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The Future Is Verifiable: How Digital Credentials Will Transform Identity

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The Future Is Verifiable: How Digital Credentials Will Transform Identity

Learn how verifiable credentials using tamper-proof cryptographic signatures are transforming digital identity - enabling convenient access controls, minimal data sharing, and protection against identity fraud.

How Cloud Governance Allows Businesses to Become Compliant Superheroes

How Cloud Governance Allows Businesses to Become Compliant Superheroes

In the battle of the old vs. the new, it is evident that traditional identity and access management (IAM) solutions are gradually getting phased out by cloud solutions. Hence, there is a need to shift to cloud-based identity governance and administration (IGA) solutions.

How to Use Multi-Factor Authentication When You Don’t Have Cell Phone Access

How to Use Multi-Factor Authentication When You Don’t Have Cell Phone Access

To verify the identity of clients, many security-minded organisations use multi-factor authentication. The most popular approach is to send a code via SMS text message to customers, which the customer then enters on the website or app. But what if you drive and have no mobile phone service?

Identity as a Service (IDAAS): Managing Digital Identities (Updated)

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Identity as a Service (IDAAS): Managing Digital Identities (Updated)

Identity as a service (IDaaS) refers to services provided via the cloud or through SaaS (software-as-a-service) systems for identity and access management. It provides cloud-based authentication provided and managed on a subscription basis by third-party providers.

What is Identity Governance & Administration?

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What is Identity Governance & Administration?

Needless to mention, the question of relevant certification of access to specified stakeholders also applies. In an increasingly agility-intensive and virtual work environment, identity governance seems immensely relevant with the automation of policy management and auditing, adding to its benefit.

The Different Ways Artificial Intelligence Solves Real-World Digital Identity Challenges

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The Different Ways Artificial Intelligence Solves Real-World Digital Identity Challenges

Forward-looking businesses are using artificial intelligence to solve real-world digital identity challenges.

Federated Identity Management vs. SSO: What's The Difference?

Federated Identity Management vs. SSO: What's The Difference?

Enterprises need to use methods to maximize the use of digital identities for multiple users. Although SSO and FIM are used together, they do not mean the same thing. The main difference between Identity Federation and SSO lies in the range of access.

Identity Provider: What Is It And Why Should You Invest In One?

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Identity Provider: What Is It And Why Should You Invest In One?

Identity management integration is an essential part of today's consumer-driven world. Identity providers allow consumers to sign in to your website or online store using one convenient login, making it easier than ever for them to access your site.

Consumer Identity Management is an important security tool for an IoT ecosystem

Consumer Identity Management is an important security tool for an IoT ecosystem

The Internet of Things (IoT) is creating an exciting new world of new and improved experiences for all. It necessitates the management of exponentially more identities than current CIAM systems can handle. CIAM is no longer primarily concerned with managing consumers but also with managing the hundreds of thousands of

What Is Broken Authentication and How to Prevent Your Company From It

What Is Broken Authentication and How to Prevent Your Company From It

Authentication protects a consumer's identity by allowing only a verified user to enter into the system. But there are numerous ways through which a hacker can impersonate consumers and enter inside the system.

What is Identity and Access Management (IAM)?

What is Identity and Access Management (IAM)?

Identity and Access Management in cybersecurity refers to the security framework and disciplines for managing digital identities. It regulates the responsibilities and access privileges associated with individual consumers and the conditions in which such privileges are allowed or denied.

Guide to Digital Identity — Part 2 (Authentication)

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Guide to Digital Identity — Part 2 (Authentication)

In the previous article (Guide to Digital Identity-Part 1 [https://medium.com/@dip_ak/guide-to-digital-identity-part-1-4b7c8fe45ee1]), we talked about the basics of digital identity and authentication methods. (If you haven’t already read it, read it now!). The purpose of this article is to help you understand when to use which

A History of Human Identity in Pictures — Part 1

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A History of Human Identity in Pictures — Part 1

The concept of human identity stretches back thousands of years into unrecorded history. Long before our identities were digitized and stored in databases, we used language, objects, and documents to represent and confirm our individuality. This pictorial history in 3 parts explores all the creative ways that we’ve developed