PhoneFactor

PhoneFactor is a proprietary

push notifications to verify identity.^[1]^[2]

PhoneFactor was originally developed by Positive Networks Inc., founded in 2001 by Tim Sutton and Steve Dispensa.

References

^ Haiyang Qian; Chandra S. Surapaneni; Steve Dispensa; Deep Medhi (June 2009). Service Management Architecture and System Capacity Design for PhoneFactor--A Two-Factor Authentication Service (PDF). IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2009). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27.
^ Haiyang Qian; Chandra S. Surapaneni; Marsh Ray; Steve Dispensa; Deep Medhi (April 2010). DReaM-Cache: Distributed Real-Time Transaction Memory Cache to Support Two-Factor Authentication Services and its Reliability (PDF). IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS'2010). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27.
^ ^a ^b "Positive Networks changes name to PhoneFactor". Kansas City Business Journal. bizjournals.com. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ "Two-Factor Authentication Without Tokens: Positive Networks Debuts PhoneFactor(TM)" (Press release). Business Wire. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ Quain, John R. (8 Oct 2008). "Logging on Securely, and Confirmed via a Cellphone Call as a Sentinel Against Intruders". New York Times / NYT.com.
^ "Microsoft buys security vendor PhoneFactor". Computerworld. 4 Oct 2012.