Yet another bank chooses a secure future

Posted on April 5, 2017April 5, 2017

Together with our partner company Lydsec, Keypasco are pleased to welcome our new customer – Agricultural Bank of Taiwan. They are the 17th customer to use the Keypasco Solution to provide state-of-the-art authentication to enhance the online security for their end-users. The Agricultural Bank of Taiwan (ABT) is the only officially authorized banking institution in […]

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Money Guard Technologies and Keypasco creates cyber security in the GCC region

Posted on February 13, 2017February 13, 2017

Keypasco has now teamed up with the Dubai based company Money Guard Technology to cover the GCC region. Together we can implement the Keypasco technology and enhance Internet security in the region. Internet security is not a national, but a global problem that needs to be solved. All over the world people are becoming more […]

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The new road to Internet security

Posted on November 10, 2016November 10, 2016

Over the years, reports have been pouring in about leaked account information, stolen passwords, credit card fraud and other troublesome and costly incidents, all due to poor security solutions. Now, the Swedish company Keypasco has come up with a solution that could revolutionize how we address the security problem. Internet security is an on-going problem […]

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Singapore grants Keypasco patent for PKI Sign

Posted on October 25, 2016October 25, 2016

To secure the core technology, the foundation of the Keypasco authentication solution, Keypasco has filed patent applications in all major countries. Keypasco are now happy to announce that the patent application for PKI Sign has been granted in Singapore. Keypasco´s aim is to make the Internet a safer place and to constantly provide cutting-edge security […]

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Japan grants Keypasco new patents for PKI Sign and Dynamic URL

Posted on September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

To secure our core security technology, the foundation for Keypasco’s authentication solution, Keypasco has filed patent applications in all major countries. We are now happy to announce that the patent applications for PKI Sign and Dynamic URL has been granted in Japan. In total Keypasco holds four different patents that are granted in at least one country, including […]

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Keypasco Selected as Red Herring Top 100 Europe 2016 Winner

Posted on April 19, 2016September 2, 2016

Keypasco has been recognized as a winner of the Red Herring Europe 2016 Award based on innovation and a sound business model for its Keypasco secure multi-factor authentication and secure mobility solution, including the Keypasco PKI Sign. In the past, companies such as Palo Alto Networks, Tenable Network Security, Veracode, Checkmarx and Qualys were among the […]

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Red Herring Announces Keypasco as a Finalist for the 2016 Top 100 Europe

Posted on March 31, 2016March 31, 2016

Keypasco was announced as a finalist in the global 2016 RedHerring Top 100 Europe Award for the Keypasco Solution, this award is a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region. Keypasco was shortlisted because the Keypasco solution, which is a patented multi-factor authentication & mobile security. The […]

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Keypasco’s break-through on the banking market: Hua Nan Commercial Bank in Taiwan is launching the Keypasco solution

Posted on August 6, 2015April 5, 2016

Keypasco are happy to announce that Hua Nan Commercial Bank (HNCB) in Taiwan is deploying Keypasco’s patented authentication solution to secure their mobile banking and Internet banking services for all 6,3 million customers. “Our 隨行保鑣 (Mobile Guardian) offers our customers a user-friendly and secure mobile banking/Internet banking service through a mobile app. No more hardware […]

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New Patent granted Keypasco in China

Posted on July 24, 2015April 1, 2016

Core technology of Keypasco is now patented in China. The patented core technology with device authentication in a two-channel structure is already implemented in Keypasco products, which mitigates phishing, man-in-the-middle, man-in-the-browser, and more. Keypasco has filed patent applications in all major countries to secure its core software technology, which is the foundation for the Keypasco […]

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Award Winning Multi-factor Authentication Company Keypasco are Excited for the 2015 RSA Conference

Posted on March 23, 2015April 1, 2016

The security limitations within mobility and the users wish for usability has pushed service providers to explore secure mobility options for their services. The estimated revenue of mobile services in 2015 are $600 billion and this makes the mobile platform a hacker’s first choice for victims. Mobility is a revolution in flexibility, and the only […]

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Device authentication

We offer a “token” for end users without the administration, logistics and hardware cost by using the devices the end users already own!

Security By Your Own Device!

The secure token is the identified device a user already carry, examples could be a smartphone, tablet, browser or a desktop/laptop computer.

Geographical locations

(geo-fencing)

Access is only allowed from locations that are approved, and the approved geographical location can be as large as a country or a continent, or just as small as a city.

We make sure that if a user moves from point A to B that they verify that it is indeed the true user who has moved.

2-channel structure

The Keypasco technology offers a strong authentication solution consisting of the Keypasco server (Borgen), one or several clients (Vakten), and a web channel.

The first channel sends information between the end user’s device/browser and the Internet Content Provider.
The second channel sends information between the end user’s device/Vakten client and the authentication server.

Then the verification of the end user´s attempt is done via the multi-factor levels of security. The Keypasco server verifies the device authentication, geographical location, micro proximity devices (optional), and the risk management.

