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Published on June 03, 2020
Updated on August 11, 2023.
Keeper Security helps organizations overcome Identity and Access Management (IAM) challenges in multi-cloud and hybrid environments with zero-knowledge security and integrations with all major Single Sign-On (SSO) Identity Providers.
Continue reading to learn the IAM challenges organizations face and how Keeper helps them overcome these challenges.
What Is Identity and Access Management (IAM)?
Identity and access management is an umbrella term used to describe the policies, procedures, controls and technological tools that organizations use to manage digital identities, as well as control access to networks, applications and data. IAM ensures that users are who they say they are, and that they only have access to the resources and data they need to perform their jobs.
Privileged Access Management (PAM), a subset of IAM, focuses on user access to sensitive systems and data. This includes servers, databases and administrative controls.
What Are the Challenges of IAM in Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Environments?
Two pressing challenges of IAM in multi-cloud and hybrid environments are that users must authenticate multiple times, and not all applications support SSO.
Multiple authentications
IAM is especially challenging in multi-cloud and hybrid environments because end users must authenticate separately on each cloud platform. In addition to being time-consuming for users, if the cloud deployment is not set up properly, it may not be processing login credentials in a secure manner.
To improve the user experience and reduce the risk of credential compromise, many companies have turned to SSO, which brings us to the next IAM challenge organizations are facing in multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
Not all applications support SSO
SSO enables end users to use one set of login credentials to access multiple websites and applications. However, not all applications support SSO, especially legacy line of business (LOB) applications. Further, SSO comes with its own security risks, particularly if it isn’t implemented in conjunction with Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and robust password security, such as requiring employees to use strong, unique passwords for all sites and apps.
Most SSO applications can only connect to cloud-based applications that use the SAML (Standard Asserstion Markup Language) 2.0 protocol. As a result, many legacy native and cloud applications that don’t comply with SAML won’t work with modern SSO solutions.
How Keeper Helps Organizations Overcome IAM Challenges
Here are a few ways Keeper helps organizations overcome IAM challenges in multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
Zero-knowledge security
Keeper protects user credentials in multi-cloud and hybrid environments through a zero-knowledge security architecture. All information stored in Keeper is accessible only by the end user, with all encryption and decryption done at the device level, never on the server. All data is also encrypted both in-transit (TLS) and at rest (AES-256).
This means that the plain-text version of the login credentials and other data that users store in their Keeper vaults is never accessible to any outside party — not even employees of Keeper Security.
With Keeper, each end user’s master password is converted using PBKDF2 into a key that unlocks the data key on the device. Each individual record stored in the user’s vault is encrypted with an additional 256-bit AES key that is randomly generated on the device.
Integration With All SAML 2.0 SSO Identity Providers
With Keeper SSO Connect, users will be able to securely authenticate their identities across all websites, systems and applications without having to type in a master password. Depending on your organization’s SSO Identity Provider (IdP), you can choose between a variety of passwordless options such as biometric authentication, One-Time Passwords (OTP), magic links and rules engines.
Keeper SSO Connect seamlessly integrates with all SAML 2.0 SSO IdP platforms, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra (formerly known as Azure), Okta, JumpCloud and Centrify, to name a few.
The Best IAM Solution for Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Environments
KeeperPAM™ is a next-generation privileged access management solution that combines Keeper Enterprise Password Manager (EPM), Keeper Secrets Manager (KSM) and Keeper Connection Manager (KCM) all into one unified platform.
With KeeperPAM, organizations can fully protect their perimeterless, multi-cloud environments. KeeperPAM makes managing secrets, connections and privileged accounts easy and secure. With Keeper SSO Connect, organizations will never have to worry about their IAM solution not integrating with their SSO IdP provider or having to go through multiple authentications to access a single account.
Not a Keeper customer yet? Request a demo of KeeperPAM to find out how Keeper can help your organization overcome the IAM challenges it’s facing today.
