TORONTO and LONDON, ENGLAND – Telus has announced a partnership with a U.K. software company that will allow its employees to access the company’s secure buildings, networks and sensitive data from anywhere at any time with a simple tap of their smartphones.
The partnership with Intercede, a provider of identity and credential management software, will use a technology called MyID that uses universal integrated circuit cards and personal identity verification (PIV) technology from Gemalto, a digital security company based in The Netherlands.
The technology replaces separate smart cards and security tokens, giving employees access to secure buildings and networks through a secure system housed in their device.
Telus says it aims to have 70% of its employees working from home at least some of the time by 2015. “With that goal in mind we’ve teamed up with Intercede to ensure our employees can easily access our network any time, from anywhere,” said Ken Haertling, Telus VP and chief security officer, of Friday’s announcement by the company.
“Through MyID, user access to mobile services is more secure and lives are simplified by integrating the smart card function into the mobile handset,” said Intercede’s CTO Chris Edwards.
