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VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (VASCO) is a public company with NASDAQ symbol VDSI which was founded in 1997.

Products support secure financial transactions over private networks and the Internet. Its Digipass security products support user identification via small hardware keys carried by users, or in software on mobile telephones, portable devices or PCs. VACMAN server products restrict access to applications to only authorized users.

VASCO designs, develops, markets and supports patented user authentication products for the financial world, remote access, e-business and e-commerce. VASCO’s user authentication software is delivered via its Digipass hardware and software security products. With over 20 million Digipass products sold and delivered, VASCO has established itself as a world-leader for strong User Authentication with over 440 international financial institutions and approximately 2300 blue-chip corporations and governments located in more than 100 countries

Full Option, All Terrain Authentication stands for VASCO’s ability to support and deliver authentication technologies. In the short to mid-long term, VASCO will have product offerings for password technologies (Q&A sessions, TAN & Scratch lists, Matrix cards, etc.), one-time passwords (OTP - the Digipass product family) and Certificates/PKI (USB products, smart cards, etc.). Depending market conditions, demand and the necessary development of technological infrastructure, VASCO will also be active in the biometrics sphere. VASCO’s R&D resources are fully focusing on all four above mentioned technologies. Customers will be able to swiftly migrate from one VASCO authentication technology to another.

All-terrain stands for vertical applications/markets. Currently, VASCO’s products are being used in over 50 different applications, including e-banking, enterprise security, healthcare, online gaming, brokerage, automotive, e-government and many more. VASCO mostly designs new strong authentication products for the banking market, and brings in a later phase banking-level security to other vertical markets.

Products include Digipass range, VACMAN Controller, VACMAN Middleware and the Identikey Server.

Locations
Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois and Zurich with operations in Brussels, Bordeaux (France), Brisbane and Sydney (Australia), Singapore, Shanghai and Vienna(Austria).

Partners
VASCO' s Partner Alliance includes Novell, Europay-Mastercard, Entrust, Telindus, Ubizen, Polizer & Haney, Cisco Systems, Checkpoint, Lucent and Microsoft.

Sponsorship
VASCO is the shirt sponsor of Belgian First Division football team KV Kortrijk.