Sold as an affordable online service MyPW delivers OTP authentication using a simple, secure API that’s suited to a range of solutions for desktops, web applications, consumers and general service providers.
MyPW is an intriguing proposition. It provides a range of services and importantly pricing schemes that attempt to suit everyone, from small businesses to enterprise-level corporations. Effectively, MyPW has two packages - one is a hosted-service, while the other is aimed at enterprises. Each is priced accordingly.
For the smaller business, MyPW hosted-service eliminates many financial and administrative headaches. This model is really quite innovative, it eliminates upfront purchase or contract cost for cash flow sensitive small businesses. MyPW charges on a per-person basis, so it’s feasible to deploy it to a test group without major disruption or financial impact.
MyPW provides an API and website to manage the OTP authentication system, delivering basic access and account information. Supported mobile devices include BlackBerry, iPhone and Android smartphones. Authentication also works with RADIUS servers, and it’s possible to secure SSH logins for Linux desktops with an OTP via a supplied PAM.
At the enterprise level, MyPW can provide hardware tokens based on either RSA SecureID or CryptoCard. Beyond hardware tokens and server costs, additional charges ($9.95 per user) for token activation and $1 per month per user are collected.
The MyPW servers provide final authentication, so while this solution eliminates deployment costs and remains platform agnostic, it does lose some control, which might be uncomfortable for some enterprises.