scale . Transforming IBM ’ s authentication would require significant infrastructure modernization and consolidation to efficiently deliver large-scale reliability and security .
After gathering requirements and considering all options , the team chose IBM Security™ Verify ( SaaS ). Key factors in the decision were that the APIs enabled a seamless application migration and that they ’ d be able to customize the user interface to fit their exact requirements without draining their development resources . By embracing IBM Security Verify as the standard platform for all B2E and B2B identities , IBM would be poised to deploy more modern identity capabilities with enhanced security , scale and user experience .
Simplifying secure identity and access for over 27 million users
The expression “ caught between a rock and a hard place ” comes to mind when describing challenges facing the IBM Office of the CIO . First , imagine having to provide identity and access authentication for over half a million IBM employees , with a highly customized , single tenant , on-premises platform . And also , having to provide similar for over 26 million global IBM clients with a separate , first-generation identity as a service ( IDaaS ) solution .
The IBM Office of the CIO was dealing with two distinct identity and access management ( IAM ) platforms offering different technologies , levels of maturity , reliability and functionality at enormous
With the new solution , IBM could expand internal user choice for authentication . Twofactor authentication ( 2FA ) significantly protects against password compromise but it ’ s often cumbersome . IBM implemented adaptive features of 2FA that used backend analytics to determine where to require additional authentication . The shift offered enhanced choice for IBMers to passwordless authenticate options .
By adopting IBM Security Verify , IBM improved the user experience while tightening security at scale . With IBM Security Verify , anyone who interacts with IBM , now has frictionless , secure , state-ofthe-art access to information resources … and that ’ s just the beginning .
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