By Patrick Avenell
Trend Micro, the US security company known for its love of the Wests Tigers, has announced it will be bundling its new DirectPass password management product in with retail sales of its Titanium Internet Security and Maximum Security products, starting from May 2012.
DirectPass is a software product that saves user’s passwords for all the different websites that require logins. Examples include, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, banks, airlines and even the Wests Tigers website.
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Once you’ve saved all your existing passwords – plus any new ones you set up – you only to remember one password, that of your DirectPass facility, to enter these websites.
Some of the features of DirectPass include protection against keyloggers, encrypted storage location and automatic synching across multiple devices.
"We know that most security threats arise when passwords are forgotten or because users try to remember them by writing them down or worse, making them weak in order to easily commit them to memory," said Trend Micro GM Carol Carpenter.
"With the introduction of DirectPass, Trend Micro's goal is to lower users' risks of running into malicious intent by heightening the security of their passwords in an easy way that also doesn't interfere with their day-to-day digital life."
For consumers wanting to purchase DirectPass as a standalone product, it can be downloaded for $19.95 for a one-year subscription.