Secondary Authentication to meet Cloud Computing Identity Authentication
CloudTrust Adaptive Authentication is a fully integrated multi-factor authentication feature with unique flexibility to meet cloud computing needs. Adaptive Authentication provides secure identification of the cloud user and their computer, the customer’s computer to the business and the business to the customer’s computer. This critical authentication process is continuously validated with each cloud transaction and delivers the greatest protection available against data or identity theft and phishing attacks.
Because no single authentication approach can meet the needs of cloud computing models, Adaptive Authentication uniquely offers policy based authentication options based on the business model and risk level. Adaptive Authentication decides which authentication methods will be used based on the cloud user’s access rights and the sensitivity of data being accessed in the transaction. For example: If the user authenticated successfully with user name and password, but fails proper authentication using out of band cell phone authentication, the system will attempt a third authentication technique such as “email question”. This offers the cloud user greater ease of use and the business improved user satisfaction and greater transaction completion rates. CloudTrust Adaptive Authentication utilized your existing authentication products as well as offering out of the box authentication including:Adaptive Authentication models include:
- Out of band Phone authentication
- Email authentication
- CloudTrust Remote Agent strong authentication
- SMS authentication
- Question and answer secondary authentication
- Client Cookie authentication
The Adaptive intelligence capability of CloudTrust automatically applies the appropriate policy based authentication model balancing end user ease of use against business risk while offering access from home, work, public locations and mobile devices.