The ArrayShield IDAS provides protection against common hacking attacks and several new attacks that are becoming popular among fraudsters. Other solutions, including one-time-password (OTP) generator tokens, do not offer the same level of protection against attacks such as the Real-time Replay attacks. This whitepaper elaborates on the list of known hacking attacks and shows how ArrayShield IDAS protects against those attacks.

During March 2011, Market Leader in Authentication product announced that an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attack has happened on their two-factor authentication product. This led to loss of millions of dollars to the customers & vendor. This Whitepaper explains the design methodologies for building a robust Two Factor Authentication system and how IDAS is protected from APT attacks.

Even though SMS based 2FA solutions are available plenty in the market, there is always a dependency and reliability factor on these solution. As Reserve Bank of India (RBI) quoted SMS based solution has several issues or inconvenience due to factors like network availability, restriction to a particular phone number, non-availability of the service when customer travels abroad, timing out of online transactions due to slow speed of OTP transmission etc. This Whitepaper explains in detail the various pitfalls of a SMS based 2FA solution and how business continuity can be affected.

With hacking being highly funded and an organized industry, the usage of traditional passwords as a means of securing user authentication is no longer considered safe. Passwords are now considered the weakest link and prone to intrusion. This Whitepaper explains the risks in relying on passwords as the only authentication mechanism and suggests choosing a strong authentication mechanism that can protect the confidential business assets.