Hewden, the equipment rental
provider, has chosen a mobile phone security token system to
protect its corporate systems when its rental team need to access
applications and data remotely.
Hewden, which has 360 service delivery centres throughout the
UK, has chosen the SecurAccess system from
SecurEnvoy.
SecurAccess is a two-factor authentication system that uses
mobile phones as virtual tokens. It removes hardware and deployment
management problems, and prevents keylogging attacks.
Hewden had originally considered the use of hardware tokens to
add a second authentication factor to its remote workforce, but
opted for virtual tokens as the most appropriate and effective
solution.
A one-time pass code is sent to a remote worker's individual
mobile phone to allow them to use the corporate system remotely.
They then simply enter their standard user name and Microsoft
password, plus the pass code from their mobile phone.
Once the pass code has been used, a new one is sent and the
previous pass code is overwritten.
Using SecurAccess is said to have saved Hewden between 50% and 60%
off the cost of using hardware tokens, as the user licence is
cheaper.
Tom Mann, Hewden infrastructure manager, said, "Hardware tokens are
expensive, not user friendly and all too easy to lose and break.
Mobile phones provide a much more robust solution and are very
straightforward to use.”
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