Entersekt: Providing Strong Authentication and Transaction Signing Capabilities

Did you know that mobile malware has grown by 300% over the last year? Realizing this, Entersekt, a tech company based out of Cape Town, South Africa, has developed unique technologies to create and secure a digital channel between a mobile device and financial institutions.

An IBM Business Partner, Entersekt uses IBM Security Access Manager to enable rich authentication platforms for their customers.

In this video Entersekt’s CIO discusses the importance of:

Engaging the end customer without risking sensitive data
Enabling transaction signing capabilities
Securing the mobile channel
Deploying public certificate technology

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