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Secret Double Octopus
Secret Double Octopus (SDO) is an Israeli software company specializing in passwordless authentication for enterprise environments. History The company was founded in 2015 by a team of entrepreneurs and security researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba. The team was led by Prof. Shlomi Dolev and Dr. Shimrit Tzur-David. The company's core product is based on proprietary password alternatives for password-based legacy systems and secure communications using secret sharing algorithms, originally developed to protect nuclear launch codes, now used to prevent cyber attacks. Secret Double Octopus' technology is regarded as a universal replacement for passwords, OTPs, physical security keys, smart cards and other authentication mechanisms. The company uses proprietary phone-as-a-token technology to prevent unauthorized use of systems while preventing identity theft. Secret Double Octopus has offices in Europe and the U.S. Its headquarters are in Tel-Aviv an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palo Alto
Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was established in 1894 by the American industrialist Leland Stanford when he founded Stanford University in memory of his son, Leland Stanford Jr. Palo Alto includes portions of Stanford University and borders East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. At the 2020 census, the population was 68,572. Palo Alto is one of the most expensive cities in the United States in which to live, and its residents are among the most educated in the country. However, it also has a youth suicide rate four times higher than the national average, often attributed to academic pressure. As one of the principal cities of Silicon Valley, Palo Alto is headquarters to a number of high-tech companies, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
