{"id":4299,"date":"2019-03-11T10:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T14:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4299"},"modified":"2019-03-11T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T14:23:38","slug":"6-leaders-in-the-kuppingercole-leadership-compass-cloud-based-mfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/6-leaders-in-the-kuppingercole-leadership-compass-cloud-based-mfa\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Leaders in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass: Cloud-Based MFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4300\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/03\/cloud-mfa-kuppingercole.jpg\" alt=\"6 Leaders in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass: Cloud-Based MFA\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/03\/cloud-mfa-kuppingercole.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/03\/cloud-mfa-kuppingercole-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/03\/cloud-mfa-kuppingercole-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/03\/cloud-mfa-kuppingercole-514x270.jpg 514w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/03\/cloud-mfa-kuppingercole-154x81.jpg 154w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2019\/03\/cloud-mfa-kuppingercole-343x180.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Late last month, international analyst firm KuppingerCole released the latest iteration of its<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/idaptive-kuppingercole-leadership-compass-for-cloud-based-mfa-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Leadership Compass report for Cloud-Based MFA Solutions<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In its 2018 Leadership Compass for Cloud-Based MFA Solutions, Leader Analyst and Managing Director John Tolbert evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the 12 products they consider the most significant in the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"iam-inject\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/identity-and-access-management-vendor-map-of-the-best-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"IAM VendorMap\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2020\/02\/IM_VM_SB_800.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to IAM Vendor Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Cloud-Based MFA Solutions bases its evaluations on their products\u2019 innovativeness, market position, and financial strength. The analysts also incorporate their regular security, functionality, and integration assessments of products and vendors; additionally, they call upon \u201cKuppingerCole advisory projects, feedback from customers using the products, product documentation, and a questionnaire sent out before creating the [report].\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 12 Cloud-Based MFA Solutions vendors listed in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass include Microsoft, Idaptive, Entrust, Okta, Ping Identity, Symantec, ThreatMetrix, Gemalto, HID Global, ID Data Web, OneSpan, and One Identity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The editors of Solutions Review read through the <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/idaptive-kuppingercole-leadership-compass-for-cloud-based-mfa-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloud-Based MFA Solutions Leadership Compass<\/a>. We pulled a few of what we consider the most important takeaways. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Key Capabilities in Cloud-Based MFA Solutions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KuppingerCole defines this particular market as \u201cthe process of using a SaaS solution to gather additional attributes about users and their environments and evaluate the attributes in the context of risk-based policies.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The analysts go into more detail in the report. \u201cThe goal of Cloud MFA is to provide the appropriate risk-mitigating assurance levels for access to sensitive resources by requiring users to further demonstrate that they are who they say they are.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To summarize, KuppingerCole considers Cloud MFA the evolution of traditional legacy IAM solutions\u2014and a way to move beyond the traditional username\/password paradigm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Therefore, the required capabilities of Cloud-Based MFA Solutions include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multiple Authentication Factor Support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IAM Solution Integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Behavioral Risk Analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Threat Intelligence Integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Role-Based Administration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>7 Leaders in the Market<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KuppingerCole selected 7 vendors as Overall Leaders in their report: Entrust Datacard, Idaptive, Ping Identity, Symantec, Okta, ThreatMetrix. and Microsoft. Each offers strong solution offerings with MFA capabilities, according to the analysts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, KuppingerCole urges enterprises to critically examine all of the vendors and compare their capabilities before making a selection. Even within the Overall Leaders segment, significant differences abound. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, Idaptive received recognition as the Innovation Leader for their authentication techniques and risk analysis. Meanwhile, Microsoft placed as the Market Leader because of it global customer base. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can download the full <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/idaptive-kuppingercole-leadership-compass-for-cloud-based-mfa-solutions\/\">KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Cloud-Based MFA Solutions<\/a> here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last month, international analyst firm KuppingerCole released the latest iteration of its Leadership Compass report for Cloud-Based MFA Solutions. In its 2018 Leadership Compass for Cloud-Based MFA Solutions, Leader Analyst and Managing Director John Tolbert evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the 12 products they consider the most significant in the market. 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