IBM Security Verify enables organizations to deliver modern and secure Identity and Access experiences to individuals, as employees or consumers. Today, the IBM Security Verify portfolio consist of Software and multi-tenant SaaS deployment models to address Access Management, Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM), and Identity & Governance. Privileged Access Management (PAM) is delivered through IBM Security Verify Privilege. Depending on where you are in the journey, IBM Security Verify’s portfolio can help you across the spectrum of IAM needs with existing, in market capability that can be used TODAY.
Expanding the IDaaS for the largest of enterprises
As clients adopt Verify SaaS today, the agility and speed for consuming authentication, multi-factor, risk-based authentication, and governance - as-a-service has accelerated enabling more secure and engaging experiences. Verify SaaS is helping clients world-wide adopt a zero-trust posture for their enterprise – ex: all 600k+ IBM employees and contractors sign-in and use multi factor authentication enabled by IBM Security Verify SaaS to enable “secure the hybrid workforce”. Verify SaaS also enables frictionless and engaging experiences for enterprises’ individual consumer populations for addressing CIAM needs.
Today, Verify SaaS is deployed in Canada, China, Europe, Japan, and United States, with more regions to come. However, there are clients, for example, that desire as-a-service IAM like experiences but are currently limited to running services in region, within specific jurisdiction boundaries. A lot of these clients are also looking to modernize experiences for their existing citizen and individual consumer populations, who in many cases have upwards of 100M+ identities under management.
As we’ve built out a native, multi-tenant IDaaS through IBM Security Verify SaaS, the feedback our largest enterprises are providing consist of having the localized control and deployment flexibility with the scale and agility of SaaS… and with that, we’ve worked with our clients to define how we address this unmet market need.
Helping the largest of enterprises modernize with IBM Security Verify Dedicated
IBM Security Verify Dedicated is a fully managed IDaaS deployed in any region serviced by any major public cloud provider of choice. IBM Security Verify Dedicated delivers the as-a-service agility of IBM Security Verify SaaS, using the same cloud native, microservices architecture for a fully dedicated deployment, enabling clients to scale to limitless users and high performant transaction rates that meet the need for the largest of enterprises, controlled by each client individually.
IBM Security Verify Dedicated provides four unique properties, augmenting the value provided by IBM Security Verify SaaS:
Data residency: each IBM Security Verify Dedicated instance can be deployed in any region of choice that is supported by any major public cloud provider. Because IBM Security Verify runs on Red Hat OpenShift, the deployment of Verify Dedicated is very flexible, starting with the ability to support Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
Scale and performance: each IBM Security Verify Dedicated instance is designated to scale to guarantee 1,000 Transactions Per Second (TPS). This also allows clients to scale without impacting the type of performance the largest of enterprises like telcos, national banks, national healthcare organizations, and national governments require.
Cost effective, limitless user scale: IBM Security Verify Dedicated is priced at a per instance level. All use cases for single-sign-on, multi-factor authentication, risk-based authentication, governance, analytics, and future capabilities are included in the single instance price. The price includes the infrastructure, operations, and Verify Dedicated service management. Because IBM Security Verify Dedicated is a 100% managed service, the total cost of ownership can be reduced to a scale of 17% on a monthly bill by saving on operations and hosting costs clients spend on today[1].
As user populations continue to grow, the price does not change, providing the largest of enterprise clients predictability on what to budget for today and in the future as user populations scale to limitless volumes.
Full-service control: IBM Security Verify Dedicated enables the largest of enterprises and even business partners to deploy instances of Verify – become the IDaaS. Organizations can be their own IDaaS through IBM Security Verify Dedicated, allowing for full tenant creation and management. Verify tenants will be brandable in the future as IBM Security Verify delivers a multi-tenant management portal to centralized tenant management and orchestration.