Micro proximity

The micro proximity feature adds an additional level of security by appointing a dedicated micro proximity device. If this micro proximity device is not in immediate proximity to the Vakten for Desktop client the user can’t login or sign any transactions.

For an example: if device 1 is used to login to an account then device 2 (which is the micro proximity device) has to be within centimetres of device 1 to be logged in.

Risk management

Our risk management analysis feature provides a risk score for each attempt done by the end user. The risk score and it´s value is determent by indicators such as correct device, proximity of additional secure devices, Out Of Band verifications, geographical locations/geofencing, previous fraud and fraud trends etc.

This analysis is improved continuously and is an active part of the service to quickly mitigate new threats.

PKI Sign

The Keypasco PKI Sign feature is a dynamic feature that offers ICPs full support of PKI in a portable mobile device. The feature is based upon the core concepts:

a end users credentials, only known by the correct user,
a transaction can only be approved from the correct device,
a transaction can only be approved from an approved location.

We can guarantee by utilizing the PKI Sign that the signature is done by the correct user. Keypasco has invented (and patented) a new innovative way of using a users mobile device as a secure soft carrier of private keys.

An end users private key is divided into three parts: a client part, a server part, and a secret (PIN). The private keys can only be put together and sign a transaction if the end user has all three parts. The correct user is the only one who knows the secret to achieve the client part, and the server part is only achieved when the correct device and location has identified itself.

The feature does not require a Trusted Platform or a Secure Element, and Keypasco can provide the generating of keys, and verify the signatures if no established PKI CA is provided by the Internet Content Provider through an optional plugin.

Macro proximity

Access is only allowed from locations that are approved, and a user need to have his or hers devices within a reasonable distance of each other.

If the devices are too far apart (example: the distance between point A and point B) it will result in a weak macro proximity score.

GeoOTP

The Keypasco GeoOTP is a complementary mechanism for offline situations. This feature is suitable when a user is in a situation without network access.

The GeoOTP provides information about where the device is located and which device that is being used.

Local sign

Keypasco offers Internet Content Providers a way to provide user a option to sign transactions via the Desktop Client. The Vakten for Desktop client presents a window with the transaction details and asks the user to approve or deny.

This signature option is presented on the same Desktop device that initiated the attempt, but all the information is secured by the 2-channel structure.

Vakten™ Smartphone

The Vakten client is installed on the end users smartphone device to identity the device and location. This Vakten has two functionalities:

To send the device authentication and geographical location information to the Keypasco server Borgen,
and to receive tasks to confirm attempts, which is usually payment signatures or Out of Band recovery.

Supported platforms: Android & iOS.

The Keypasco server – Borgen™

The Keypasco server Borgen is self-scalable to handle any volume, and we offer a SLA on 99,999% uptime on the Cloud Server.

Borgen store the unique identifiers (made up by the device authentication, geographical location, micro proximity devices (optional), and the Risk management.) in the anticipation that an Internet Content Provider and the Vakten software send in an authentication and/or sign attempt.

When an attempt is received, Borgen match the sets of identifiers sent through the different channels with the saved ones.

The Keypasco Server Borgen is offered to be hosted in both the Clouds and On-premise as a Server License.

Vakten™ Browser

The Keypasco product Browser Vakten is an easy and quickly deployable product tailored as an entry level product on it’s own, but comes to it’s full strength in combination with the Keypasco client Smartphone Vakten.

It doesn’t require any installation procedure on client devices; it is instead an integrated part of the web layer of the Internet Content Provider’s web site by an embedded JavaScript.

The Vakten client is installed in the end users browser to identity the device and location. This Vakten has one functionality:

To send the device authentication and geographical location information to the Keypasco server Borgen

Supported platforms: Browsers (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, & Safari) on desktop (Windows, Mac OSX, & Linux) & smartphone (Android & iOS).

Vakten™ Desktop

The Vakten client is installed on the end users smartphone device to identity the device and location. This Vakten has two functionalities:

To send the device authentication and geographical location information to the Keypasco server Borgen,
and to receive tasks to confirm attempts, which is a local sign payment signatures.

Supported platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, & Linux.

Mitigated Threats

Phishing: Keypasco mitigates phishing by linking the user with a geographical location and the device authentication. A user’s username and password will not work from a wrong device or location.

Man in the Middle & Man in the Browser: Man in the Middle (MitM) and Man in the Browser (MitB) attacks are mitigated by Keypasco’s 2-channel structure and the Out of band secure notifications.

Malicious Virus Control (Viruses, Trojans, etc): Viruses, Trojans, and other infections can control or replicate an end user’s device. Keypasco mitigates these threats by offering Out of Band authentication, which enables a user to regain control of devices and accounts.

Theft/Robbery: In addition to virtual threats, physical theft of a device can compromise a user’s security.
With Keypasco’s proximity feature, a user’s account is safe even if a device is stolen.

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