Secure Cloud AccessWithout Passwords
Ivanti UEM holds the key

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Securing cloud services
As your business moves to the cloud and adapts toCloud-bound andsecurity-challenged

the Everywhere Workplace, providing secure accessCloud-based technologies are becoming the default

that doesn’t impede productivity is critical – andchoice for more and more companies – a trend that

extremely challenging. Because password-only

has experienced a steep rise in the Everywheresecurity is no longer up to the task, relying on itWorkplace. From Microsoft 365 to Salesforce andpresents a tremendous risk.

Dropbox, most organizations are either aggressively

The good news is that you already hold the key
to protecting your mobile and cloud resources.
By leveraging your existing Ivanti UEM, you canadopting cloud services or are being forced to as
users bring them in. They introduce significant
business efficiencies – and a large security gap.

achieve zero trust security. Adding Ivanti Access

The adoption of mobile and cloud technologies is theallows you to eliminate passwords and strengthen

new business landscape, but for many organizations,

your company’s entire security posture – anywhere.

their security hasn’t kept up. Protecting mobile andThis eBook explores how you can better secureaccess to your enterprise cloud services by taking
your security requirements anywhere your digital

cloud resources from unauthorized or malicious>45%of all enterprise IT spending will beon public cloud services by 2026 –up from less than 17% in 2021.1

access is one of the toughest challenges facingorganizations today.

infrastructure takes you. Learn how Ivanti’s zero trust

Securing them takes a different approach – a zerosecurity enables your organization to confidently

trust security approach that eliminates passwords andadopt mobile-cloud technologies to drive greater

strengthens your entire security posture.

business efficiency in the Everywhere Workplace
while reducing the risk of data breaches.

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Why passwords fail

Users can’t stand them.

They aren’t secure.

Ask anyone their opinion of passwords and the eye

Users have their own way of managing passwords,
often with cringeworthy work-arounds like password
sticky notes and files named “Password”. Many use
the same password across multiple accounts. Add
this to the relative ease with which hackers can steal
passwords, and it’s little wonder passwords are amongroll is similar. The complex combination of caps,
numbers, symbols and unrepeatability creates afrustrating cycle of forgetting, resetting and lockouts.
And as the number of apps your company uses
grows, so too does the password memory challenge
and hassle.

the top causes of breaches – and are compromised

They’re expensive.

faster than any other kind of data.

The major issue with passwords is forgetting them.

They aren’t smart enough.

The cost of supporting password systems, including

2Passwords only give you one piece of an intricate
security puzzle: verifying user identity before granting
access to cloud services. But you’re no longer ontethered computers in a tidy, defined enterprisenetwork. Access is now from anywhere, often onquestionable Wi-Fi, via a variety of mobile devices,across a variety of apps. Passwords don’t give any
security context, such as the state of the device
requesting access, the application, the network andpossible threats on the device. Insight into each ofthese factors helps make the right access decisions.

There’s a better way.
The productivity benefits of your mobile and cloud
resources need not be diminished by using frustrating
and ineffective passwords to secure access.
You can eliminate the pain of passwords andstrengthen your security by building upon yourexisting Ivanti UEM to create a zero trust security
approach that supports your mobile-cloudtechnologies. Let’s take a look at how that’s achievedby adding Access and Mobile Threat Defense
solutions from Ivanti.

staffing and infrastructure, can be significant. As
more work is done in the cloud on more systems withmultiple login details, chances grow for problems
to arise and workflow to be interrupted. In theenterprise, every minute wasted affects productivity,
which in turn, directly affects revenue. On top of that,when a user is locked out of their account due toa lost or forgotten password, it’s often not just thatuser that is prevented from being productive, but thehelpdesk employee they enlist to reset their password
as well.

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The power of zero trust security
for the Everywhere Workplace
For companies that rely on cloud platforms andapps to move their business forward, our zero trust

Zero trust approach
Never trust, always verify.

approach security is ideal.
It allows you to grant access to your cloud services
only after receiving far greater security context thanpasswords can provide.

Access: stronger security without passwords
Your existing Ivanti UEM gives you the foundation
to redefine your security strategy and achieve
end-to-end, zero trust security by turning yourValidate thedevice

Establish usercontext

Check appauthorization

Verify networks

Detect andmitigate threats

device into your secure identity to the enterprise.
By adding Ivanti Access, you’ll have a more complete

Ongoing compliance enforcement

security snapshot before granting access to any
cloud service or app. Ivanti Zero Sign-On (ZSO),
residing of the Ivanti Access platform, verifies criticalsignals for greater security context before granting
access – without a single password.

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4Smarter, secure accessto the cloud

Secure access from any device,
whether you manage it or not

Cloud service freedom with standards-based
securityMore context, security and freedom

Whether Android, iOS, macOS, or Windows 10 or 11

Our zero trust security is built on a standards-

devices, our standards-based platform is device

based platform that allows you to deploy a common

agnostic to provide passwordless access from any

security framework across all of your cloud services.

device – even those not managed by your organization.

Whether it’s Microsoft 365, Salesforce or an internallyThat means not a single unauthorized device, app ordeveloped app, Access can protect any enterprise app

network can connect to your business systems.

and is designed to meet evolving business needs.

With Access, ensure that business information is only
available to verified users on authorized endpoints,
apps, and cloud services – all without a single
password. Consider the advantages:

Passwordless experience
With ZSO, Ivanti has eliminated the password once
and for all.
We turned a mobile device into your ID and secureaccess, for a seamless authentication experience fromanywhere. Users can securely access any businessapp, device or resource with a glance or a tap oftheir finger. No passwords required. Just simple,
passwordless access from anywhere.

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Data protection, wherever it lives
Mobile Threat Defense
The third leg of our zero trust security approach isIvanti Mobile Threat Defense (MTD).

Immediate, on-device threat protection
Protect against device, app, network and phishingattacks even when the device is offline. Receive
unmatched detection of known and zero-day
mobile threats with machine-learning algorithms
on-device, and local remediation actions with local
user notification, across iOS and Android devices.

100% user adoption
A single app makes it easy to deploy and managefor every user, because threat protection is built into
the Ivanti UEM client. That means IT can activate
threat detection and remediation capabilities without
requiring any user action.

Detailed threat forensics
Gain immediate and ongoing visibility into malicious
threats across all mobile devices and receive detailed
analyses of risky apps.

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6Head to the cloud
Securely with Ivanti
As your company embraces more cloud resources andthe Everywhere Workplace, make sure you have the rightsecurity to protect those resources from unauthorized or
malicious access. Passwords are no longer up to the task,
from the breach risk they represent to their widespread

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unpopularity with IT and end users alike.
Your existing Ivanti UEM is the key to achieving zero trust
security. By adding standards-based security with Access,you can ensure that access is only granted after users,endpoints, apps and cloud services are verified – without
a single password. On top of that, MTD blocks any type ofthreat, around the clock.

Maximum security. Minimal hoops.
The cloud is where your business is headed. Ivanti can takeyour security where it needs to be, too.
■ End users can access their cloud business tools on any

device they choose with a seamless access experience.
■ IT can interact with one scalable platform and one

screen into your mobile and cloud security.
With the UEM you already have, you’re already on your wayto achieving zero trust security. Head to the cloud withelevated security and productivity by adding Access andMTD today.

1.

Gartner Says Four Trends Are Shaping the Future ofPublic Cloud”, 2 August 2021. https://www.gartner.com/
en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-08-02-gartner-saysfour-trends-are-shaping-the-future-of-public-cloud

2. Verizon, “2021 Data Breach Investigations Report”, 13
May 2021. https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/
reports/dbir/2021/masters-guide/

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