Workforce Identity & Access Management (IAM)

One of the biggest benefits of cloud computing is the level of accessibility it enables – from anywhere, and at any time. However, it is important to set up certain restrictions in order to protect your sensitive applications and privileged user accounts from being compromised. One such important security measure involves setting up a device … Continue reading Enforce Device-based Restrictions with Akku

When large organizations like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook report password hacks, it throws some light on how vulnerable current systems are, as well as the need for multi-factor authentication. However, multi-factor authentication is shrouded in myths that may prevent organizations from adopting it.  Here, we have addressed a few of the most common myths surrounding … Continue reading Myths about Multi-factor Authentication

When the digital revolution started, media companies were among the first ones to embrace it. Today, most media companies create content targeted exclusively at online subscribers on digital platforms, pivoting their efforts to become more user-friendly for a digital audience.  In order to convert free digital users into paid users, it is also important to … Continue reading Overcoming the Challenges of the Media Industry With Identity

Best practices and common sense dictate that we use unique, hard-to-guess passwords for each application that we use. However, most of us place convenience over security and give in to the worst password habit – using a single, easy-to-remember password across all our applications. This is simply because of the management of multiple passwords, each … Continue reading Web Authentication – The Future of Going Passwordless

ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) is an SSO solution created by Microsoft to authenticate users logging into applications which are incompatible with Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) and Active Directory (AD). ADFS provides organizations with the flexibility needed to simplify the user experience while improving the control that admins have over user accounts across owned as … Continue reading What is ADFS and why do you need it?

Technology users today are spoilt for choice when it comes to the types of devices and the variety of platforms through which they can stay connected to work and social groups. They can access their accounts from simply anywhere and at any time, as long as they can authenticate their identities. However, the process of … Continue reading What is Continuous Authentication?

Akku and Okta are both highly efficient cloud security solutions that strive to help companies manage and secure user authentication on applications in their network, and to transform their customer experiences. Here are a few key differences between the features of Akku and Okta.  Single Sign-on Akku’s requires only a one-click login for universal login … Continue reading Akku Vs. Okta – Understand Before you Choose

The AD connector which comes with Akku, allows organizations to use either their on-prem AD or Azure AD as the data source for authentication. Akku’s AD is agentless, which means that no additional software is installed in the client environment.

What is WebAuthn? WebAuthn (Web Authentication API) is a global standard specification for secure authentication on the Web, formulated in 2018 by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This browser-based API allows user authentication on web applications through the creation of strong “credentials” and user-agent-mediated access to authenticators. This could be either in the form … Continue reading The Key to Data Security: WebAuthn