ProtectID Competitive Analysis

What Makes ProtectID Different?

Platform Approach

Unlike other products which typically offer a single authentication method, ProtectID offers multiple authentication methods. This enables an enterprise to have a choice and have different authentication methods for different user populations based on risk level, cost and deployment strategies. Because the platform is extensible, newer authentication methods and interfaces can be added making the platform viable into the future.

Multiple "Out-of-Band" Authentication

The ProtectID platform supports five different out-of-band authentication methods, making it the most comprehensive out-of-band authentication solution in the market.

Backup Authentication

ProtectID enables any authentication method to backup any other method. For example, the phone can be used as a backup to a token. Thus existing token installations can deploy ProtectID as a backup authentication scheme and save on help desk costs.

Multiple Deployment Options

ProtectID can be deployed in the following ways

• On a single server
• On multiple servers with distributed components
• As an Cloud Service where the customer interfaces to the service via HTTP/SOAP/RADIUS
• As an "Out-of-Band Cloud Service" wherein the customer stores the authentication data and uses ProtectID as the out-of-band authentication channel

Support for Transaction Authentication

Due to its text-to-speech capability, ProtectID can deliver a summary of the transaction to be authenticated. This is useful in preventing Man-In-The-Middle attacks

Competitive Analysis

Listed below is the competitive analysis of StrikeForce’s ProtectID Out-of-Band authentication platform against other leading vendor’s