UserLock provides existing on premise Active Directory (AD) Identities with secure SSO access to both the corporate network and multiple cloud applications, from wherever they are working.

UserLock, a leading access management software for Active Directory (AD) infrastructures, now provides Single Sign-on (SSO) combined with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to enable on-premise AD identities to securely access Microsoft 365 and other leading cloud applications.

• For maximum security and ease, UserLock SSO retains Windows Server Active Directory as the authoritative user directory and extends it to work with the cloud.
• Given the increased vulnerability of corporate passwords for all organizations, UserLock’s granular MFA provides the SSO protection you need without unnecessarily impeding employees.
• New MFA enhancements have been added to help organizations scale MFA across all employees.

Today’s modern hybrid organization relies on Active Directory and the cloud to operate. With the demand for remote work at an unprecedented scale, IT teams need to streamline access to both the corporate network and cloud application from wherever employees are working.

Installed in minutes on a standard Windows server, UserLock SSO supports SAML 2.0 protocol to enable federated authentication of cloud applications. Each user needs to log in only once with their existing AD credentials (and a second factor if required), to then seamlessly access all cloud resources.
• Secure on site authentication is retained, even for remote access
• Accounts, services, roles and group policies continue to be enforced
• No need to create and manage a new directory for user ID’s
• No change or provisioning needed for existing access to resources and applications hosted locally

With UserLock, administrators can define under what circumstances and what frequency MFA is requested. MFA is an essential control to establish trust in the user’s identity and reduce account takeover (ATO) risks but it must also have granularity to avoid the user being prompted for MFA every time they log in, or access a cloud application.
New enhancements have been added to help organizations scale this granular MFA across all users:

• Enable MFA on more connections:
UserLock already makes it easy to enable MFA for Windows logon, RDP, RD Gateway, and VPN connections. MFA is now supported for VPN connections with RADIUS Challenge and Microsoft IIS Sessions - to protect a single web application such as Outlook on the Web, RD Web Access or an entire intranet site.

• Enable MFA in more conditions:
To further protect remote users, MFA can now still be prompted on remote machines when VPN connections to the network fail with the introduction of a new web application ‘UserLock Anywhere’.

• More authentication methods:
New hardware based YubiKey FIPS and Token2 ALU are now both supported. For all users, administrators can also now add an alternative method of second factor authentication, such as a YubiKey alongside a mobile app. Administrators can also choose to display MFA recovery (backup) codes on a users’ enrollment to help regain access.

“This change in user access requirements incurs new security risks which can often lead organizations to adopt either complex, costly or disruptive changes.” said François Amigorena, President & CEO of IS Decisions. “With UserLock, organizations can benefit from an easy-to-use, non-disruptive and affordable SSO solution that leverage’s their existing investment in Active Directory to effectively secure employee access to both the corporate network and multiple cloud applications.”

UserLock’s Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication enhancements are available now with the release of UserLock 11.
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Today more than ever, organizations need an effective and more efficient way to secure user access to information systems. IS Decisions works to build affordable, non-disruptive and easy to use Access Management software solutions that allow IT teams to effectively secure access to Active Directory infrastructures, SaaS applications and the data within.

More than 3,600 customers around the world rely on IS Decisions software to prevent security breaches; ensure compliance with major regulations such as GDPR, NIST, PCI DSS and HIPAA; quickly respond to IT emergencies; and save time and money for the IT department.

Proud to be recognized by some of the most regulated and security conscious organizations in the world, IS Decisions’ software UserLock has the trust of large enterprises, government agencies, managed service providers (MSPs) and small businesses from across the world. Customers include Barclays Bank, Lockheed Martin, Teleperformance, The City of Keizer, US Department of Justice, and University of Kent

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