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New Passwordless Verification API Uses SIM Security for Zero Trust Remote Access
2021-08-26 02:47

As companies nudge their staff to return to communal workspaces, many workers don't actually want to - more than 50 percent of employees would rather quit, according to research by EY. While HR teams worry over the hearts and minds of staff, IT security professionals have a different battle plan to draft - how to make the new normal of the hybrid workplace secure.

In a hybrid workplace, a Zero Trust strategy means ever-tightening security.

In order to implement a Zero Trust policy that's both effective and accessible, it's time to stop thinking of employees as 'end points', and address the human habits in security.

The simpler, stronger solution to verification has been with us all along - using the strong security of the SIM card that is in every mobile phone.

The SIM card uses advanced cryptographic security, and is an established form of real-time verification that doesn't need any separate apps or hardware tokens.

ID APIs is to build a passwordless solution for remote login using a companion app to access an enterprise system.


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