Top 5 Two-Factor Authentication Products by Protectimus
Protectimus is one of the biggest and most reliable two-factor authentication providers. We’ve been developing cutting-edge 2FA solutions since 2014. Being a coordination member of the OATH Initiative for Open Authentication, Protectimus is one of the strongest voices in the propagation of ubiquitous strong authentication. The main problem Protectimus works on is perfecting multi-factor auth solutions, to make 2FA easier, cheaper, and...
How to Enable Protectimus Self-Service Portal
The Protectimus two-factor authentication service and on-premise platform offer a self-service feature that allows users to independently perform a number of actions related to issuing and managing their OTP tokens and their own data. The system administrator determines which actions are available to users. The list of possible actions includes: registration of new tokens;registration of existing tokens;re-assigning the...
Securing VPN with Two-Factor Authentication
VPN, or virtual private network, is a popular and proven security tool used by companies across the globe to protect remote access to their corporate networks, especially today when almost every company switched to remote work, at least in part. VPN allows the creation of an encrypted link between a user and the company’s private server. And while this secures the corporate infrastructure from the direct attacks of malicious agents,...
New Programmable TOTP token Protectimus Flex
Listen to this article You asked, and we delivered – the new programmable TOTP token Protectimus Flex in a key fob format is already here! Unlike our other popular programmable hardware token Protectimus Slim NFC, the new Protectimus Flex TOTP token comes in the form of a key fob. This makes our latest two-factor authentication hardware token more comfortable to use, and more durable. The security token can easily be fastened to...
Two-Factor Authentication Solutions Comparison: Google Authenticator vs. Protectimus
People often ask us to compare the Protectimus two-factor authentication solutions with Google Authenticator and explain how we’re better. In this article, we’ll try to answer these questions. Firstly, keep in mind that Google Authenticator is only a one-time password generator app. One of our tokens, the Protectimus Smart OTP, works similarly to this app. However, in any authentication system, what really matters is not...