Automate Identity Governance and Administration and Continuous Monitoring of IT controls.
BAAR-IGA provides efficient and secure access control mechanisms for external users, ensuring seamless and controlled access to company resources and ultimately improving security and user experience.
Workflows can also be set up to manage the customer onboarding and off-boarding processes to automate them.
BAAR-IGA enables users to access multiple applications with one set of credentials, simplifying login processes and enhancing user experience in workforce identity management.
This solution can also be applied to legacy applications with no change to the application.
BAAR-IGA can add Multifactor Authentication (MFA), including biometric validation, to new age and legacy applications. This security measure requires users to provide two or more forms of identification before granting access to a system or application, adding an extra layer of protection beyond just passwords.
BAAR-IGA can provide Passwordless Access to new-age as well as legacy applications. This eliminates the need for traditional passwords, relying instead on alternative factors such as biometrics, hardware tokens, or mobile authentication apps. This approach simplifies the authentication process while bolstering security, offering a seamless and secure way for users to access systems and data.
BAAR-IGA offers a centralized authentication mechanism that allows users to access multiple applications and systems using a single set of credentials. It enables seamless and secure access management by establishing trust relationships between identity providers and service providers, facilitating the exchange of authentication and authorization information.
BAAR-IGA systematically regulates who can access or use corporate resources, determining entry and usage rights within an organization. In workforce identity, it verifies and grants employee credentials to ensure operational integrity and data security.
BAAR-IGA enhances security for privileged users by restricting access to critical systems and data, mitigating the risk of unauthorized use and potential breaches, ultimately safeguarding sensitive information and maintaining data integrity.
Passwordless privileged access and rotation of credentials after each time a privileged user accesses a system reduces risk.
BAAR-IGA simplifies the process of User Access Reviews for all systems (New age, legacy, On-prem, cloud). User Access Reviews in BAAR-IGA are of the following types:
User Access Reviews maintain security and compliance and minimize risks by regularly verifying and adjusting user permissions and protecting sensitive data.
BAAR-IGA continuously monitors for Segregation of Duties (SoD) conflicts. SoD management covers the following:
Segregation of Duties prevents conflicts of interest, fraud, and errors by dividing tasks, enhancing accountability, and ensuring operational integrity.
BAAR-IGA manages your identity and access policies continuously and fully automated. Examples of policies are:
Automated access management policies streamline security, improve efficiency, and reduce human error by enforcing consistent and timely access controls.
BAAR-IGA’s AI assigns a risk score to users using the following attributes:
Automated risk profiling proactively identifies and mitigates security threats, safeguards sensitive data, and maintains regulatory compliance effectively.
BAAR-IGA automates access controls, auditing, and compliance reporting, ensuring transparency, accountability, and adherence to regulatory requirements.
BAAR-IGA continuously monitors your systems for inappropriate access any users may have. Some examples are as follows:
BAAR-IGA self-tests and continuously monitors logical access controls before an internal or external audit (SOC, SOX), ensuring the operational effectiveness of the controls. Automated control testing increases efficiency, accuracy, and compliance while reducing human error, providing robust security and regulatory adherence.
BAAR-IGA manages the entire Identity Lifecycle in a fully automated manner. This includes the following:
Automating the identity lifecycle mitigates risks, saves time, enhances audit outcomes, improves onboarding processes, and reduces IT operational costs. The benefits are immediate and extensive.
BAAR-IGA automates provisioning, modification and de-provisioning of access based on a birthright for Applications (Legacy, On-prem, and Cloud), Network folders, SharePoint folders, Databases, Switches, Firewalls and more.
Access Lifecycle Management optimizes user access provisioning, modification, and de-provisioning, bolstering security, compliance, and resource utilization across organizations.
BAAR-IGA automatically revokes access or changes user roles based on the outcomes of user access reviews.
Automated access revocation post-user review enhances security, mitigates risks, ensures compliance, and minimizes unauthorized access, fostering robust data protection.
BAAR -IGA automates access provisioning, modifying and de-provisioning when a user is transferred within the organization.
Transfer Access Management ensures seamless user transitions within organizations, maintaining data security, minimizing disruptions, and preserving productivity.
BAAR-IGA finds violations for an identity across multiple security systems like: Privileged Access Management, User Behavior Analytics, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Systems, Endpoint Security Solutions and more.
Centralizing identity violations from all monitoring tools provides a unified view, streamlines response, enhances security and simplifies compliance reporting.
BAAR-IGA allows users to self serve for the below activities. Approval and process workflows can be customized:
The Self-Service Portal empowers users to manage their access, reducing administrative burden, improving efficiency, and enhancing user experience.
Simplify authentication processes by centralizing user authentication, reducing the need for multiple sets of credentials.
Enable users to access multiple systems and applications with a single set of credentials, enhancing user convenience and productivity.
Establish trust relationships between identity providers and service providers, ensuring secure access management across systems.
Facilitate the secure exchange of authentication and authorization information between identity providers and service providers, mitigating the risk of unauthorized access.
