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Toppan Printing Partners with Trusona to Offer Passwordless Authentication to the Japanese Market
Trusona's mobile based multi-factor authentication solution delivers both enhanced security and improved user experience.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & Representative Director: Shingo Kaneko, hereinafter Toppan Printing), specializing in a broad range of products, services and solutions with printing technologies at their core, has teamed up with Trusona (Head office: Scottsdale, AZ, CEO: Ori Eisen), the global leader in passwordless identity authentication, to provide Trusona's frictionless login solution to financial institutions and large enterprises throughout Japan.

To satisfy the high demand from their existing customer base to improve the user experience and implement greater security measures, Toppan selected Trusona to offer passwordless authentication in place of traditional usernames and passwords. By removing static credentials from the login process, Toppan's customers avoid password theft and unauthorized access and improve customer usage with the added convenience.

"Businesses in Japan are entering the implementation phase of digital transformation by migrating to more secure smartphone-based authentication," said Masahiro Doyo, Senior General Manager of Secure Business Promotion Dept. Secure Business Center Information and Communication Division at Toppan Printing. "By partnering with Trusona, Toppan can now offer a passwordless authentication solution which both improves user experience and provides better security."

"Toppan is well positioned in the Japanese market to drive the move to a no passwords authentication solution," said Kazunari Tanaka, Trusona's managing director of the APAC region, "Together, our strategic partnership with Toppan will create a safer and more-user friendly internet that benefits the entire digital ecosystem."  

Trusona's industry-leading, passwordless multi-factor authentication replaces passwords with a dynamic login solution utilizing patent-pending anti-replay technology. With 81% of data breaches due to compromised user credentials, Trusona makes authentication both convenient and more secure at scale. Organizations in financial services, healthcare, higher education, media and more trust Trusona for authentication into any digital channel.

Trusona and Toppan will present at Financial Information Technology 2018 (FIT2018), the largest IT-related trade fair in Japan for financial institutions, on October 25 and 26 at the Tokyo International Forum.

About Trusona
Trusona, the global leader in identity authentication, ensures the True Persona behind every digital interaction. Our dynamic solutions provide a robust alternative to usernames and passwords making authentication both convenient and more secure at scale while preventing static credential replay cybercrimes. Organizations in financial services, healthcare, higher education, media and more trust Trusona for onboarding and authentication into any digital channel. Trusona is leading the #NoPasswords Revolution where there are no passwords to be created, remembered, stolen, or compromised – ensuring people are who they say they are and no one else can. Trusona is funded by Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft Ventures, Seven Peaks Ventures and 2M. For more information, please visit www.trusona.com

About Toppan
Toppan Printing is one of the world's leading integrated printing companies. Since its founding in 1900, Toppan has expanded its operations significantly while driving the evolution of printing technologies and combining them with marketing, IT, creative capabilities and diverse processing techniques to enable a wide range of solutions in fields that extend beyond conventional printing, such as marketing, content, secure solutions, packaging, décor materials, and electronics. Toppan employs more than 51,000 people globally and recorded sales of over 1.4 trillion JPY in the year ended March 31, 2018. For more information, visit https://www.toppan.co.jp/en/

 

SOURCE Trusona