FrieslandCampina, a leading dairy cooperative has selected Verizon to provide information and application security services.

The service provided by Verizon will allow FrieslandCampina’s workforce based around the globe in 100 countries to access applications and services securely.

In the past the company had employed a two-factor identification service, which proved to be adequate for Western Europe but technological practices in Asia-Pacific countries including the prevalence of text-message technology had made this past practice untenable.

Verizon’s Universal Identity Services offers FrieslandCampina increased speeds and flexiblity secure. FrieslandCampina’s employees can select their own method of authentication including SMS or voice response on the mobile device of their choice. Conversely, FrieslandCampina’s IT department can tailor security access for each user and adapt it as the user travels.

Pieter Holst, area vice president for Verizon in the Benelux region (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), said: “Flexible and agile information access is critical for business productivity, and IT departments are increasingly using identity management solutions to redevelop the scope of their operations and open new business market opportunities.”