In recent years, multi-factor authentication has become commonplace across most industries. While organizations that handle regulated information need 2-factor it for compliance, its wide adoption is largely driven by high breach rates and rising digital security risks. Larger organizations turn to NetIQ Advance Authentication for reasons such as:
The attraction of investing in a framework that doesnâ€t lock it into proprietary implementation or devices.
Offers a wide variety of authentication options. The bigger the list of authentication options provided to the users, the easier it is to find a method that works well for each userâ€s (employee, contractor, customer, patient, citizen, etc.) situation.
The framework offers a centralized reporting system of how and when each user authenticated. It simplifies both compliance reports and security audits.â€‹â€‹â€‹
Because of their flexibility, large and geographically distributed organizations like the simplified deployment and administration models offered by Advanced Authenticationâ€s Docker form factor. These containers can be configured to scale to any mix of dispersed or centralized authentication hotspots. OpenText also offers Advanced Authentication as a managed SaaS offering.