Authentication
Silver Award:
VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Service
VeriSign, like other authentication vendors, has benefited from a glut of regulatory activity mandating two-factor authentication, in particular the FFIEC guidance for online banking.
Product manager Jeff Burstein says VeriSign will concentrate development on new credential choices, including enhancements to its one-time password credit card form factor. Burstein explains that the card, built on OATH one-time password standards, fits into a consumer's wallet--preferable he says to early one-time password generators made of metal that were awkward to carry around.