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GITEX 2021: WSO2 Announces Launch of Asgardeo

As more consumers demand great digital experiences, enterprises must compete for customer loyalty via online interactions that are both inviting and secure. Customer identity and access management (CIAM) is a critical part of the experience, yet application developers often lack the expertise to incorporate CIAM into their client-facing applications. WSO2 addresses this challenge with today’s introduction of its next-generation identity as a service (IDaaS) solution, Asgardeo.

WSO2 will demonstrate the capabilities of Asgardeo at GITEX 2021, which is being held October 17 – 21, 2021 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Attendees can view the demos in WSO2’s booth, CC2-5 (Concourse 2, Booth 5).

“Organizations are accelerating their digital initiatives, but they often lose traction when applications fail to meet the company’s security policies. With Asgardeo, enterprises can now encode their security policies and standards to reduce development time and transform security reviews into simple check-the-box exercises,” said Eric Newcomer, WSO2 CTO. “At the same time, using Asgardeo, it’s easier than ever for development teams to foster customer loyalty by giving them a great enrollment experience and building these users confidence in the protection of their personal information.”

The early adopter release of Asgardeo, available now, sets a new industry standard for enabling developers without security expertise to easily embed advanced CIAM features into their apps within minutes. The IDaaS provides built-in CIAM best practices and workflows via a range of templates and other no code/low code options. It also lets developers integrate security code while working within familiar software development environments. In addition, the cloud native infrastructure of Asgardeo offers the cost-effective scalability, reliability and agility that organizations creating digital experiences need while providing the privilege access control capabilities so critical to cloud native computing.

As a result, development teams using Asgardeo can:

  • Take advantage of Asgardeo’s developer-centric approach to IAM and CIAM to increase their productivity and accelerate time to market, resulting in a higher, faster return on investment.
  • Focus valuable team resources on delivering superior customer experiences, since the IDaaS reduces the time required to manage infrastructure and deployments.
  • Quickly deliver safe, secure and robust cloud native digital applications that give customers confidence their data will be protected.
  • Simplify customers’ experiences by letting them use the same log-in credentials no matter what part of the system they are connected to.
  • Streamline security reviews and approvals by codifying policies and standards, freeing developers to concentrate on building out their core applications.
  • Protect sensitive APIs and integrations in the cloud.

Bringing Industry-Leading CIAM to the Cloud
Asgardeo builds on the comprehensive CIAM capabilities of WSO2 Identity Server, which has been recognized by some of the world’s leading analyst firms. WSO2 was identified as an overall leader, technology leader, and innovation leader in the KuppingerCole Analysts’ CIAM Platforms Leadership Compass 2020 report published on November 20, 2020. Additionally, WSO2 was named by Forrester Research, Inc. as a Strong Performer in report published on October 8, 2020.

Asgardeo inherits rich authentication and access management functionality from WSO2 Identity Server, including the ability to:

  • Implement strong authentication via adaptive authentication and a range of multi-factor authentication options to ensure secure access to web and mobile applications.
  • Establish federated access to web and mobile applications across multiple trust domains using open identity standards, such as Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), OpenID Connect, Central Authentication Service (CAS), and WS-Federation.
  • Extend federated ID management across multiple software as a service (SaaS) providers’ APIs.
  • Bridge identities across multiple heterogeneous systems and protocols, with advanced transformations.
  • Manage access to APIs and microservices with comprehensive support for API security standards.
  • Protect cloud native, multi-cloud, and hybrid applications equally.

“As businesses roll out enhanced digital services for their customers, they have been increasingly adopting WSO2 Identity Server to protect and optimize their knowledge of these users while also improving their overall experience,” said Geethika Cooray, WSO2 vice president and head of the identity and access management at WSO2. “With Asgardeo, we’re combining the high-performance and mature capabilities of WSO2 Identity Server with the rapid deployment, scalability and agility of the cloud to help developers speed the delivery of client-facing apps harnessing the full potential of CIAM.”

The early adopter release of Asgardeo by WSO2 is available today. The free entry-level edition contains robust capabilities including single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), social login support, adaptive authentication, a user self-care portal, and much more. Additional subscription options are also available.

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Chris Fernando

Chris N. Fernando is an experienced media professional with over two decades of journalistic experience. He is the Editor of Arabian Reseller magazine, the authoritative guide to the regional IT industry. Follow him on Twitter (@chris508) and Instagram (@chris2508).

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