09.9.2020 - The Best Secure Authentication Methods for Teams Working from Home
Devin Partida, Editor-in-Chief of ReHack.com, tapped Optimal IdM for her recent blog, “The Best Secure Authentication Methods for Teams Working from Home”. ...
09.4.2020 - TypingDNA’s biometric MFA deployed to US retail chain’s POS for login security
Sep 4, 2020
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08.28.2020 - 6 Security Features to Look for in Your CRM Software
06.19.2020 - What Are the Three Types of Authentication?
Authentication is the process of allowing people, often employees, to identify who they are so that they can gain access to the company’s facilities or computer network. The process is extremely important to help prevent unauthorized access, which can lead to catastrophic data breaches. There’s a wide variety of authentication methods available, ranging from a simple single password to complex multi-factor authentication, including passwords, one-time codes and biometrics. ...
04.16.2020 - Pros and Cons of IDaaS
Identity as a Service (IDaaS) is an authentication service provided by a third party via the cloud. Third-party providers offer various services like IDaaS through web connections so a company can outsource these services rather than managing them in-house. IDaaS is used to verify who users are and whether they have permission to access files, software or other resources. An organization can pay a subscription fee to the provider for cloud-based IDaaS applications. ...
10.16.2019 - KuppingerCole Analyst Executive View: Optimal IdM and The OptimalCloud™
The IDaaS market has evolved over the past few years and is still growing, both in size and in the number of vendors. However, under the umbrella term of IDaaS, we find a variety of offerings. IDaaS, in general, provides Identity & Access Management capabilities as a service, ranging from Single Sign-On to full Identity Provisioning for both on-premise and cloud solutions. These solutions also vary in their support for different groups of users – such as employees, business partners, and customers – their support for mobile users, and their integration capabilities back to on-premise environments. ...
10.15.2019 - Customer Experience Starts at Your Registration Screen
Social sign-ons are not meant to and should not be used to protect sensitive assets. Of greater concern is that data sharing is a two-way street. When a company uses single sign-on, it gets information such as email addresses and geographical locations from the social network; however, it also may be giving information about its users’ behaviors back to the social network. Businesses should understand which user information they are sharing when they agree to the terms of the social network.
09.17.2019 - Behavioral Biometrics Explained
A useful and growing field in the area of identity authentication is biometrics. The three major accepted factors for identification are knowing something, having something and being something. A person can identify themselves through demonstrating a secret piece of knowledge such as a password or PIN, producing an access card, fob or key or presenting something that is a part of them, like their fingerprint. The last category is what we mean when we talk about biometrics. ...
07.30.2019 - Authentication 101: Your Basic Guide to Authentication
01.25.2019 - Solutions Review Presents: The Top CIAM Vendors to Watch in 2019
Where to begin listing Optimal IdM’s accomplishments in 2018? Gartner named them to the Access Management, WorldWide Magic Quadrant and the Access Management Critical Capabilities reports. They partnered with TypingDNA to incorporate behavioral biometrics into their MFA, adding an even smoother authentication option to their arsenal. Optimal IdM partnered with Omada earlier this year to leverage identity governance data. Additionally, Gartner recognized Optimal IdM in the “Finding the Right Consumer IAM Products” report. 2019 is a year of promise for Optimal IdM and their CIAM. 
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