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“Recent security breaches and deployment of new technologies are driving organizations to re-evaluate incumbent authentication vendors and re-think their authentication strategies,” Help Net Security wrote in its Feb 2 article, Security Breaches Driving Authentication Changes. In SafeNet’s end of year survey of more than100 IT security resellers, we found the following customer behaviors:

• Three out of four resellers report that customers are “more”or “much more” concerned about security breaches now than they were a year ago.
• More than seven out of ten resellers are actively discussing with their customers the authentication and protection of their data in the cloud and/or virtual environments.
• Authentication for mobile devices, certificate-based authentication, software authentication, and secure browser authentication solutions top the list when it comes to customer interest in new authentication technologies.
• More than 45 percent of responders indicate that customers have expressed interest in these evolving solutions.
• Sixty-seven percent of resellers are exploring new authentication options and vendors when renewing contracts to meet evolving requirements.
• More than 50 percent of resellers surveyed are either currently searching or are likely to search for new authentication vendors with which to partner.

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