OneSpan Inc. (until 2018 Vasco Data Security International, Inc.) is an information security company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Services include an internet fraud prevention platform, multi-factor authentication tools and electronic signature software.
History
In 1984, T. Kendall Hunt founded Vasco as a consulting and software services company for corporate and governmental agencies. In 1991, the company acquired ThumbScan, which claimed to have the first fingerprint reader device for a computer.[5][6]
In 1993, the company was renamed Vasco Data Security International and expanded its offerings to include data security. Vasco was incorporated in 1997 and held its initial public offering in January 2000.[7]
Vasco started developing its Digipass technology in the early 2000s. The company marketed the technology internationally in Belgium. In 2009, Vasco announced that Digipass two-factor authentication was available in the