More Reliability and Security for Your Enterprise
Optimal IdM has been providing innovative and quality identity management solutions and services since 2005. With The OptimalCloud, we are able to offer our clients a comprehensive cloud federation and single sign-on solution that is way ahead of the competition. Not only can The OptimalCloud be completely customized to meet the unique needs of our clients, but it is available at an affordable flat monthly fee instead of a pricey per user, per month cost. Most importantly, The OptimalCloud offers a higher level of security than other solutions, with its dedicated private cloud and custom synchronization options. If that isn’t enough, Optimal IdM has recently achieved its SSAE 16, SOC 2, Type I compliance certification ensuring its clients an even higher level of reliability and security for their identity data. ...
Get Out of the Authentication Business
More and more vendors are taking what they classically sold as an on premise solution and delivering their applications via the cloud. While this makes a lot of sense both for the vendors as well as their customers, it does introduce a problem with authenticating users. With the on premise solutions, they likely used Windows Integrated authentication for web applications to seamlessly log the customer’s users into their web application or they simply authenticated using the customers on premise Active Directory. ...
Why You Need TOTP
Static Passwords Alone, Are A Thing of the Past. Gone are the days where a username and password alone are secure enough for an organizations sensitive data.Static passwords can easily be cracked or stolen, leaving your sensitive information vulnerable to hackers or unauthorized users. The worst part about that is you don’t even know that a password has been compromised until it’s too late. Vulnerabilities can even create headaches for managers as the weak authentication can leave users unaccountable for their actions. Another issue with static passwords is, let’s be honest, it’s hard to remember all the different passwords you have for all of the different accounts that you need to access. Forgotten passwords create not only a hassle for you, but also a lot of extra time wasted by your helpdesk or IT department that should be spent on more important issues. ...
Kerberos, The Three Headed Dog of Identity
It’s So Meta (data)
One of the key enabling technologies in Federation is Metadata. In the early days of SAML (yes there was a SAML 1.0) one of the more difficult aspects of setting up a federation relationship was exchanging signing certificates and unique identifiers. This often involved emailing public certificates and URNs back and forth, and in some cases, multiple times. In SAML 2 the problem got even worse because in addition to the sign on endpoints from SAML 1.0, there were now sign off endpoints to consider as well as more bindings. ...
That Synching Feeling I Get From Cloud SSO
Single Sign-On is all the rage these days. Organizations are looking to ease the hassles and expenses related to user passwords. Single sign-on (SSO) is a user authentication process that permits a user to enter one name and password in order to access multiple applications. This can help reduce the number of calls to a help desk for access issues, thereby reduce the operating cost for the organization. The latest market trend is to take this a step further and leverage external companies for SSO. By using products that offer SSO as software as a service (SaaS), an organization can greatly reduce the expense related to the management of these integrations. However, when an organization moves their SSO infrastructure into “the cloud” there are new risks to be considered. 
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LDAP Migrations Made Easy
Are you trying to migrate off an expensive directory platform (e.g. Oracle directory Server) to something more economical (e.g. Active Directory or AD LDS)? Are you finding the LDAP migration process difficult or perhaps even impossible? Do you wish there was one proven solution that would eliminate all of the trials and tribulations you are currently facing? I have three words for you…Virtual Identity Server. Anyone can do an LDAP migration with the Virtual Identity Server…well…almost anyone! ...
Stop Data Leakage. Don’t Be the Next High-Profile Hack
Large company data breaches and hacks are becoming common place these days. It seems like every week there is a new news story where a high-profile company’s data is compromised. From T-Mobile to Ashley Madison, personal information is being stolen by hackers. The recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) hack showed us that even the United States government isn’t safe. As a result, consumer confidence in companies’ ability securely store their data is at an all-time low. ...
Cloud Federation & SSO Vendor Comparison
With so many cloud federation and single sign-on vendors in the market today, it can be difficult and extremely time consuming to research, test and ultimately decide on a solution that best meets the identity management needs of your organization. Most enterprise architects immediately think of big name providers like Okta, Ping and OneLogin who appear to be some of the largest competitors in the space. One should not overlook, however, the limited feature set and expensive nature of these solutions. Optimal IdM offers an all in one cloud federation and single sign-on solution that is affordable and fully customizable in order to meet the unique identity management needs of enterprise organizations. The competition simply cannot offer what Optimal IdM offers in The OptimalCloud. Let’s compare: ...
Bridging the OAuth2/SAML2 Divide
It’s no secret that OAuth2 and OpenID Connect are gaining in popularity. It seems that all of our customers are in the process of rolling out OAuth2 and OpenID Connect, or are thinking about it. But how can these newer protocols play nicely in your enterprise if you already have a SAML2 or WS-Federation infrastructure? The answer is an identity broker (also known as a federation proxy). ...
