In a recent global authentication forum a question was raised that stumped the group. Had anyone come across authentication that was password-less and did not rely on a mobile or a hardware key? The question arose because it was urgently needed for retail task workers who were not allowed to use their mobile phone on site, yet needed to share a single terminal.
Despite intense debate, there were no obvious options that could provide a solution, that is, until MIRACL Trust was proposed.
MIRACL Trust is a true multi-factor authentication that does not need a mobile for verification - ideal when mobiles are not allowed due to cost, safety or service concerns - and can allow multiple logins from one desktop at a fraction of the cost of a hardware key - ideal for staff who share a terminal.
With more and more retail environments asking staff to work on the shop floor without mobiles, an alternative to SMS Text authentication and Mobile authenticator apps is a welcomed development in a world that has focused all attention on the mobile handset at the expense of alternative forms of authentication.
Rob Griffin, CEO at MIRACL comments, “Both retail and manufacturing have a strong need for multiple staff logins from on-site terminals using a secure authentication solution that can enable this without using SMS. MIRACL Trust achieves this with 2 second logins and 1/20th the error rates of legacy multi-factor authentication.”
Although MIRACL Trust has been used by customers globally, including tier one banks, for one particular US retail client its use solved a major challenge: employee-wide authentication without the need for a company email or SMS verification and using shared terminals for access.
Rite Aid, a US based pharmacy with almost 60,000 employees, required a solution that meant their employees could access their mandatory e-learning easily and safely from in-store terminals without a mobile. Using MIRACL Trust as an authentication meant it didn’t matter if the employee had a company email, nor if they had a company mobile phone, the PIN based zero-knowledge proof solution meant it wasn’t a problem. They could also access e-learning using shared terminals.
For Rite Aid, MIRACL offered an integrated authentication solution - a combination of Identity Provider and Single Sign-On - that required no management by Rite Aid, no email address for users and stored no personally identifiable information. Access could be made for employees as soon as they joined.
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