Leading world-class educational organization enhances MFA in line with Government’s Vision 2030
KFUPM, situated in Dhahran, KSA, plays an active role in achieving the Government’s Vision 2030 that stresses on the development of a knowledge-based economy and on scientific research which are the core areas of the University.
THE CHALLENGE
With there being so many MFA vendors in the market, KFUPM was looking for a solution that would secure their resources and protected them from cybersecurity threats and phishing attacks in particular. Having reviewed and compared the possibilities of using software solutions from Gemalto, LinQ2, Google Authenticator, WSO2 and MS (cloud-based) multi-factor authentication systems, the KFUPM Projects Appraisal Committee were referred to Authlogics.
THE SOLUTION
The Director of the Digital Risk and Information Security department at KFUPM, Yasser Ghaleb Alothman explained their decision to invest. “P
MyID MFA is a complete and easy to deploy Multi-Factor Authentication, password replacement, and single sign-on solution for on-premises and Cloud Applications. “Other MFA systems rely on the security of the device through the generation of a One-Time Passcode (OTP), but we couldn’t depend on the mere generation of OTP for older devices. This has been addressed, with the help of
THE BENEFITS
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