Crossword’s Arc delivers real-time leaked credentials checking for Sticky Password customers
Crossword partners with Sticky Password, one of the
most established password vaults on the market, to integrate Arc, its real-time
credential checking service for consumer apps.
6 December 2022 – London, UK – Crossword Cybersecurity Plc (AIM:CCS,
“Crossword”, the “Company” or the “Group”), the cybersecurity solutions company
focused on cyber strategy and risk, has today announced the integration
of Arc, its real-time
credential checking service, with one of the industry’s most well-established
secure password vaults, Sticky Password.
Arc is a dark web monitoring solution that provides
a continuous method of checking if credential pairs, stored by a user in the
Sticky Password vault, are an identical match to credentials being distributed
on dark markets that trade in stolen data. Since its founding in 2001 by a team
of former AVG Technologies executives, Sticky Password has provided secure
password management solutions to millions of users.
Recent research indicates
there are over 24 billion stolen username and password combinations on the Dark
Web, a number that has increased by 65% since 2020. Stolen
credentials put users and organisations at risk of further
cybercrime and fraud.
Developed with support from the UK
Government’s Innovate UK grant,
Arc provides organisations that develop consumer applications with real-time,
secure credential leak checks and credential stuffing protection for their
users. Using cryptographic exchanges between its data stores and third party
applications, Arc compares user login details that are sent or held by an
application with Arc’s proprietary internal leak information, without the need
to send or receive any of the original credentials.
Jon Inns, Product Director for Arc and Trillion,
comments: “This integration signals an evolution in reliable credential
security. Just checking once for the existence of an account password in a list
of millions is an outdated and ineffective security strategy. The integration
of Arc with Sticky Password means that its vaults can continually and securely
check for the existence and sharing of the full credential pair, without any
private information ever leaving the application. This integration between our
technologies creates a truly unique security combination which is so much more
effective and powerful.”
Peter Lipa, VP of Sticky Password North America, adds: “We’re delighted to be working with the team at Crossword. Arc is an extremely robust dark web monitoring solution that enables us to provide our users with frequent updates containing detailed information about real security threats. Together, we’re creating an innovative way of providing users with actionable data that will increase their online security while preserving their privacy.”
About Crossword Cybersecurity plc
Crossword offers a range of cyber security
solutions to help companies understand and reduce cyber security risk. We do
this through a combination of people and technology, in the form of SaaS and
software products, consulting, and managed services. Crossword’s areas of
emphasis are cyber security strategy and risk, supply chain cyber, threat
detection and response, and digital identity and the aim is to build up a
portfolio of cyber security products and services with recurring revenue models
in these four areas. We work closely with UK universities and our products and
services are often powered by academic research-driven insights. In the area of
cybersecurity strategy and risk our consulting services include cyber maturity
assessments, industry certifications, and virtual chief information security
officer (vCISO) managed services.
Crossword’s end-to-end supply chain cyber standard
operating model (SCC SOM) is supported by our best-selling SaaS platform,
Rizikon Assurance, along with cost-effective cyber audits, security testing
services and complete managed services for supply chain cyber risk management.
Threat detection and response services include our Nightingale AI-based network
monitoring, Nixer to protect against application layer DDoS attacks, our
Trillion and Arc breached credentials tracking platforms, and incident
response. Crossword’s work in digital identity is based on the World Wide Web
Consortium W3C verifiable credentials standard and our current solution,
Identiproof, enables secure digital verification of individuals to prevent
fraud.
Crossword serves medium and large clients including
FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and S&P listed companies in various sectors, such as
defence, insurance, investment and retail banks, private equity, education,
technology and manufacturing and has offices in the UK, Poland and Oman.
Crossword is traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
Visit Crossword at https://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/
About Sticky Password
Sticky Password is the developer of an
award-winning password manager and form filler. Since 2001, our security
products have been protecting millions of passwords for consumers and small
businesses; providing automatic login, one-click form filling and secure
storage for sensitive personal data. In addition to cloud storage and backup,
our native, multi-platform application solution offers users a local WiFi-only
sync and backup option that eschews storage in the cloud.
Sticky Password has been the partner of choice for
industry leading companies like ESET and Imation to power their password management
solutions. Get more information at https://www.stickypassword.com/