Microsoft selects VeriSign to provide secure HealthVault users

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.