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27 October 2010: FireID has been awarded the 2010 World New Product Innovation Award by Frost & Sullivan recognising FireID's accomplishments in the mobile OTP key authentication sector. More...

11 November 2010: It was in late 2008 that Justin Stanford, a 24-year- old high school dropout went to ask SA billionaire Johann Rupert to invest in a start-up technology company. He got R8m in venture capital, a form of seed funding. More...

11 November 2010: Safe, secure access to VPNs (virtual private networks) and web applications is now easier than ever for Australasian businesses, thanks to FireID, a South African-developed One Time Password (OTP) generation solution and local distributor Chillisoft. "Our field services team need to securely access our VPN at all hours and from any location," says Aldo Coetzee, Network Administrator for CallPlus, "but we didn't want to burden them with too many passwords or physical tokens. The FireID solution, which we have deployed successfully as a 'proof-of-concept', is ideal for our team as it is easy to install, cost-effective and, of course, extremely secure. We had looked at other solutions on the market and none matched the flexibility and convenience that FireID provides." More...

7 October 2010: BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- FireID (Pty) Ltd, a leading innovator of world-class security applications for mobile authentication, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Neurona Inc de Colombia, providers of electronic transaction solutions. Neurona joins FireID's rapidly growing network of Latin American channel partners as part of its initiative to expand into the Region. Through this agreement, Neurona will integrate FireID's two-factor authentication solutions into their electronic payments platform providing its clients with a secure way to manage their online transactions. More...

4 October 2010: FireID has seamlessly integrated support for Google's recently released two-factor authentication offering into the FireID mobile security solution - extending the Google offering to a broader range of mobile platforms, The FireID solution means that businesses can have the functionality of Google's two-factor security on a wide variety of phones and platforms beyond the BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android devices supported by Google, a capability that affords the enterprise low long-term costs around maintenance and support and an end-to-end enterprise authentication solution. More...

28 September 2010: PR Newswire - São Paulo, Brasil, 28 de setembro de 2010 - A FireID (Pty) Ltd, inovadora líder em aplicativos de segurança de nível internacional para autenticação de dispositivos móveis, anuncia hoje que o distribuidor para a América Latina, LogicFound Authentication Solutions LLC, assinou acordo de revenda com a Visiant Security do Brasil, fornecedores do espectro completo de serviços e soluções de consultoria de tecnologia da informação e de comunicações (TIC). More...

30 September 2010: Why go to the trouble of hacking if you can find an easier method? Why not just pay mobile phone company employees to simply give you the codes that can unlock users’ unique SIM cards? That is what, apparently, has been happening for the last five years in France. The outside crooks paid the inside crooks €3 for each code, and then sold them on to hackers for €30. More...

7 September 2010: It’s not every day we get to post about venture capital flowing to a Southern African company with global ambitions, but here goes: FireID, a provider of security applications for mobile authentication, has secured 5 million euros (roughly $6.4 million) from Jersey-based early-stage investment firm 4Di Capital. More...

21 August 2010: FireID, the local developer of innovative mobile authentication solutions, has expanded its operations into the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. More...

21 August 2010: Prevention and protection: Jenny Dugmore reveals the importance of authentication to ensure against identify theft. More...

24 June 2010: Leading Storage Integrator Expands into Data Security Sector through Reseller Agreement with FireID More...

02 June 2010: FireID Expands UK Market Presence with First Option Tech Support Partnership More...

25 May 2010: Nebulas Solutions Group to Offer Mobile Two-Factor Authentication Solutions from FireID More...

18 May 2010: FireID Partners with Cirrus Management Solutions to Bring Mobile Two-Factor Authentication Solutions to the UK Market More...

13 May 2010: Interactive Investor partners with FireID to reduce online financial transaction risk More...

17 March 2010: FireID Authentication Platform for Banks protects financial transactions against sophisticated threats More...

26 November 2009: Leading analyst firm places FireID ahead of its competition and commends product as superior to current hardware tokens and SMS-based authentication solutions More...

30 October 2009: Is your business thinking of implementing token based authentication? Let me guess, you've already got quotes from RSA and Vasco, well put those quotes aside and take a look at FireID. More...

29 October 2009: FireID, which has developed the world's first universal personal authenticator, deployed via a cellphone, now has an offshore presence in North America, Slovenia and New Zealand. More...

28 October 2009: Internet Solutions has become the first large Internet service provider to deploy locally developed FireID, a world-leading authentication solution, to its customer base. More...

1 September 2009: STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA – FireID, a leading provider of world-class security applications for mobile authentication, today announced the company has appointed Lawrence T. Levine as President of its U.S. and American based operations. The company launched its American presence in April 2009. More...

