11.09.05
Authentication Management
In business and personal life, AAA (authentication, authorization and audit) is an ongoing challenge. There are more and more passwords need to be managed. In general, it is hard to make a password hacker-proof, yet make it easy to remember for a user. This is not only a major hassle for enterprise (ie. system administrators who normally have many passwords to keep track of), but also consumers who have multiple web sites to sign-on. The simplest solution is to create a centralize password/digital identity storage and use that to map into various systems automatically (i.e. Encentuate and Metapass). Extend beyond that is to add a biometrics sensor that use body part for authentication, either finger print or facial recognition
- Encentuate: enterprise access security solution
** VCs: August Capital, Gabriel Venture Partners, VSP Capital - Metapass: Enterprise Single Sign-On with a single password administrator
- DigitalPersona: fingerprint authentication
** VCs: IDG Ventures, VantagePoint Venture, Invesco Private Capital, Atrium Capital, Intel - SafLink: authentication solutions using biometrics, smart cards, and tokens
- UPTEK: biometric fingerprint solutions
** VCs: STMicroelectronics, Diamondhead Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, EDBVM Singapore, Sofinnova - A4Vision: 3D face recognition technology
VCs: Menlo Ventures, Tako Ventures, Logitech, Singapore Technologies, Sunrise Capital
