Consumer authentication and authorization needs are evolving faster than ever, and SecureAuth is staying ahead of the game with some exciting new updates to its CIAM (formerly Cloudentity) platform. These enhancements aren’t just about keeping your system secure—they’re designed to make life easier for both users and administrators, all while staying flexible enough to adapt to modern business needs.
Let’s dive into the latest features that will improve security, boost user experience, and streamline your CIAM operations.
Skip MFA on Trusted Devices
Who loves MFA prompts? Not many. With the new ability to skip MFA on trusted devices, users can bypass multi-factor authentication on devices they regularly use. This means less hassle while still maintaining the security needed for critical applications. It’s a win-win—users get a seamless experience, and security stays intact.
Skip MFA on Trusted Devices
TOTP as an Authentication Factor
Multi-factor authentication just got an upgrade with the addition of Time-Based One-Time Passwords (TOTP). This feature provides a cost-effective, highly secure solution for verifying user identity without relying on SMS-based OTPs, which can be vulnerable to interception. TOTP generates time-sensitive, one-time passwords directly on the user’s device, reducing dependency on network connectivity, reducing cost associated with SMS OTP and improving resilience against phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks. This feature adds an extra layer of security for sensitive applications. It’s perfect for organizations looking to meet strict compliance requirements while giving users a secure, easy-to-use experience.
TOTP as an Authentication Factor
Tailored Features to Power Business-to-Business (B2B) CIAM
SecureAuth’s CIAM also offers a tailored and distinct approach to solve the B2B CIAM needs that empowers businesses to manage and secure digital identities across partners, vendors, and customers. With advanced authentication options, seamless single sign-on (SSO), and flexible identity management, SecureAuth enables secure access to critical applications while improving user experience. All the B2B features are GA now including some new enhancements to make the B2B administration experience much smoother and simpler.
B2B CIAM Overview
Some of the B2B capabilities include
- Seamless support for B2B relationships via robust organization management
- Flexible IDP onboarding with delegation capabilities tailored for each organization
- Configurable authentication, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and single sign-on (SSO) for individual organizations
- Fine-grained authorization controls for APIs and applications on a per-organization basis
- Ability to establish and manage hierarchical relationships within organizations
- Comprehensive user management at both the organization and sub-organization levels
- Delegated user management, empowering organization admins to manage users and roles
- Streamlined and intuitive experience for both system administrators and delegated administrators
CIAM B2B IDP onboarding
New SAML IdP Connector
Communicating with upstream SAML Identity Providers is now more powerful with SecureAuth’s new SAML IdP connector. This enhancement offers advanced configuration options for managing signing keys, algorithms, and authentication parameters. Best of all, new integrations will use this updated connector, while existing ones will continue to function seamlessly.
CIAM SAML IdP Connector
OpenTracing in Extensions Framework
Developers, this one’s for you. OpenTracing provides a standardized way to trace requests as they propagate through various services, helping developers monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application performance and is already part of the core CIAM offering. Now we have also integrated the OpenTracing into the Extensions Framework which allows you to enable comprehensive observability across all interactions to trace and optimize API calls, making it easier to spot and fix bottlenecks around customer authentication and authorization journeys. Faster, better-performing extensions mean a more efficient system all around.
Upgraded Versions of Node.js and Rego for Runtime Extensions in Extensions and Policy Framework
Keeping your tech stack up-to-date is critical, and SecureAuth is making that easier by supporting the latest versions of Node.js and Rego runtime environments These updates bring improved performance, security patches, and new features. If you haven’t yet, now’s the time to migrate your scripts and policies and keep your system aligned with the latest advancements for performance, security and reduce maintenance overhead.
AWS Authorizer(SecureAuth MicroPerimeter) configuration Using AWS CDK
Deploying and managing policy decision points just got a whole lot easier with a new version of AWS Authorizer, now integrated with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). This streamlined approach provides significant value for organizations looking to streamline, automate, and secure their authorization processes within serverless and cloud-native architectures. When deployed using CDK, simplifies the setup of secure APIs and ensures that access control policies are tightly integrated into the infrastructure-as-code (IaC) workflow.
Improved Admin Portal UX
Managing your IAM system shouldn’t feel like rocket science, and SecureAuth’s admin portal just got a usability makeover. This feature initiative focuses on lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) by enabling administrators to perform tasks more quickly and minimizing configuration errors through a simplified interface. The more intuitive design also shortens the learning curve, allowing new administrators to quickly and effectively manage and operate the product. Learn more about this feature here.
Wrapping Up
These updates aren’t just about new features—they’re about making your CIAM more intuitive, efficient, and user-friendly while staying secure. Whether you’re a developer, administrator, or end-user, these enhancements will save you time and reduce headaches, all while keeping your identity management system top-notch.
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