Verizon revamps Cloud-based Identity Platform

Verizon Enterprise Solutions is expanding availability of its next-generation, Cloud-based identity platform – Verizon Universal Identity Services – to Europe, effective immediately. The platform, previously available only in the U.S., also boasts new user-friendly features, including an updated mobile app, Quick Response code-enabled access, and a simplified end-user interface, making identities easy to manage and use.

Verizon Universal Identity Services uses multifactor authentication to verify users are who, they say, are by combining an individual’s user’s name-password with a computing device that generates a one-time password or a biometric scan, such as fingerprint recognition. Verizon’s cloud-based identity services are an alternative to traditional solutions and provide an easier, faster, more flexible and secure way for organizations to implement two-factor authentication.

The bad guys are becoming increasingly more sophisticated as they continue to probe business and government networks to gain access and steal information. Verizon Universal Identity Services is transforming the business of validating online identities to provide a safer, more trustworthy Internet. Our platform will help achieve the vision of a single, trusted universal identity that individuals can use for all online activities, whether at home, at work or on the go, said David Small, Chief Platform Officer for Verizon Enterprise Solutions.

The Verizon identity platform is available on the iOS Android, Windows and BlackBerry operating systems and can be used to validate the identities of employees, partners and customers. The platform also features legally binding digital signature capabilities, such as those required for electronic prescriptions, online tax filing and licence renewals.