What is authentication?
Authentication is the process of verifying a claimed identity or confirming whether information is genuine and unaltered. This is an important part of cybersecurity and is used to ensure that only authorized individuals have access to systems and data.
What type of information is authenticated?
One authenticates users, clients, content, messages, logins to internal systems, and external logins.
What are different ways we authenticate?
Codes and questions: Passwords, PIN codes, one-time codes, security questions, SMS, authentication apps.
Keys: Electronic key cards, smart cards, and physical keys.
Static biometrics: Fingerprints, retinal patterns, facial recognition.
Dynamic biometrics: Voice patterns, handwriting characteristics, keyboard rhythm, and gait.
How can we organize authentication?
Different authentications on different platforms: We can have authentication for each place we log in.
SSO (Single Sign-On): We can have a single security ID for several different, but independent platforms.
Passwordless: A safer way to do SSO is to make it passwordless and use only static or dynamic biometrics.
Sicra and authentication
Sicra assists with the implementation of various authentication services from providers such as Microsoft, F5, Palo Alto Networks, Citrix and Netscaler, Arctic Wolf, and O3 Cyber.
We have specialists who can help you with authentication across a wide range of services and platforms.
Services:
We offer "multi-factor authentication" services >
In access management, we offer both: "Identity and access management (IAM)" og "Privileged access management (PAM)" >
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