MobileIron announces availability
of zero sign-on technology
obileIron has announced
the availability of zero sign-
on technology for secure
and passwordless authentication to
enterprise cloud services from desktops.
Users can now log into software-as-a-
service (SaaS) applications, such as
Office 365 and Salesforce, from any
laptop or desktop using their secured
iPhone as their identity – eliminating the
need for passwords entirely.
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A zero password experience is critical
as a recent IDG report revealed
that enterprise users and security
professionals alike are frustrated by
the inefficiency and lax security of
passwords for user authentication.
for zero trust: user, device, apps,
networks and threats.
“Passwords have remained one of the
biggest security risks and continue to be
one of the top causes of enterprise data
breaches,” said Simon Biddiscombe,
CEO, MobileIron. “That’s why MobileIron
is ushering in a new era of user
authentication with zero password
access to business services. Making
the world’s most ubiquitous product
– the mobile device – your digital ID
and secure access to the enterprise
provides the best user experience and
significantly reduces the risk of data
breaches. It’s a win-win situation for both
employees and security leaders.”
A recent EMA research report
confirmed that enabling mobile device
authentication with biometric-based
access bridges the gap between high
security and low friction, creating a ‘best
of both worlds’ scenario.
MobileIron first paved the way for a
zero sign-on enterprise with its Access
product in 2017, which enabled zero
sign-on to cloud services on managed
devices. MobileIron is now extending
this capability by making passwordless
access to cloud services available
from any iOS device, managed or
unmanaged, using the mobile device
as the user’s secure ID. Support for
Android will be available soon. u
A total of 90% of security professionals
reported to have seen unauthorised
access attempts because of stolen
credentials, while 60% of employees
claimed to feel disrupted, irritated and
frustrated by passwords. Security
leaders also estimated that they could
reduce their risk of breach by almost half
(43%) simply by eliminating passwords.
And almost every security leader (86%)
said they would eliminate passwords if
they could.
Zero sign-on eliminates passwords as
the method for user authentication,
replacing single sign-on, which still
requires at least one username and
password. MobileIron’s zero sign-on
experience is built on the company’s
leading unified endpoint management
(UEM) platform and powered by the
MobileIron Access solution. MobileIron’s
platform allows for policy enforcement
and data protection, both on the device
and on the network, with comprehensive
correlation between the critical signals
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