Badge Brings Post-password Mindset to CyberArk Network

Badge has established a partnership with CyberArk, an enterprise-focused specialist in identity security and privileged access management. Their collaboration is poised to extend the reach of Badge’s “identity without secrets” approach to authentication, and to enhance the security of CyberArk’s customers.

Badge is known for an identity platform that avoids storing secret credentials like passwords or tokens, and instead relies on authentication factors, including biometrics, that are directly linked to the end user. CyberArk, meanwhile, offers a well-regarded Identity Security Platform designed to protect human and machine identities across business applications, distributed workforces, and hybrid cloud workloads.

Together, the organizations plan to offer an integrated solution that offers multi-factor authentication across all channels, including new and shared devices, while delivering “next-generation privacy technology” and bringing “phishing-resistant authentication to account recovery workflows,” according to a statement announcing their partnership.

“Badge’s expertise in eliminating stored secrets and removing friction in difficult use cases complements our identity security platform,” explained CyberArk’s Workforce Solutions head Archit Lohokare.

Badge co-founder Dr. Tina P. Srivastava, meanwhile, called the collaboration “a pivotal step forward in the quest to defeat cyber threats targeting privileged accounts,” adding that the storage of privileged credentials is a “high-target vulnerability” in today’s cyberthreat landscape. “By addressing the vulnerabilities associated with traditional authentication methods like passwords, organizations can protect their most critical assets more effectively, ensuring that their ‘keys to the kingdom’ remain out of reach from cyber adversaries.”

The collaboration should help to further elevate this mindset among a wide range of information security professionals. CyberArk has a network of more than 8,000 customers across 110 countries, including over 50 percent of the Fortune 500.

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October 3, 2024 – by Alex Perala