The VeriSign-Microsoft alliance comes on the heels of a similar announcement by RSA and Microsoft. On Tuesday, the companies said RSA plans to enhance its SecurID tokens for the Microsoft Windows OS to provide single sign-on and environment-agnostic secure environments. Also, on Monday, VeriSign unveiled its OATH open authentication solution.
"The major difference is that RSA's [offering] is a proprietary architecture, whereas ours is an open architecture," Griffiths said. "Through OATH, we will be offering the infrastructure--in which the authentication will be done over the Internet--and delivering tokens to help stimulate the market."
VeriSign has signed an agreement with Aladdin Systems to deliver tokens, Griffiths said. OATH is slated to enter beta by April and become generally available by the end of this summer, he added.
OATH presents a tremendous opportunity for the channel, especially in the small and midsize markets, according to Griffiths. "This will be sold on a per-year, per-user basis," he said. "We are making the solution simpler for the end user, which will make it simpler for the reseller [to sell] as well."
Article appears courtesy of CRN.
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