Protection Against License Fraud Salt Lake City UT

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI) (www.vasco.com), a leading software security company specializing in authentication products, launches DIGIPASS® License Protection. DIGIPASS License Protection offers a solution for online application or Software as a Service (SaaS) vendors who are confronted with password or account sharing of their licensed solutions. DIGIPASS License Protection not only protects vendors from license fraud, it also protects the users of the online application from fraud through phishing, key loggers or man-in-the-middle attacks.

More and more business sectors look at the Internet to offer their goods. Computer users both in a leisure or business environment are increasingly using these online applications. Newspaper subscriptions, CRM, HRM, ERP, e-learning services, legal, marketing and real estate services, online gaming and gambling are more often consumed online. These services are not always free of charge; users often require a license to make use of the service. This results in companies buying a limited number of licenses and employees exchanging static passwords for the use of the licensed applications. These practices can impact the revenue stream and profitability of online application vendors.

With DIGIPASS License Protection online application vendors can protect themselves against the sharing of passwords, known as license fraud. DIGIPASS® authentication links one user to one license. This way the vendor can ensure himself that only licensed users gain access to accounts that they are licensed for. Additionally the vendor can protect his revenue stream while differentiating himself from the competition: he is offering a solution which complies with the growing regulatory obligations for online security and he is protecting his end-users from online transaction fraud or data theft.

DIGIPASS License Protection builds upon VASCO’s proven DIGIPASS and VACMAN technology.  With DIGIPASS License Protection, the application vendor implements VASCO’s IDENTIKEY® server or VACMAN® Controller for the management of the user authentication. Once the back-end authentication software is installed, the vendor will provision a hardware or software-based DIGIPASS to every licensed user. VASCO also offers DIGIPASS® API for the native embedding of the license mechanism into the vendor’s client application. Licensed users will register their DIGIPASS and their machines online. As of then they will use their DIGIPASS every time they log on to the application. The DIGIPASS generates a dynam...