Google to intro two-step verification

BANGALORE, INDIA: In an effort to offer its users improved security featutres Google is planning to upgrade security for Google Apps. The new security step will be a two-step login verification process, said an Information Week report.

Google is expected to make the announcement at an enterprise conference called Atmosphere, which is being held in a hotel near Paris, France, the report said.

The two-step verification is already offered as an option by many online banks. An online banking customer can have a verification code sent to his or her mobile phone when a login attempt is initiated. In order to complete the login process successfully, the customer must supply the code sent to the mobile device in addition to a user name and password.

Starting Monday, if enabled by a Google Apps administrator, Google Apps Premiere, Government, and Education edition users have the option of receiving an SMS message or voice call on their mobile phones with a login verification code. Users of Android, Blackberry, and (soon) iPhone devices also have the option of downloading a mobile app called Google Authenticator that can generate a login verification code without the need for network access.

According to the IW report, Google plans to open-source the code for these mobile applications to allow third parties to adapt them to specific enterprise security needs, such as integration with an existing on-premises authentication system.

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