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Microsoft Selects VeriSign to Provide Security for HealthVault Users

Posted on: Sunday, 27 July 2008, 03:00 CDT

VeriSign, a provider of internet infrastructure services, has been selected by Microsoft as an OpenID provider for users of HealthVault, a free service that enables consumers to store and manage their health information online.

Acceptance of VeriSign's OpenIDs secured by the VeriSign Identity Protection Service is expected to give consumers choice when signing into Microsoft HealthVault to help safeguard their personal health information.

Microsoft HealthVault members who have activated their VIP credential on their VeriSign OpenID can also utilize the same VIP credential on eBay, PayPal, AOL and a number of other sites that participate in the VeriSign Identity Protection Network.

When a user logs into their HealthVault record using VeriSign OpenID secured with a VIP credential, they will be prompted for their OpenID user name and password, and then asked for a one-time-password generated by their VIP credential.

George Scriban, senior product manager at Microsoft Health Solutions Group, said: "HealthVault is about empowering people to take control of their personal health information, and that means making their Web experience easier while also helping them safeguard their privacy. That's why we're happy to give our users the option of using a VeriSign OpenID with a VIP credential."

Source: Datamonitor

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