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Verizon to enhance its cloud-based services

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Unauthorized access to corporate networks through stolen user names and passwords topped 45 percent in 2010, according to the “Verizon 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report,” making credentials the second most compromised data type.

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Verizon said in a release here on Monday that it is enhancing its cloud-based Enterprise Identity Services to give businesses more ways to authenticate users to corporate networks while offering strong security protection.

The release said that the Verizon’s next generation of Enterprise Identity Services will now support popular devices such as smartphones and tablets -- including those running on the iOS operating system as well as Android and BlackBerry devices.

This process will enable users to more easily gain access to corporate networks using a two-factor authentication — a process where a dynamic code is issued to the end user that is used along with a personal identification number (PIN).

In addition, Verizon’s identity services will now enable digital signing capabilities for contracts, wills and other legally binding documents, the release added.

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