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Ping Identity Secures Global Enterprises with New Intelligent Multi-Factor Authentication CapabilitiesPing Identity, the leader in Identity Defined Security, today announced updates to its multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution, PingID, providing new methods to mitigate risk and strengthen security for enterprises. PingID's new features include ways to evaluate user and device risk before access is granted, as well as support for Fast Identity Online (FIDO) standards to increase resistance to advanced phishing attacks. With phishing resistant and user-friendly authentication methods-including biometric authenticators, such as facial recognition and fingerprint matching-enterprises are able to create policies to enforce MFA only when warranted by an increased level of risk. Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 32% of breaches involved phishing and 29% of breaches involved the use of stolen credentials. For this reason, enterprises can benefit from an MFA solution that evaluates user and device risk to provide an extra layer of protection against phished and stolen credentials. Risk-based security is especially critical to maintain employee productivity and seamless online customer experiences. As a result, MFA has become more highly recommended by security frameworks like Zero Trust, those promoted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the International Organization for Standardization, as well as regulations like the PCI Data Security Standard. PingID further improves the balance of security and convenience provided to end users through multi-factor authentication as follows:
"Hackers are evolving their tactics to access accounts and steal data every single day, and it's our responsibility as an enterprise security provider to come up with innovative and reliable ways to assess risk before access is granted, and block access when warranted," said Steve Shoaff (News - Alert), chief product officer, Ping Identity. "PingID is a core product that enterprises have been using for years, and its new features make it stronger and smarter than ever." Organizations interested in securing their enterprise with multi-factor authentication can sign up for a free trial of PingID. Also, be sure to check out the blog titled "Five Preventable Breaches Make the Case for MFA Everywhere" to learn more about attacks that can be prevented with multi-factor authentication. About Ping Identity Ping Identity envisions a digital world powered by intelligent identity. We help enterprises achieve Zero Trust identity-defined security and more personalized, streamlined user experiences. The Ping Intelligent Identity™ platform provides customers, employees and partners with access to cloud, mobile, SaaS and on-premises applications and APIs, while also managing identity and profile data at scale. Over half of the Fortune 100 choose us for our identity expertise, open standards leadership, and partnership with companies including Microsoft (News - Alert), Amazon and Google. We provide flexible options to extend hybrid IT environments and accelerate digital business initiatives with multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, access management, intelligent API security, directory and data governance capabilities. Visit www.pingidentity.com.
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