CA Technologies has announced the extension of its acclaimed CA Single Sign-On and CA Advanced Authentication products to include support for end consumers. Now available in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), CA’s consumer access management technologies enable organizations to offer their customers frictionless and secure access to Internet-facing applications, regardless of whether the resource is hosted on-premises, in the cloud, or at a partner’s site.
Together, CA Single Sign-On and CA Advanced Authentication provide a seamless user experience across multiple, diverse Web applications, portals, and security domains, allowing consumers to login once to access all of their applications, while protecting against online identity fraud and unauthorized access via risk-based authentication and multifactor credentials. This is especially crucial in the application economy where customers are far more likely to experience a brand and interact with an enterprise through software than a live person.
“In today’s application economy, Asia Pacific markets are changing; as many businesses undergo digital transformation, they realize that anytime, anywhere and any-device access is the new standard. The benefits of strong authentication and single sign-on (SSO) can be extended beyond identity management for employees or enterprise partners, leading to increased demand for consumerized access management solutions,” said Vic Mankotia, vice president, Security and API Management, APJ, CA Technologies.
Mankotia added, “Asia Pacific is leading the charge in terms of enhanced consumer access management, particularly in the banking and finance industry. I believe that we will soon witness rapid adoption of SSO and advanced authentication in other consumer-facing sectors as well, such as citizen services, which could enable access to citizens’ data such as medical records. CA Technologies is one of the leading companies in the region that is able to offer customer–tested business-to-consumer access management solutions on a large scale.”
CA Single Sign-On provides a centralized security management foundation that authenticates and authorizes users to access web-based applications. It also lets firms manage a consumer’s session beyond the SSO experience, including social login, risk-based authorizations, personalization, and enhanced session assurance.
CA Advanced Authentication evaluates risk based on device identification, geo-location, user behavior and velocity, and automatically triggers a step-up authentication when the risk score exceeds a defined threshold. It also provides the unique CA AuthID and CA Mobile OTP two-factor credentials, which can be used to address regulatory compliance and auditing requirements.
To date, CA Technologies has begun working with multiple banks and federal services in APJ to implement business-to-consumer SSO services, helping these organizations extend their reach to millions of end consumers.
