August 5, 2022
There are costs to pay when you send your One Time Passwords (OTP) to be verified by your clients and customers. A big portion of those costs goes towards the communications provider or the carriers that you’re sending to. Costs Widely Vary Depending on which route and which country you’re trying to send your OTP… Continue reading The costs of One-Time Passwords (OTP)
July 8, 2022
Our first customer, Xoxzo is a company that offers SMS delivery services and other telephony web APIs. We interviewed Mr. Akira Nonaka, an engineer of Xoxzo to hear their experience and thoughts on GetOTP. Q. How Xoxzo is using GetOTP? We have a web service called EZSMS for sending SMS and voice. As we… Continue reading Customer interview with Xoxzo
May 12, 2022
The Mobile Ecosystem Forum has released a short report on the adoption of SMS OTP (One Time Password) by enterprises. And contrary to the ongoing criticism of the security issues of SMS, it seems most businesses are using it for verification. The report is filled with interesting insights. It shows the market is balancing the… Continue reading 93% of enterprises worldwide use SMS OTP for verification
February 22, 2022
What is OTP in Credit Card Transactions and Why is it Crucial? What is OTP in credit card transactions? In a nutshell, OTP is one of the most effective ways to protect your data online. It protects not only general online accounts but also your credit card transactions. As technology develops, so do new security… Continue reading What is OTP in Credit Card Transactions and Why is it Crucial?
January 21, 2022
After months of development, we are excited to announce the release of our new GetOTP plugin for WordPress. The plugin allows WordPress users to enjoy GetOTP secure verification easily. Just install the plugin, fill the setup page and you are good to go. Features: 1) Protect WordPress login with 2FA 2) Protect WooCommerce login with… Continue reading Announcing GetOTP plugin for WordPress
December 9, 2021
Access control is critical to managing your data security. Yet, old strategies such as the traditional username/password can be vulnerable. In this blog post, we’ll look into: What is the Full Form of OTP?2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) vs Static PasswordsOTP Password Verification for Password ResetsHow OTPs can Increase Security?One-time Password Generator Strategies What is the Full… Continue reading All You Need to Know About One-Time Passwords
December 3, 2021
1 Is SMS One Time Password (OTP) secure? While explaining our GetOTP: Multi OTP API product to anyone who is willing to listen, this is a question that we have been asked time and time again. “So, is it or is it not secure?” you ask. Before we answer that… Let us go through some… Continue reading Is SMS OTP secure?
August 26, 2021
1 In the first part of this series I explained about the what OTP is, the initial prepations you need to do to implement your own OTP flow and the differences between the common channels that OTP is sent over. For this episode, I will explain the last two parts of this series: Sending of… Continue reading All you need to know to implement a One Time Password (OTP) flow for your site – Part 2
August 9, 2021
1 Having a One-Time-Password (OTP) flow for your app or website is a very common requirement nowadays. But how does it work? What do you need to get started? What are the pitfalls and challenges you will face? We’ve seen our clients roll out their implementations countless times, which basically is a boilerplate repeatable process… Continue reading All you need to know to implement a One Time Password (OTP) flow for your site – Part 1