Arcot A-OK Versatile Authentication Service

The Cloud Authentication Leader
Arcot is the largest destination for Cloud authentication transactions. The service was launched in 2000 and is one of the most successful and widely adopted federated identity systems. The Arcot A-OK Service currently protects over 60 million business and consumer users worldwide. Employing highly-scalable, configurable level 4 SaaS architecture, A-OK delivers on-demand authentication to over 12,000 financial institutions and 200,000 e-businesses. Arcot provides all components necessary to deliver online fraud prevention and strong authentication in our SAS 70 certified, PCI DSS-compliant data center, eliminating the need to install, manage, or maintain any hardware or software on local servers.

Authentication-as-a-Service
The Arcot A-OK versatile authentication service helps you reduce your risk profile and meet your regulatory and compliance requirements while keeping costs under control. A-OK offers a variety of authentication methods that protect your users while accessing Web portals, VPNs, or shopping online including password, Question & Answer, risk-based authentication, OTP via SMS/email, EMV CAP/DPA chipcard support, OATH tokens, ArcotOTP secure software passcode-generator, and the ArcotID secure two-factor software credential. You can choose the authentication methods that best fit with your risk profile and user requirements. Implementing the A-OK service eliminates the headaches associated with installing hardware and software on-site so that organizations of any size can deploy risk-based and strong authentication in minutes.

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A-OK FOR ENTERPRISE: A-OK for Enterprise adds a transparent layer of security to any authentication process without changing your user’s sign-on behavior or requiring hardware tokens or cards. With A-OK, only authorized users gain access to your confidential, proprietary, or regulated data. Your users get the added benefit of having one credential for logging into all of their web applications.

A-OK FOR E-COMMERCE: A-OK for e-Commerce provides 3-D Secure compliant card authentication and fraud detection for issuers and merchants allowing consumers to shop online safely. The service provides multiple layers of protection for verifying the identity of the shopper using the card. These include standard password protection, risk-based authentication for transparent fraud detection, and strong authentication capabilities.

The A-OK Service is based on Arcot Authentication Products that can also be installed on-premise. For more information on Arcot Products click here.