Securing mobile devices with PicturePIN
'Women love flowers daily'. Now, what in the world is that supposed to mean? Well, that's actually a unique picture based information access control, called PicturePIN, for mobile devices such as PocketPCs and PDAs. A patent-pending authentication software from Pointsec, a mobile security solutions provider, PicturePIN consists of a series of pictures that can be randomly manipulated in place of the conventional password.
PicturePIN allows a user to simply point out (with a stylus) pictures on his/her mobile device or smartphone that corresponds to his/her story created around the pictures on the screen. It is as secure as traditional passwords, and is easy to remember, doing away with the need to write down any password. Information is automatically and transparently encrypted using 128-bit AES data encryption without the need for user intervention.
Sascha Bayer, managing director, Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB, says, “The pictures change their positions each time without having to worry about 'shoulder surfers' at airports and other crowded places."
