online authentication solution for Web and Mobile.
LiveEnsure™ deployed by your developer or agency from our portal.

Customers recognise and trust our comprehensive authentication provision, you can increase their confidence throughout the online retail journey with LiveEnsure™. Our authentication adds privacy enhancing security to your existing set up building trust and loyalty with your customers.

The LiveEnsure™ badge increases consumer confidence, the technology protects identities, information and transactions for online users.

The UK’s banking and retail industries are backing the Be Card Smart Online campaign. Their online campaign is raising awareness in consumers and educating them of the risks, they have published good advice on their site. http://www.becardsmart.org.uk/

If you are a consumer read a couple of these links it help you be safer on line, businesses mash up our freemium account to see how easy it is deploy authentication security.

‘tis the season to secure your sites’