Photolok VS Protectimus

Photolok is a patented cloud-based passwordless authentication platform that utilizes enhanced steganography security techniques. It's the only login process that offers an easy and engaging user experience using photos instead of passwords.

The authentication process involves three simple steps. First, enter your email address. Then, a code is sent to your phone for verification. Finally, select your pre-selected photos to gain access to your account.

Photolok provides robust protection against various security threats, including hackers, bots, phishing, ransomware, keylogging, shoulder surfing, and even thermal camera biometric attacks. It accomplishes this through innovative security measures, including:

The "Duress" photo acts as a silent alarm, immediately sending security alerts to designated IT and security personnel when a user is forced to enter their device against their will.

The "1-Time" photo safeguards against shoulder surfing by automatically deleting it from the user's account after a single use. Additionally, a login alert is sent to the user to prevent unauthorized access attempts.

Compared to traditional password logins, Photolok offers superior effectiveness. It addresses the fact that 81% of online breaches originate from compromised passwords, underscoring the importance of robust password security.

Protectimus provides two-factor authentication solutions for securing enterprise and personal user accounts against unauthorized access. The Protectimus two-factor authentication solution is available as a cloud-based service or an on-premise platform, and it can be easily integrated into any infrastructure using an API, SDK, or ready-to-use integration components for Active Directory, ADFS, Winlogon, RDP, RADIUS, OWA, Roundcube, etc.

The company also offers both traditional and innovative one-time password delivery solutions: classic and programmable hardware tokens, as well as software one-time password delivery methods (2FA apps for Android and iOS, SMS authentication, and OTP delivery chatbots in messaging apps).

All the Protectimus two-factor authentication system’s components support the OATH (Initiative for Open Authentication) standards for ОТР authentication. The following algorithms are used to generate one-time passwords: HMAC, HOTP, TOTP, and OCRA.

Additional features of the Protectimus two-factor authentication solution that help to protect access to users accounts more efficiently include data signing (one-time passwords are generated according to the OCRA algorithm, using data from the user’s current operation as a variable), filtering by time of login and country from which access is requested, and user environment analysis.