AffirmedID Authentication as a Service (AaaS) is a cloud-delivered solution focused on providing robust and flexible user authentication capabilities to organizations, abstracting away the complexities of building and maintaining their own authentication infrastructure.

Its focus centers on offering a range of authentication methods (including Multi-Factor Authentication - MFA, Single Sign-On - SSO, passwordless options, and potentially continuous authentication frameworks), strong security protocols, and seamless integration capabilities with various applications and services. Key features include user management and accountability, policy enforcement, reporting, and scalability.

The gap it fills lies in addressing the increasing need for secure and user-friendly authentication in a world of diverse applications and evolving threats. It allows organizations to:

• Enhance Security: Implement strong authentication measures without the burden of managing complex on-premises systems.
• Improve User Experience: Provides a single streamlined login process through SSO and modern passwordless push authentication methods.
• MFA Compliance: Achieved through credentialless two-factor identity verification combined with single-factor device identity assertion (FIDO2).
• Reduce Costs and Complexity: Outsource the infrastructure, maintenance, and updates associated with authentication.
• Scale Easily: Adapt authentication capacity to meet changing organizational needs.
• Centralize Management: Provide a unified platform for managing authentication policies and user access across various applications.
• Address Modern Security Challenges: Combat phishing, session hijacking, and other evolving threats through advanced features like adaptive authentication and continuous monitoring.
• Adaptability: Its adaptability to both IAM and client specific applications provides universal coverage for all organizations.

In essence, AffirmedID AaaS aims to make strong and modern authentication accessible, manageable, and scalable for organizations of all sizes, allowing them to focus on their core business while ensuring secure access to their critical resources.