RSA Adds SecurID Two-Factor Authentication to Microsoft Azure Cloud

From eWeek: Organizations can now use their SecurID two-factor authentication deployments to secure cloud applications running on Microsoft Windows Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), RSA Security said.

Users will be able to add multi-factor authentication into Office 365 applications, including Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Azure, and still use Active Directory roles to control authentication for both on-premise applications and cloud systems, EMC-subsidiary RSA Security said Nov. 7.

ADFS allows customers to use their Active Directory roles in the cloud to achieve single sign capabilities for corporate networks and the cloud. The fact that ADFS now supports two-factor authentication out of the box adds another level of centralized authentication and authorization to the environment, according to RSA Security.

RSA's SecurID token generates a one-time-password every 30 seconds to two minutes. On systems that have SecurID enabled, users have to first enter their username and password, and then the generated one-time-password to gain access. This integration would allow Azure developers to build applications that use SecurID to handle authentication.

Organizations can use the hardware token that's already deployed in the enterprise, Karen Kiffney, a senior product marketing manager at RSA, told eWEEK.

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