Leader in the CPaaS enablement environment for global service providers, Telestax, recently announced the release of a Smart 2FA solution for the Restcomm CPaaS solution. Restcomm Smart 2FA delivers two-factor security tools for SMS, voice, email, and more. What’s more, the solution is now available to purchase for Restcomm cloud users as well as partners in the service provider Telestax ecosystem.
This bring-your-own-carrier (BYOC) option is particularly compelling among CPaaS solutions, offering flexible APIs and analytics. According to a recent report by NYU, Google, and the Universal of California, receiving a secondary SMS code for 2FA blocked 100% of automated attacks. Additionally, 96% of bulk phishing attacks were blocked too. 2-factor authentication has become critical for businesses that want to protect their organizations and users against online attacks. The new Telestax offering makes 2FA easier to implement.
Transforming Security for CPaaS
Before TeleStax’s Smart 2FA solution, businesses needed to spend a significant amount of time building a 2FA application to work in their space. The new 2FA solution means that companies can easily plug an effective OTP authentication strategy into their system. The offering reduces development time by at least 75% in most deployment cases.
Restcomm Smart 2FA allows service providers in the communications industry to deliver scalable 2FA over multiple channels to small and mid-size businesses and developers. Key features of the solution include:
- BYOC: The CSP can deliver 2FA at a reduced cost, and with improved delivery rates provided by the BYOC offering. Controlling routing from the core also means that the CSP can address issues quickly
- Intuitive Console: Companies can stay on top of their 2FA traffic with an intelligent console. The console displays usage reports by month, day or year with easy-to-use search filter criteria like channel or country code
- Easy APIs: Smart 2FA is a complete omni-channel application that makes it simple to send OTP via voice, SMS, or email
- Control APIs: Companies need options to orchestrate 2FA processes for authentication in the manner that’s suitable for them. Smart 2FA offers options to cancel OTPs when they’re still active and deliver new ones
- Rich APIs: Companies can choose any language for voice calls, including text-to-speech offerings with support for things like Amazon Poly, Voice RSS, Google Text-to-Speech and more
Driving BYOC Solutions for 2FA
For telecommunications brands that want to compete in the API marketplace, the BYOC solution from Telestax offers a host of key differentiators. This ensures that service providers can deliver better pricing and quality to business customers. If a business was choosing an Over the Top provider, for instance, they’d be dependent on the carrier for connectivity. With smart 2FA, the service provider can choose the network that’s suitable for them.
As with the rest of the Restcomm platform, Smart 2FA also comes with a solution for white labeling that allows a CSP to rebrand and go-to-market faster. What’s more, the company gets to keep the traffic they need within their network.
