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ASTAV, inc.

NOPHISH™ technology / SignSafe service

Conference
DEMO 06
Market Segment
Enterprise IT infrastructure
Funding Details
Privately funded. Now raising Series A.
Competitors
Tokens, Biometrics, Smart Cards and other identity-management players: ActivCard, Bioscrypt, Cybertrust, Digital Persona, Entrust, nCipher, Novell, AXENT, RSA Security, Sun, Tumbleweed, VeriSign
Product Description
ASTAV’s NOPHISH™ technology/SignSafe service give people identity fraud protection online and in the physical world. Unlike existing two-factor solutions, ASTAV’s technology is inexpensive to deploy for institutions and remarkably easy to use for their customers. In an age of increasing regulatory (FFIEC) pressure, financial institutions can now protect themselves while simultaneously offering their customers a comprehensive ID theft protection service, thereby turning security into a profit center.
Market Opportunity
Janney estimates the total authentication market revenue in 2004 was $2.95 billion, and believes it will reach $6.77 billion by 2008, anticipating a growth rate of 15.8% compound annual growth rate through 2009.
DEMO Says
ASTAV is on a mission to rid the computing world of the risks that threaten consumers. The company's latest offering brings two-factor authentication to transactions online and off, without the burden of cumbersome hardware tokens or cryptic passwords. This convenient, inexpensive approach slips into the mainstream of merchant transaction processes that should help spur adoption. SHOW
Contact
George West
gw@ASTAV.net
Company Address
2247 A Old Middlefield Way
Mountain View, CA 94043
Primary Phone
650-940-1198
Primary Fax
650-940-1299
URL
www.ASTAV.net
Corporate Officers
Yonah Alexandre Bronstein, PhD, President; Ira Machefsky, Executive Vice President, Business Development; George West, Director of Marketing; Gavriel Meir-Levi, Director of Security Sales & Services

This SignSafe thing (http://www.astav.net/_NOPHISH/) could end identity fraud, why aren't the banks deploying it on their websites?
By Anonymous on June 12, 2008, 12:01 pm

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