GridID provides one-time password from a security grid of random numbers printed on a credit-card sized plastic card. It is simple, secure and cost effective.
How it works
GridID is a simple, effective two-factor authentication method based on security grids. A security grid contains a matrix of numbers and letters in easily marked columns and rows. These security grids are typically printed on credit card-sized plastic cards that can be easily carried in user’s wallets, or they can be printed on the back of employee access badges, credit cards or ATM cards. Security grids can also be delivered to the users in confidential letters, emails or SMS messages.
Users can protect their security grid cards with a PIN or password. At each logon, users generate a one-time password by randomly selecting a start point in the grid and navigate in the grid on a secret path that is only known to the users. The secret navigation path is encoded and easily memorized as a PIN or password. This unique, patent-pending technology protects users’ credentials even when their security grid cards have been lost or stolen.