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From the Enterprise to the Consumer ... Hancock Bank to Improve Efficiencies, Security With Entrust Versatile Authentication Platform
Wednesday November 12, 8:00 am ET
Large bank to issue customers Entrust IdentityGuard grid cards for strong online authentication


DALLAS, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As consumers search for stronger means to protect their online identities, more are looking to their financial institutions for guidance in online security. Recognizing this shift in consumer demand, Hancock Bank selected Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU - News) and the Entrust IdentityGuard versatile authentication platform as a comprehensive solution for securing consumers online.
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"In the end, it came down to what was best for our customers," said Jeff Theiler, Senior Vice President, Payment Services at Hancock Bank. "Time and time again, Entrust has proven that grid cards are affordable, simple to use and openly accepted by end-users. This implementation will provide our customers much-needed peace of mind during a time when online identity fraud is so commonplace."

Hancock Bank has used Entrust IdentityGuard for strong enterprise authentication to Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) since 2006. As such, scaling the platform to secure consumers will be seamless. As part of the small-business deployment, Entrust will produce 3,000 Hancock-branded grid cards, which will be easily identifiable for their online-banking small-business customers.

"Hancock Bank understands and respects the needs of their customers, so the implementation of easy-to-use grid cards only helps strengthens that relationship," said Entrust Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Conner. "Not only should Hancock Bank be lauded for this forward-thinking strategy, but also their foresight to leverage an existing platform to help meet additional security objectives."

Entrust IdentityGuard enables organizations to layer security -- according to access requirements or the risk of a given transaction -- across diverse users and applications. The platform's authentication options include username and password, IP-geolocation, machine/device, questions and answers, out-of-band one-time passcode (delivered via voice, SMS or e-mail), grid cards and a range of one-time-passcode tokens. Entrust IdentityGuard also provides multiple methods of supporting mutual authentication, including picture and caption replay.

Hancock Holding Company is a parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi), Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Hancock Bank of Florida and Hancock Bank of Alabama. Founded in 1899, Hancock Bank consistently ranks as one of the country's strongest, safest financial institutions, according to Veribanc, Inc., and BauerFinancial Services, Inc.