Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Another Great Example

This blog entry by Dave Jevans presents another excellent example of a case where multi-factor authentication would have been valuable in preventing a costly security breach.

http://blog.ironkey.com/?p=136

Interestingly, the comment at the bottom of the page indicates that multi-factor authentication systems are vulnerable to Man In The Middle attacks. While that's true for the traditional One Time Password devices like RSA SecurID, it's not the case for more modern systems, including (shameless plug coming) the USB Flash Key based system offered by Enterprise-in-a-Flash (www.enterpriseinaflash.com), as well as numerous other innovative solutions on the market today. I'm hoping people start to learn more about the options and see that the market is responding to the requirements...

1 comment:

IK said...

Does EnterpriseInAFlash use hardware encryption and authentication, or is it software loaded onto a regular usb flash drive??

- Dave
www.ironkey.com