Digital Resolve Collaborates with Microsoft to be Data Provider for Microsoft Phishing Filter in Windows Internet Explorer 7 and the Windows Live Toolbar
Trusted Server Data Feeds to Help Protect Consumers Against Phishing and Help Protect Legitimate Business Brands
ATLANTA — September 5, 2006 — Digital Resolve, the authority in transparent risk-based authentication, announced today a formal data provider agreement with Microsoft to provide data feeds from Digital Resolve’s Trusted ServerTM Technology. These new feeds will help provide real-time, front-line protection for consumers against phishing attacks. Introduced in July 2005, Microsoft Phishing Filter helps protect millions of customers from phishing scams when they are browsing the Internet and is available via the new Windows Live Toolbar, which launched in final release last month, in Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2, and in Windows Vista, both currently in beta testing.
“We were impressed with the quality of Digital Resolve’s data feeds, and they have become an important addition to our rich network of data provider partners,” said Alan Packer, Product Unit Manager of the Anti-Phishing Team at Microsoft Corp. “This agreement underscores Microsoft’s goal of employing a broad range of data sources from both third parties and end-users to help protect customers from the threat of phishing.”
Microsoft’s Phishing Filter URL reputation service is part of the innovative Phishing Filter feature that will be available to millions of users of Windows Internet Explorer 7 and the Windows Live Toolbar.
The new data feed supplied to Microsoft as part of this new agreement comes from Digital Resolve's Trusted Server Technology which provides consumers with real-time, positive assurance that they are at a valid website. The technology utilizes patented data mining capabilities, which were developed in 1999 as the core building component of the company’s patented IP Intelligence technology, to crawl the Internet 24 x 7, verifying the authenticity of financial services and e-commerce websites. This information is constantly monitored and updated within Trusted Server, which can be fed to web browsers and other desktop applications to safeguard consumers against rogue websites and protect the brand of legitimate online businesses.
“Protecting consumers is not the sole responsibility of any one industry segment,” said Avivah Litan, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner, Inc. “Making consumers feel safe when they are navigating the Internet should be a top priority for those players that have the greatest reach and can have the largest impact across the market. Bringing website authentication to the desktop is one way to help stop the damage from phishing attacks - before consumers are unknowingly lured in.”
Digital Resolve’s approach to website authentication effectively eliminates active consumer involvement in authenticating websites such as selecting images and phrases they must remember whenever visiting a website. This ever-evolving list of trusted sites, which is constantly monitored and updated to accommodate changes to websites, simplifies the authentication process for both consumers and the websites that serve them, and is designed to protect consumers against phishing, pharming, Man-in-the-Middle and other attacks that direct web surfers to socially engineered websites designed to steal personal information that is used by online criminals to commit identity fraud.
Financial services institutions and e-commerce websites, large or small, are invited to contact Digital Resolve to validate their inclusion on the list. For those websites wishing to inquire about inclusion on the list, please visit
www.digital-resolve.net/trustedserver
360-Degree Protection
Trusted Server Technology is part of Digital Resolve’s comprehensive online fraud and identity theft prevention solutions, which are designed to protect consumers at every online touchpoint. Other offerings from Digital Resolve include:
Fraud Analyst
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A proven risk-based authentication solution that detects and acts upon suspicious activity in real time.
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Protects online banking customers throughout the customer lifecycle from new account opening and enrollment to login authentication to high-risk transaction analysis.
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Currently deployed protecting millions of accounts and applications.
E-Scam
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A phishing prevention solution that stops phishing emails before they reach the consumer desktop.
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Currently in deployment with Earthlink, the nation's second largest ISP.
About Digital Resolve
Recognized as the authority in transparent, risk-based authentication, Digital Resolve is leveraging its heritage and unsurpassed knowledge about online interactions to deliver deep understanding and value to financial services institutions to help them fight online fraud. Since 1999, more than 100 of the largest technology and financial services companies, including Microsoft, NetBank, Symantec, EarthLink, America Online, McAfee and Experian have relied on Digital Resolve’s patented and patent-pending technologies to identify and recognize users within the Internet universe for applications ranging from analytics to online security to user authentication.
With an unrivaled combination of Internet technology and financial services expertise, Digital Resolve is uniquely positioned to help financial services institutions distinguish real customers from fraudsters, delivering peace of mind that the online channel is safe, profitable and positioned for continued growth. For more information, visit www.digital-resolve.net.
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