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Enterprise Security Magazine | Sunday, May 01, 2022
Human Factor Authentication (HFA) is designed to tackle the flaws of legacy MFA by combining powerful FIDO2 passwordless authentication with cloud biometrics to approve the human behind the device.
FREMONT, CA: “Because the world is still largely dependent on passwords and compromise-prone legacy MFA, cyberattacks that exploit human behavior and wreak havoc for organizations are all too common in 2022. With Verified 3.0, authID has pioneered HFA, a human-centric authentication solution that addresses cyber risks that exploit human error. HFA helps businesses disarm hackers and gate critical resources while improving workforce productivity and reducing friction for consumers," says Tom Thimot, CEO of authID. authID, a renowned provider of secure authentication solutions, has released Verified 3.0, its next-generation platform that provides Human Factor Authentication" (HFA). The authIDs Verified technology links strong, unphishable, passwordless authentication with biometric identity, providing our clients with a simplified path to zero trust architecture. FIDO Alliance-certified best-of-breed FIDO2 passwordless authentication is interoperable with and compliant with FIDO requirements.
Antiquated multi-factor authentication (MFA) is insufficient to guard against today's sophisticated social engineering assaults. More than 82 percent of data breaches exploit a human aspect, such as phishing assaults and credential compromise. Hackers rely on passwords and human error to succeed, costing businesses an average of $4.4 million per data breach worldwide. Combining passwordless authentication with biometric certainty to deny unwanted users access, privileges, and lateral movement, Verified HFA eliminates security holes for enterprise workforce and consumer applications.
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With Verified 3.0, enterprises now have to pass to a single platform that eliminates the dangers and inconveniences associated with passwords while securing valuable systems and corporate assets with robust identity assurance. Verified effortlessly elevates authentication whenever the organization needs to allow user credentials to access a sensitive application, undertake a high-risk action, or add or recover a new device, using a fast selfie recorded in seconds from any browser to verify the individual behind the device.
“Accessibility and ease-of-use are core components of our mission to deliver best-in-class cloud authentication solutions to enterprises globally,” says Jeremiah Mason, authIDs SVP of Product. “With Human Factor Authentication powered by Verified 3.0, we can help any organization build zero trust architecture that best serves their workforce and customers, bound with a biometric chain of trust.”
Verified 3.0 includes customer-requested adaptive authentication feature sets that balance speed and usability with heightened security. Through improved support for the OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication protocol, Verified 3.0 facilitates the transition to zero trust by providing customers with streamlined access to Identity Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) ecosystem.
Superior User Experience Among the features of Verified 3.0 are:
Effortless Passwordless Authentication: FIDO2-certified passwordless authentication permits workforce users and consumers to check in on any mobile or desktop device without a password.
Secure, Portable Account/Device Add & Recovery: Using cloud biometrics, customers may now add new devices and retrieve them from a lost device without contacting a help desk or reverting to insecure legacy MFA.
2-Second Selfie Capture: Verified is verified for PAD Level 2/3 detection and anti-spoofing. Users no longer need to grin during selfies, capturing under 2 seconds.
Verified 3.0's enhanced customer implementation experiences include:
Expanded and Quicker Implementation Options: Support for OIDC protocols enables HFA connections with the identity ecosystem, which includes IAM, PAM, and EDR providers, as well as popular cloud apps, in less than ten minutes. Using authID APIs, customers continue to enjoy the ability to construct unique interfaces.
Authentication Orchestration Policies: Verified now comprises a new workflow management tool that expedites enterprise rollout by removing bespoke workflow creation and enabling simple configuration of user onboarding and authentication rules per use case and identity provider.
Federated Cloud Identity: Verified provides a single cloud platform with identity ecosystem support to provide federated enterprise access with a single identity across their legacy, SaaS, and cloud applications.
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