This Week's Top Ping Identity Blogs

[Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [PRODUCTS]( [SOLUTIONS]( [CUSTOMERS]( [RESOURCES]( [ABOUT]( [] This Week's Top Ping Identity Blogs Hello! Here's the latest and greatest from the Ping Identity blogosphere. Enjoy! [Intuit Benefits from Intuitive Federation & Automation]( Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017 The relationship between Ping and Intuit predates the international software and services giant's Workforce Senior Architect, Bernard Diwakar. But when we spoke with him, the lasting benefits of federation and automation continue to make his job easier. [View article]( [What is Single Sign-on (SSO)?]( Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Single sign-on (SSO) allows a user to sign on with one set of credentials and gain access to multiple applications and services. SSO increases security and provides a better user experience for customers, employees and partners by reducing the number of required accounts/passwords and providing simpler access to all the apps and services they need. Why is single sign-on important? How many apps do you access every day? In the first hour of your day? [View article]( [Part 2: The Value that Only CIAM Can Deliver]( Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 In my [first blog post]( in this series, I discussed the differences between employee [identity and access management]( (IAM) and customer IAM (CIAM). Its impact on customer experience, the sheer number of users and the presence of strict privacy directives, among other differences, have granted CIAM its own place in the field and its own unique requirements. As [customer IAM]( has come into its own, some providers have begun to include capabilities you'd expect to find in marketing technology, such as customer analytics, editable forms and visualization dashboards. It's easy for non-technical decision makers to focus on features that align with marketing goals, but organizations can't dismiss core technical requirements. The true benefits of CIAM are only achievable with a solution that's purpose-built to address the security, scalability and multi-channel user access that customer IAM demands. [View article]( [Examining the Relevance of Distributed Ledgers to Identity, Part 2]( Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017 In a [previous post](, I argued that the appropriateness of a Distributed Ledger (DLT) to a use case depends on whether three criteria are true, specifically: - That it be desirable that it be difficult to later modify the database used to record transactions. - That the parties engaged in transactions may have conflicting and even adversarial interests. - That it is undesirable that a third party manage the database. In this post I'll try to answer the question "Do identity use cases meet the above criteria?" and so explore whether and how DLTs might be relevant to identity. [View article]( [What is Web Access Management (WAM)?]( Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Web access management (WAM) is a form of [access management]( that authorizes users for web applications. Prevalent in the 1990s and 2000s as web applications became more mainstream, WAM solutions provided enterprises much needed control to ensure that the appropriate users had access to the right web-based applications. However, with the rise of APIs, mobile and cloud-based applications, WAM solutions are becoming less able to handle modern enterprise business demands. [View article]( Check these out! Ping Identity, 1001 17th Street, Suite 100 Denver, CO, 80202 | 1.877.898.2905 ©2003-2017 Ping Identity Corporation [Unsubscribe](