As enterprises transition to the cloud, they are essentially shifting their focus from controlling security with physical boundaries, to that of a virtual infrastructure. When data and applications move to the cloud, user access - by default - takes place remotely. Organizations therefore have to contend with a diffused data perimeter which induces them to implement access controls for applications both in the cloud and those within the confines of the data center.
At the same time, organizations have struggled in their ability to employ common identities and enable single-sign-on (SS0) access to disparate internal systems and applications. This challenge is even more pronounced as applications move to the cloud, since users now have an even greater number of identities and permissions that are not necessarily issued by the organization.
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Strong Authentication and Identity Federation for Cloud-based SaaS Applications
To contend with the complexity of these security and management challenges, SafeNet offers organizations a single integrated platform that allows them to extend their users’ on-premise identities to cloud applications. By so doing, organizations are able to centrally manage and control their strong authentication and security needs, as well as provide a complete single sign-on experience to applications residing in the corporate data center and the cloud.
SafeNet’s authentication platforms provide a seamless, consistent strong authentication and single signon experience for users who want to access SaaS-based cloud applications such as Google Apps and Salesforce.com. By federating an enterprise user’s identity via the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), SafeNet authentication platforms leverage an organization’s existing authentication infrastructure so that users can use the same logon credentials for both on-premise and cloud-based applications.
SafeNet Authentication Solutions: Your Trusted Authentication Entity
SafeNet’s authentication management platforms in essence act as the trusted authentication entity, giving authorized users permission to access the application. The SaaS service is confi gured to allow access only to those users given permission by SafeNet’s authentication platform. This unifi ed approach, combined with support for a broad range of authentication methods and form factors, allows organizations to transition to the cloud without compromising their security perimeter. Moreover, since all strong authentication and single sign-on is handled from one platform, organizations achieve signifi cant cost effi ciencies that are reflected in reduced IT infrastructure costs, lower IT maintenance and better productivity and convenience for end users.