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How it works

Mideye from the end-user's perspective

Step 1: The end-user requests access to a protected service. Typically, this is done from a standard web browser.

Step 2: The end-user is prompted to enter user name and a secret password in a first login box.

Step 3: A few seconds after the end-user has entered a valid user name and the secret password, a one-time password is presented on the display of the end-user's GSM phone.

Step 4: The end-user is prompted to enter the one-time password in a second login box.

Step 5. If the correct one-time password has been entered, the end-user is granted access to the service.

In this way, it has been verified that the end-user knows the secret password and holds the mobile phone / SIM card. Hence, the identification is based on two independent criteria, both of which must be met in order to gain access to the service.

Two-Factor Authentication



Siemens in Sweden uses Mideye for web-based VPN access to their internal network. Siemens adopted Mideye as a complement to the existing authentication solution, which is based on the company ID/smart card, because of increasing needs for "PC-from anywhere access"; i.e employees, suppliers and customers accessing sensitive information via a web-browser. Integrating directly with existing user storage and administrative routines, without the administrative burden of additional hardware tokens, was the key-factor in selecting Mideye.

Information Security Officer
Siemens, Sweden