Secure Two Factor Authentication with eTHOS Authenticator

Workers are ever-more mobile. Employees need secure, fast, and easy access to office IT systems – wherever they are, and whenever they want it.

They need to work flexibly to suit their lifestyles and improve their productivity.  They need information at hand to better serve customers and their organisations. 

Atos applies its business technology expertise to meet the challenge head on. eTHOS Authenticator provides a two factor, high quality authentication solution to remote systems access – designed to power progress for public and private organisations. 

eTHOS Authenticator satisfies Government guidelines (including Cabinet Office and CESG) for two factor authentication.  eTHOS Authenticator can be purchased easily and quickly – using the London Grid Limited procurement framework if the customer is a local authority or public sector organisation.

eTHOS delivers best value operations – providing the flexibility, reliability and scalability that clients need as their future plans change.

London Borough of Bexley - securing flexible access to services – Case Study London Borough of Bexley wanted employees to work more flexibly, productively and cost-effectively. To do that, staff needed to access IT services when out of the office – using highly secure authentication.  The solution had to drive down operating costs, be simple to learn, easy to use, reliable, and match Bexley’s ambitious plans for the future. Read more about London Borough of Bexley - securing flexible access to services – Case Study>>

Validated Secure Authentication and Great Value

eTHOS Authenticator is OATH compliant and part of a t-Scheme accredited Identity Management and Authentication solution.

It was designed by the public sector to meet exacting local government and central government security standards, at a price negotiated to ensure its value for private and public sector customers alike.

eTHOS Authenticator technology is open standard, so customers can use a wide range of OATH compliant hardware and soft tokens in the same operating environment.

Easy to Set Up and Use – by Design

Getting started with eTHOS Authenticator could not be quicker or easier. Clients – such as London Boroughs of Bexley, Brent, Camden and Tower Hamlets, and Devon County Council – work closely with us to select the tokens they need. Set up takes just a few hours, and we also tailor simple training for staff.

Then using it is also fast and easy – and well proven.

We provide help desk support for users, to make sure that eTHOS Authenticator is always there and easily scalable. Any migration from another authentication system can be smoothly managed.

Trusted Purchasing for Local Authorities

eTHOS Authenticator can be purchased using the London Grid Limited OJEU framework. So local authorities can be confident it has met full OJEU procedures.

Provisioning for local authorities could not be simpler.

Authentication Experts

Atos has unrivalled experience in managing authentication. We provide authentication for more than 18 million corporate and private individuals accessing the UK Government Gateway and its 180 e-enabled services. Our technology is deployed by local authorities all over the UK.

End to End Benefits

eTHOS Authenticator delivers:

• Flexible and productive workforce and third party collaborations
• Improved customer service delivery anytime, anywhere
• OATH and tscheme compliant security
• Ease of use
• Great value
• Fast set up and training
• Easy migration from incumbent solutions if needed
• High reliability
• Help desk support
• Versatile and scalable for changing requirements.