Salesforce with RSA SecurID Access SAML and Bio-Metric Authentication
Sly Gittens💡
Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker & Investor. Follow for post about Cloud Computing, Security, AI, career growth, Mindset hacking, and dynamic Women in Tech Career Journeys.
I will explain what Is SAML and Bio-Metric Authentication and showcase how RSA SecurID Access integrates with Salesforce.
Are you a visual learner? I am too! This video showcases RSA SecurID Access SAML and Biometric Authentication solution protecting Salesforce. The demo is powered by the Ingram Micro Solution Center. If you like my content subscribe and like my youtube channel.
What is SAML?
SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is a standard that facilitates the exchange of security information. Developed by OASIS (the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), SAML is an XML-based framework.
SAML enables different organizations (with different security domains) to securely exchange authentication and authorization information. In other words, through SAML, your organization can deliver information about user identities and access privileges to a service provider in a safe, secure and standardized way.
Most cloud and SaaS service providers, including Salesforce.com, WebEx and Google Apps, favor SAML; thus, the standard has emerged as the go-to SSO protocol for SaaS applications.
What is Mobile Bio-Metric Authentication?
Biometric authentication is simply the process of verifying your identity using your measurements or other unique characteristics of your body, then logging you in a service, an app, a device and so on. What’s complicated is the technology behind it, so let’s see how it works.
