San Francisco Aug 30 (IANS) Google on Thursday made its line of two-factor authentication (2FA) device called "Titan Security Key" widely available for purchase through its Play Store for security conscious users.
The full kit of the two-factor authentication token is priced at $50 and includes a USB key a Bluetooth key and various connectors the company said in a blog post.
The key was announced by Google in July as a device to authenticate logins over Bluetooth and USB offering significantly stronger security than a confirmation code.
"For those who want the strongest account protection we ve long advocated the use of security keys for 2 step verification " Sam Srinivas Director of Product Management Google Cloud wrote in a blog post.
The "Security Keys" are available first in the US followed by other regions.
"Google s automated defences securely block the overwhelming majority of sign-in attempts even if an attacker has your user name or password but we always recommend you enable two-step verification (2SV) to further protect your online accounts " Srinivas added.
"Titan Security Keys" have extra "special sauce" from Google-firmware that s embedded in a hardware chip within the key that helps to verify that the key hasn t been tampered with and it works with popular browsers including Chrome and a growing ecosystem of services including Gmail Facebook Twitter Dropbox and more.
The "Security Keys" are also compatible with the "Advanced Protection Programme" which is Google s strongest security for users at high risk.
Google Cloud admins would also be able to enable security key enforcement in G Suite Cloud Identity and Google Cloud Platform to ensure that users use security keys for their accounts.

--IANS rp/na/bg