Entrust has recently developed the $5 security token and Expedia will be the first company to employ it. One thing I would be interested in is whether this was a product in the making for quite some time or if they are just following the path of Paypal. Either way, it’ll provide more security for the user.

Entrust has announced the launch of a new, five dollar one-time-password (OTP) hardware security token along with news that Expedia will become the first company to deploy the new Entrust token.

“Last year, we entered into a strategic relationship with Entrust because they had the best customer value proposition and the full suite of solutions that we needed. We plan to further expand our brand globally this year and required a more flexible and extensible authentication solution. The Entrust IdentityGuard token solution fills that gap at a price that is best in class in the industry. This is another data point to reassure us that we picked the right company. We continue to view our 2006 investment with Entrust as a secure foundation from which to grow our business globally,” said Expedia Chief Information Officer Bill Holtz. “From digital certificates to grid authentication to hardware tokens, in a single platform Entrust delivers the range of authentication choices we need to address our range of business needs.”[more]

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