Frost & Sullivan Recognizes the Uniqueness of SafeNet's Authentication Solution for Cloud- Based Enterprise Applications PR Newswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 2, 2012 - Unlike traditional offerings, the BlackShield Cloud™ system offers end-to-end automation for provisioning, administration and management MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the cloud-based authentication services market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes SafeNet (erstwhile Cryptocard, acquired by SafeNet in March 2012) with the 2012 European Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award for the development of BlackShield Cloud™, a multi-factor cloud-based authentication system. As the mobile workforce continues to scale up, enterprises are constantly seeking efficient, low-cost authentication mechanisms to protect organizational data and deliver secured access to employees and end users. In this regard, SafeNet's cloud-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) system for enterprises is unique, as it brings together cloud, token-less mechanisms, and automation to meet the changing requirements of authentication. The innovative element of SafeNet's solution is the vast token range it offers, including software tokens, grid-based authentication, out-of-band (OOB) SMS, USB hardware tokens, keypad tokens to enable challenge/response, credit card-style one-time password (OTP) tokens, and support for Open AuTHentication (OATH)-compliant tokens.