John Lewis Partnership secures 15,000 staff with SecurEnvoy; Renowned high street retailer implements SecurEnvoy's solution for remote authentication using mobile phones.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-3 March 2008-John Lewis Partnership: John Lewis Partnership secures 15,000 staff with SecurEnvoy; Renowned high street retailer implements SecurEnvoy's solution for remote authentication using mobile phones(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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London -- The John Lewis Partnership has signed a deal with SecurEnvoy to enable its workforce to use their mobile phones to gain secure access to corporate systems. 15,000 thousand UK employees are now using SecurAccess, SecurEnvoy's cost-effective, two-factor authentication solution that transforms mobile phones into virtual tokens.

Instead of using tokens or smart cards, the SecurAccess system sends a passcode to users' mobile phones. When users wish to log on to the...