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2010

  • ArcotOTP mobile application extends MasterCard’s CAP to mobile phones
  • Arcot launched DeviceDNA tag-less machine fingerprinting to work in conjunction with the Arcot Fraud Prevention Network

2009

  • Arcot protects over 100 million users with Arcot fraud prevention and authentication solutions
  • Arcot announced Fraud Prevention Network to help stop fraud faster. Invites RiskFort customers to join the program
  • Arcot launched ArcotOTP secure software passcode generator consistent with HOTP and EMV standards
  • Arcot CTO, Jim Reno, conducted authentication workshop at Digital ID World
  • Arcot WebFort Authentication certified as Citrix-Ready
  • Arcot and Adobe demonstrated SEND Service at RSA 2009 Conference in San Francisco
  • Adobe and Arcot announced launch of Correspondence Management Service – Arcot SEND
  • Arcot strong authentication solutions RiskFort and WebFort certified on Sun OpenSSO
  • Arcot SignFort digital signing solution certified compliant with SAFE-Biopharma Digital Standard

2008

  • IBM announced partnership with Arcot. Includes Arcot A-OK On-Demand Multifactor Authentication Service as a preferred strong authentication solution
  • Arcot A-OK On-Demand expanded to include risk-based authentication
  • CA announced it will resell Arcot authentication with CA SiteMinder to secure Web businesses
  • Arcot A-OK On-Demand authentication service available for the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com
  • Arcot unveiled A-OK On-Demand strong authentication service for Google Apps Premier Edition and joins Google Enterprise Professional program
  • Technosium 2008 Executive Summit voted Arcot the "Hot Company 2008"
  • Arcot and Logica UK offered first software authentication platform to EMEA market

2007

  • Arcot joined Citi's Preferred Partner Network Moving Identity Industry Forward
  • Current Arcot investors contributed additional funding
  • Arcot Named David E. Kaplan as Chief Financial Officer
  • Arcot Achieved NIST FIPS Validation “Gold Standard” for IT Security
  • Arcot Digital Signature Solution – SignFort – available for use with SAFE-BioPharma Association’s New Roaming ID
  • Jim Reno promoted to Chief Technology Officer
  • China UnionPay Data and Arcot Systems Formed Partnership To Strengthen Risk Management and Anti-Fraud Measures in China
  • Info Security Products Guide awarded Arcot Systems the "Hot Companies" Recognition for 2007
  • ArcotID Flash client announced - combining strong authentication and ease-of-use with the ubiquity of the Adobe Flash Player
  • Arcot first authentication vendor to support Microsoft Windows CardSpace identity management framework
  • Arcot Software used by AstraZeneca to submit first digitally signed submission to US FDA
  • Arcot awarded two patents from USPTO: pre-authentication of OTPs and password authentication

2006

  • Arcot announced integration with CA, IBM, and Oracle identity management systems enabling seamless strong authentication completely in software
  • Frost & Sullivan awarded Arcot with the 2006 Digital Authentication and Security Product Innovation Award for the ArcotID Multifactor Software Strong Authentication solution
  • Sanjay Vyas promoted to Vice President Worldwide Services
  • Jonathan Gill appointed Managing Director, Arcot UK
  • Arcot released RiskFort for online portals
  • Arcot launched SignFort digital signing solution
  • Adobe embedded Arcot digital signing technology in Adobe Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader 8
  • Carol Stone Alexander appointed Vice President Marketing
  • Arcot awarded two authentication patents

2005

  • Arcot joined IBM, Adobe, and other established technology providers to become first vendors to participate in the bio-pharmaceutical SAFE Vendor Partner Program
  • Arcot Systems secured funding from new investors, Adobe Ventures and INVESCO Private Capital join funding round
  • Arcot awarded five patents from USPTO in the technical areas of improved search algorithms, enhanced cryptographic camouflage: plurality of keys, dynamic payment authentication, and 3-D Secure: digital signing at point-of-sale
  • Arcot teamed with Visa to provide 3-D Secure authentication for secure mobile card payment transactions.
  • Arcot awarded Gartner Business Intelligence award
  • Arcot launched Adaptive “Activation During Shopping” software which then became Arcot RiskFort risk-based authentication system

2004

  • Arcot launched RegFort digital ID management system
  • Awarded Red Herring top 100 companies award

2003

  • Arcot launched Universal Client, a single interface for deploying, managing, and validating digital certificates
  • Arcot moved headquarters to current Sunnyvale location

2002

  • Arcot announced TransFort 5.0 – The Only Payment Authentication Solution To Support All Elements of E-Commerce Payments Authentication
  • MasterCard implemented the 3-D Secure technology as SecureCode

2001

  • Arcot delivered first mobile 3-D Secure systems
  • Arcot delivered first 3-D Secure systems to use EMV chip cards
  • Arcot raised additional funding - Goldman Sachs joins existing investment firms Accel Partners, First Union Bank, Novell, ONSET Ventures and Oracle
  • Arcot launched WebFort: affordable strong authentication solution for VPN users
  • Arcot awarded three patents from USPTO in basic camouflage, Scrambled PIN Pad, and key storage protection
  • Visa implemented the 3-D Secure technology as Verified by Visa

2000

  • Arcot delivered first production 3-D Secure (VbV) Systems
  • Arcot launched TransFort for Issuers & Merchants
  • R. Doc Vaidhyanathan joined Arcot as VP, Product Management
  • Arcot co-developed 3-D Secure protocol with VISA (using Arcot TransFort)

1999

  • Jim Reno joined as VP, Application Development

1998

  • Arcot launched Arcot ID and WebFort PKI-based strong authentication system

1997

  • Arcot announced ArcotID, the world's first software-based smart card, which provides hardware-level security in a software form-factor
  • Arcot secured first round of funding from Onset and Accel
  • September 27, 1997 – Arcot co-founded by Ram Varadarajan

 


 
 
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