13 July 2009: Vodacom employee arrested. SMS banking is not safe. The Citizen learns that the security chain between the bank and the phone user has been breached. More...

13 July 2009: You get a text message from your bank telling you there's been suspicious activity on your account. You call the number on your phone to see what's going on, and before you know it, you're a victim. More...

13 July 2009: This application for one-time password authentication for mobile phones works with the FireID authentication server to provide higher security than re-usable passwords. More...

13 July 2009: As advances in mobile technology continue to encourage distributed work teams and remote network access, ensuring a secure connection to networked resources has become a growing priority within the enterprise. More...

2 July 2009: Fresh from the US launch of its universal personal authenticator, Cape-based FireID, a company that provides personal authentication via mobile phones[F1], has deployed its application to the Blackberry and iPhone smartphones. More...

16 June 2009: Security vendor FireID is blazing a new trail in the U.S. market with a channel program, North American product launch and a new Silicon Valley headquarters. CEO Jenny Dugmore sat down with Channel Insider’s Sharon Linsenbach to talk tokens, market opportunity and channel programs. More...

30 April 2009: FireID, a leading provider of world-class security applications for mobile authentication, today announced the U.S. launch of its revolutionary FireID universal personal authenticator that turns any mobile phone into a convenient and powerful self-contained, one-time-password (OTP) generator to enable highly secure VPN access and online transactions. More...

30 April 2009: In a perfect world, every action performed by any user in an organisation could be verified. It could be proven that a user was who he claimed to be, that he had the right permissions to use the services he was using, and that those particular actions could be indisputably tied to him. More...

21 April 2009: FireID, a leading provider of world-class security applications for mobile authentication, today announced the U.S. launch of its revolutionary FireID universal personal authenticator that turns any mobile phone into a convenient and powerful self-contained, one-time-password (OTP) generator to enable highly secure VPN access and online transactions. More...

20 April 2009: Start-up secure authentication software developer FireID is to take its one-time password solution into the competitive US market this week, even though it has not yet secured any domestic orders. More...

17 April 2009: FireID, the Stellenbosch-based secure authentication software developer, is set to enter the US market with its cell phone-based one-time password solution. More...

16 April 2009: FireID, the Stellenbosch-headquartered developer of South Africa's first cell phone-based one-time password authentication solution, has chosen leading enterprise software solution provider Sybase SA as its first local channel partner. More...

16 April 2009: FireID, the developer of South Africa's first cell phone-based one-time password authentication solution, has chosen enterprise software solution provider Sybase SA as its first local channel partner. More...

April 2009: Die IT maatskappy FireID in Stellenbosch stel van 20 tot 24 April sy selfoonprogram waarmee 'n persoon sy identiteit kan bevestig in die VSA bekend. Toegang tot vertroulike inligting kan so verkry word. More...

15 April 2009: FireID, the developer of South Africa's first cellphone-based one-time password authentication solution, has chosen leading enterprise software solution provider Sybase SA as its first local channel partner. More...

11 April 2009: FireID, the Stellenbosch-based developer of one-time password technology, has appointed IT industry veteran Jenny Dugmore as its CEO. More...

April 2009: Tough economic times result in more insider threats, which means identity and access management (IAM) needs to be on everyone's agenda. More...

12 February 2009: 'n Plaaslike selfoonprogram waarmee 'n persoon sy identiteit kan bevestig vir toegang tot vertroulike inligting kan sorg dat 'n Stellenbosse IKT-maatskappy binnekort 'n groot deurbraak in die VSA maak. More...

26 January 2009 - ITWeb: South African industrialist Johann Rupert has placed bridging finance in FireID, a technology start-up company, which could pave the way for a more significant investment from one of his companies. More...

21 December 2008: Remembering usernames and passwords is the bane of many an Internet user's existence More...

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July 2008 - SA Computer Magazine: FireID mentioned in SA Computing Magazine (SACM) in July 2008. More...

July 2008 - Brainstorm: Justin Stanford CEO of Eset Nod32 Southern Africa and FireID (www.fireflight.co.za) featured in a Brainstorm Magazine for July 2008. More...

July 2008 - Network Times: FireID MAS (Mobile Authentication System) featured in Network Times magazine for July. More...

21 May 2008 - Computing SA: FireID MAS, a South African technology company, has announced the release of the FireID mobile authentication solution, designed to replace traditional mobile authentication methods. More...

20 May 2008 - Traffic Integrated: FireID MAS, an innovative South African technology company, provides a revolutionary, two-factor, one-time-password (OTP) authentication solution for a multitude of applications, by generating secure passwords on user's mobile phones. More...