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Firstrade Chooses Authentium's SafeCentral to Protect Investors from Online Threats
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Firstrade Securities Inc. has chosen Authentium's SafeCentral to protect its customers from virtually all known and unknown threats online, including keyloggers, spyware, viruses, and more. In stark contrast to conventional antivirus, antispyware, and firewall software, SafeCentral's patent-pending technology lets investors trade and conduct other transactions over the Internet in absolute privacy and safety, even if their computers are already infected with malware. In fact, recent tests by Information Risk Management, an independent information risk consultancy, concluded that SafeCentral stops online fraud before it starts by preventing all forms of data interception. Firstrade's IT experts reached the same conclusion.
"We conducted extensive testing, and are convinced SafeCentral is the most effective platform for protecting our customers from ID theft and fraud while trading online," says C.S. Hsia, VP of Business Development for Firstrade Securities. "Antivirus software and other security tools require constant updates to provide security, and even then, they can and are compromised by ever-evolving malware tricks. SafeCentral takes a different approach that doesn't rely on constant updates to keep security strong. You just run SafeCentral and your session is secured. We're committed to providing customers with the best tools to protect their assets. With SafeCentral, we accomplish that goal."
SafeCentral uses Authentium's patent-pending TSX technology to create a virtual "concrete bunker" that safeguards investors from the most sophisticated techniques used by Internet thieves. These threats include viruses, spyware, Trojan horses, keyloggers, phishers, man-in-the-middle attacks, screen scrapers, DNS poisoning, Wi-Fi interception, and countless other orchestrated attacks.
Moreover, with SafeCentral, investors don't have to change the way they work, learn confusing computer terms that appear in pop-ups, configure complicated control panels, or waste hours scanning for threats that have already compromised their systems. With just a click, SafeCentral's patent-pending protection shields investors' desktops from the dark threats of the Internet without limiting flexibility, functionality, or usability. It operates as an on/off switch for security, powered by three principal components:
-- The SafeCentral Desktop locks down desktops by acting as a traffic cop, continuously monitoring Windows "system calls." When spyware, keyloggers, screen capture agents, or other malicious software makes a system call, the SafeCentral Desktop disallows it. Only verified, safe computer processes are allowed.
-- The SafeCentral Browser "blacks out" snooping by man or machine using virtualized sessions that are invisible to keyloggers, spyware, and other malware. The SafeCentral Browser assumes the PC is already compromised by malware, and virtualizes the Web browser to isolate it within the potentially compromised environment. This hides 100 percent of data-keystrokes, screens, data, URLs, histories, account credentials, and more from all manners of eavesdropping, creating a truly private environment. Customers can trade, search, and communicate with confidence.
-- The SafeCentral Portal provides a secure on-ramp to Firstrade.com and more than 15,000 other popular destinations. The SafeCentral Portal's DNS technology connects customers only to authentic Web sites, preventing malicious agents from redirecting customers to phishing pages, man-in-the-middle attacks, and other criminal spoofs.
"SafeCentral is a complementary layer of protection that bolsters Firstrade's security for its customers," says Doug Brunt, CEO of Authentium. "Unlike options that only protect users on the Web, SafeCentral protects users at the desktop level as well--creating a complete solution that stops identity theft before it starts. Firstrade has always been dedicated to using the most innovative technologies to deliver the best customer experience possible, so we are happy to be working with them on providing the greatest level of security to customers."
SafeCentral is now available to all Firstrade customers and is free for the first year of service. To sign up, visit www.firstrade.com or www.safecentral.com.
ABOUT AUTHENTIUM, INC.
Authentium develops software and services to protect consumers in a connected world. The company's core technologies (SDK's) are used by leading software providers including Google, Microsoft, and Symantec to create or enhance industry-leading computing security products. Additionally, Authentium's same core security expertise is also expressed in the continued development of Command Antivirus, the award winning Antivirus product from Authentium. The company was incorporated in 2000, and is located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. For more information, visit www.authentium.com.
ABOUT FIRSTRADE SECURITIES INC.
Founded in 1985, Firstrade is a pioneer in online trading and leads the brokerage industry with a combination of low costs and a high level of customer service for the value-driven investment portfolio containing stocks, bonds, mutual funds and options. Firstrade offers stock trades at the highly competitive rate of $6.95 each and is the only online broker that has both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese Language websites and customer support. For more information on Firstrade and promotion terms, visit www.firstrade.com.
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