MLSListings Inc., a Silicon Valley-based non-profit regional Multiple Listing Service (MLS), announced that has partnered with Arcot Systems Inc. to design and implement its multifactor and strong authentication security systems.
MLSListings will deploy Arcot’s A-OK On-Demand product. Two of the most important features in MLSListings’ decision to partner with Arcot are how the software-based program is easy to use and manage on both the subscriber and operations side. Another key component is the use of Public Key Infrastructure. PKI acts as an extra layer of security against online threats because the password is actually never transmitted. Not only do brokers and agents benefit from this kind of technology, the consumer does as well.
“In an environment of growing online threats like phishing and man in the middle attacks, we concluded that a software-based multifactor and strong authentication solution is the best approach in securing multiple points of data access across the MLS system,” says Jim Harrison, MLSListings’ president and CEO. “The solution provides a significant increase in security by protecting the identities and proprietary data of our broker and agent communities with little or no impact on our customers’ login experience. In fact, it will actually improve our customers’ login experience by working transparently without the need for additional hardware.”
MLSListings will work with Arcot Systems on a phased rolled out of implementation scheduled for completion by October. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
