by
Rogier van Vlissingen
| Aug 16, 2011
Personally I have known Strikeforce since shortly after it started, and have always known they were on the right track... and of course recently they are getting a lot more attention, because suddenly they have the right products at the right time, solving authentication issues and key logging, two very central issues in the crisis of online business that is currently going on.
As much as some people may say the media exaggerates the crisis, I think it remains under-reported, and widely underestimated. Computer crime has become so easy and so lucrative, and as a society we are still so complacent, that people are still slow to take action. However among professionals in the financial services sector awareness of the seriousness of the problem is certainly growing. We are well past the stage where we can pretend it is just " isolated cases."
And in the middle of all of that, with regular media reports on the latest security breach, Strikeforce recently entered into an agreement with an IR firm to raise awareness of their shares, because they've been public for years now, and harvest time is finally here.
Today a research report was published, which is excellent. It provides both good market analysis for those who are so inclined, but it also provides very good basic explanations of the technology. You can find it here: http://www.research2zero.com/sample-research.html
As if on cue an accountant friend of mine had his email account hacked, and now he is suddenly buying GuardedID® - previously his eyes glazed over at the mere mention of it. Par for the course, unfortunately in the majority of cases, people still close the gate after the horse has left the barn.