Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions about SecLookOn

1.       What is SecLookOn?

A solution which does software based high secure authentication based on challenge and response close to a zero knowledge procedure.

2.       What does SecLookOn authentication mean?

The end user shares a secret with the application. To authenticate the user, the application checks the knowledge about the secret, the end user demonstrate his knowledge without transferring the effect secret.

3.       How does SecLookOn work?

The end user has to remember two personal areas, two pictures (A and B) and associates to the pictures four conditions. Picture A in the first area is condition 1. Picture B in the area is condition 2. Picture A and B in the area are condition 3. No pictures in the area are condition 4. The conditions are colors or symbols placed in the second area.  On the symbols are randomized numbers projected. These randomized numbers are generating a onetime code, which changes after every log in process.

4.       Is SecLookOn easy to remember?

Yes, because SecLookOn’s roots are based in psychology, the end user easily remember his completely self designed key according the conceptions of episodic memory, documented and demonstrated by the work from the Swedish scientist Timo Mäntylä. In the rare case that a user forgets his key, the key was not created properly.

5.       How safe is SecLookOn?

The equivalent security of the lowest version is like a 109 digit numeric PIN code or a 55 digit alphanumeric password.

6.       Is SecLookOn secure against attacks?

Definitely YES! SecLookOn is safe against any input recording malware, against spyware, brute force attacks, spoofing, Trojans, man in the middle attacks and safe against looking over the shoulder. There is no item which can become copied, manipulated, stolen, forgotten or lost.

7.       What are the technical requirements?

To safeguard a web portal, the portal server needs a dedicated port to port encrypted connection to a separate SecLookOn server, where an Apache web server and a SQL database are installed. SecLookOn runs on Windows and LINUX servers. On the client side only a web browser is required.

8.       What is the administration effort?

The whole administration effort for SecLookOn is insignificant. Only the creation of the user accounts on the SecLookOn server and the transfer of the initial key to the end user are required. The account creation can be done automated by transferring an existing user database to the SecLookOn server. The initial key can be send electronically via e-mail or SMS or by letter to the end users.

Who are potential customers?

Any kind of industry companies where home workers or partners dial in into the company network.
All companies who have to safeguard any kind of online cash transfer or online payment transaction.
Any kind of companies who need secured access to in the internet offered data.

9.       Are there more benefits against other solutions?

The charge for SecLookOn is up to 90 percent lower than other comparable high security authentication solutions. SecLookOn is scalable from one single account to millions of user accounts. SecLookOn is independent from hardware, language and place. SecLookOn fulfills all premises for green IT.