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Applications connect today’s world. Customers want to use them because they’re easy to use and give on-demand services. According to research, US consumers used an average of forty-six different apps per month during the first half of 2021. Unfortunately, traditional customer identity and access management (CIAM) tools often fail to connect a person’s legal identity with their digital identity, using only an email and password to authenticate users. With portable digital identity, companies can give consumers control over personally identifiable information (PII) while still maintaining robust identity and access controls.
Given the number of apps that an average customer uses, creating secure credentials for each application is time-consuming, often leading to poor password hygiene. Identity portability gives people a way to create a single set of digital ID credentials that link their legal identity with their user credentials across multiple services.
A portable identity solution aggregates:
Portable identity offers customers and businesses the same benefits. Think of it as the mirror image. The business reduces risk while the customer has more control.
Portable identity gives people more control over their information. They can store their decentralized identifiers (DID) wallets on their smartphones. They don’t have to share PII with the business, giving them the control over their information that privacy laws require. The DID links the legal identity to the digital identity, so enterprises reduce the risk that cybercriminals will engage in fraudulent transactions.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is fundamental to secure access. Portable identity prevents access unless an approved device is used. With portable identity, customers don’t need to enable MFA actively. They don’t have to worry about cybercriminals intercepting the security code sent in a text or email. The business is able to limit risks associated with credential-based attacks.
Password hygiene is a problem for both customers and businesses. Considering the average person uses 46 apps, people would need forty-six unique passwords. Most people won’t do that. Further, even those that do have good hygiene get frustrated when opening a password manager interrupts the login process. Meanwhile, businesses need to protect data from cybercriminals using stolen credentials or exploiting weak passwords. With portable identity solutions, users eliminate the need for passwords and can log into multiple apps with the same, secure DID.
Portable identity technologies give businesses and customers a way to protect themselves. When choosing to implement a portable identity solution, organizations should consider several capabilities.
The FIDO Alliance sets standards for how a portable identity service manages:
Solutions that meet the FIDO2 standards strengthen identity verification and provide enhanced secure account recovery.
People aren’t going to adopt new technologies if it’s hard for them. A portable identity solution should be easy for users to install on their devices and make storing the required legal identity documentation simple.
Identity is already challenging. Enterprise organizations often use multiple identity services, including:
An organization should be able to reduce the complexity by using the portable identity solution for both workforce members and customers.
Getting identity right ensures that businesses protect themselves and their customers. When customers feel confident that an organization is protecting their accounts, they are more likely to stay customers, ultimately leading to more revenue.
Transmit Security gives organizations a way to establish a passwordless experience for customers that reduces churn, with a seamless, cross-channel identity experience.
The same function applies for employees so that they have an effortless, secure workstation login to secure remote work. With identity as the perimeter, Transmit Security’s innovative technology reduces the security, privacy, and fraud risks associated with weak passwords.