Provide seamless access management capabilities across diverse systems and applications, improving operational efficiency and user experience.
Streamline access processes and reduce authentication complexities for users, leading to increased productivity and satisfaction.
These capabilities position BAAR-IGA as a market leader in Identity Federation solutions by offering interoperability, scalability, security, and manageability, enabling organizations to securely and efficiently federate identities across diverse IT ecosystems.
Capability to support various federation protocols such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of identity providers and service providers.
Scalable architecture capable of handling large volumes of authentication and authorization requests with minimal latency, ensuring smooth federation operations even under high loads.
Enable users to access multiple applications and services across different domains with a single set of credentials, enhancing user experience and productivity.
Comprehensive validation of security assertions exchanged during federation to prevent tampering and ensure the integrity and authenticity of identity assertions.
Smooth integration with existing identity and access management (IAM) systems, applications, and cloud services, enabling seamless federation across heterogeneous IT environments.
Provision of a centralized management console for administrators to configure federation settings, manage trust relationships, and monitor federation activities effectively.
Ability to map and transform user attributes between different identity domains, ensuring consistent and accurate user information exchange during federation.
Provision of real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities to track federation activities, detect anomalies, and facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements and security policies.
BAAR-IGA simplifies authentication processes by centralizing user authentication, reducing the need for multiple credentials.
BAAR-IGA increases efficiency and productivity by enabling users to access multiple systems with a single set of credentials.
Establishes trust relationships between identity providers and service providers, ensuring secure access management.
BAAR-IGA facilitates the secure exchange of authentication and authorization information, mitigating the risk of unauthorized access.
BAAR-IGA enables seamless access management across diverse systems and applications, enhancing user experience.
BAAR-IGA improves user experience by reducing authentication complexities, leading to increased productivity and satisfaction.
KYC and Identity Federation in IGA both aim to authenticate and manage identities securely. KYC verifies client identities in the financial sector to prevent fraud and meet legal standards, gathering essential personal data for authenticity. Identity Federation enables access to multiple platforms with one set of credentials, streamlining user experience by linking verified identities across systems. This synergy enhances security and compliance, minimizing the need for repeated logins while ensuring rigorous identity checks.
BAAR-IGA’s KYC feature goes beyond basic checks, implementing a multilayered verification strategy that includes document analysis, biometric verification, and behavioral analytics for unparalleled accuracy.
Our platform dynamically adjusts to international and local regulatory changes, providing an agile KYC process that keeps businesses at the forefront of compliance without additional overhead.
BAAR-IGA’s KYC capability is enhanced with integrated risk intelligence that offers real-time alerts and actionable insights, allowing for proactive management of potential identity-related threats.
A mid-sized bank with a dispersed user base, faced challenges managing access to multiple applications and systems, leading to inefficiencies and security concerns. Customer experience was not very good while accessing the bank’s applications.
The main challenges were:
User Experience: Customers expect a seamless experience across all platforms and services provided by the Bank.
Security: Ensuring robust security measures to protect sensitive customer information.
Compliance: Adhering to various regulatory requirements across different regions while maintaining operational efficiency.
The bank implemented BAAR-IGA’s identity federation solution to address these challenges. Identity federation allowed the bank to provide a unified authentication mechanism across all its services while ensuring security and regulatory compliance.
Integration with Identity Providers (IdPs): The bank partners with trusted identity providers such as social media platforms (e.g., Google, Facebook), government identity systems, and other financial institutions. These IdPs serve as trusted sources for user authentication. BAAR-IGA started authenticating users with their social accounts in addition to other forms of authentication.
Single Sign-On (SSO): BAAR-IGA allows customers to access multiple services and applications using a single set of credentials. Once authenticated by an IdP, users can seamlessly access the Bank’s services without the need for repeated login.
Security Measures: To enhance security, BAAR-IGA implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA) in conjunction with identity federation. This ensured that even if credentials are compromised, unauthorized access is mitigated.
Data Encryption: All communication between the bank’s services and the identity providers was encrypted using industry-standard protocols such as SSL/TLS, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive data.
Compliance: The BAAR team ensured that its identity federation implementation complies with relevant regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and financial industry standards like PCI DSS. Customer consent and data privacy are given utmost importance throughout the implementation process.
Improved User Experience: Customers enjoy a seamless login experience across all the bank’s services, leading to higher user satisfaction and engagement.
Enhanced Security: Identity federation coupled with MFA strengthened security measures, reducing the risk of unauthorized access and identity theft.
Operational Efficiency: Centralized authentication simplifies management and reduces operational overhead, leading to cost savings for the bank.
Regulatory Compliance: By adhering to regulatory requirements, the bank built trust with customers and regulators, mitigating legal and reputational risks.
By implementing identity federation, The bank successfully addressed the challenges of providing a seamless user experience while ensuring robust security and compliance with regulatory requirements. The adoption of identity federation reinforced the bank’s commitment to providing secure and convenient financial services to its customers.
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