Gemalto unveils cloud access
management and SSO solution
emalto has announced the
launch of a solution which
will enable organisations
which have invested in Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) security applications
to leverage their investment without
compromise on security or user
experience when moving to the cloud.
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Through SafeNet Trusted Access,
security-sensitive organisations whose
employees log into enterprise resources
with smart cards can use those same
credentials to access cloud and web-
based apps and benefit from single sign
on (SSO).
Up until now, PKI hardware’s limitations
meant companies could not adopt cloud
and mobility projects without having to
completely ‘rip and replace’ their current
security framework.
As a result, companies have been
using smart cards and tokens to
allow their employees to authenticate
themselves while accessing corporate
resources, but this was limited to
activity within the enterprise perimeter.
In addition, companies that use PKI
credentials for email encryption and
digital signing have also been limited to
on-premises environments.
allowing enterprises to maintain high
assurance security when needed.
In addition, Gemalto will also help users
access PKI applications from new
environments, including mobile devices
and virtualised desktops environments
(VDI) and use PKI credentials for
security applications including digital
signing and email encryption.
Gemalto is offering different ways
to build on current PKI investments,
so companies embrace Digital
Transformation without compromising
on security.
• Enabling cloud transformation:
Organisations can extend PKI
credentials to access policies,
allowing CISOs to maintain security in
the cloud by triggering the use of step
up PKI-based authentication to cloud
and web-based apps when needed
• Facilitating mobility: Employees
can access enterprise applications
within virtual environments with their
PKI credentials. This means that
employees and consultants will be
able to perform all the same actions
they would normally perform with a
smart card, with a virtual smart card.
“With the rapid development and
adoption of cloud services, many
organisations are struggling to balance
their Digital Transformation projects
with the need to keep themselves
secure,” said Francois Lasnier, Senior
Vice President of Identity and Access
Management at Gemalto.
“For organisations that are using high
assurance PKI deployments for an
added layer of security, our SafeNet
Trusted Access solution makes it easier
for them to expand into the cloud, virtual
desktop infrastructures and mobile
devices easily and securely, without
putting themselves at risk. Our solution
enables companies to allow their
employees to operate as normal, while
introducing them to the benefits of cloud,
mobility and SSO.” u
This new offer from Gemalto enables
employees and organisations to benefit
from SSO and high assurance PKI-
based authentication, making it easier
and more secure to access cloud and
web-based apps and resources from
wherever and on any device.
Employees will no longer have to re-
authenticate each time they access a
resource with their smart card, while
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