{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-list-template-js","path":"/identity/56","result":{"data":{"allMarkdownRemark":{"edges":[{"node":{"excerpt":"Modern consumers expect personalized, valuable, and secure experiences from any application they engage with. As a result, the…","fields":{"slug":"/identity/authentication-sso-native-mobile-apps/"},"html":"

Modern consumers expect personalized, valuable, and secure experiences from any application they engage with. As a result, the responsibility falls upon developers to ensure ease of use and seamless access for consumers into their applications.

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The recently launched LoginRadius Authentication and SSO for Native Mobile Apps provide ready-to-use, user-friendly, and secure authentication methods for businesses to choose and integrate with native mobile app(s).

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Intent Behind the Launch

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Developing mobile applications have become a top priority for many businesses. We aim to help businesses with the following aspects of the LoginRadius Android and iOS SDKs.

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Planning to work out some identity management best practices for 2021? 

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2020 has not been a good year in the history of cybersecurity and identity management. With the pandemic forcing many organizations to shift their workforce to remote environments abruptly, security and business continuity concerns hit real hard for the majority of IT stakeholders. 

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Not surprisingly though, external threat actors sought COVID-19 as the perfect opportunity to facilitate large-scale cyber attacks. Speaking of figures, cyber insurance and security company, Coalition observed a 47% increase in the severity of ransomware attacks and a whopping 100% increase in the count from 2019 to Q1 2020.

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The dust is still settling. With compromised credentials remaining a key component in most cyberattacks, it is time for business leaders to reevaluate their identity and access management best practices for 2021 and start executing. 

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Some Current Global Cybersecurity Challenges That Corporates Face

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The former could be a key or a security pass. While the later means biometrics, for example, retina scans, fingerprints, or voice recognition that your consumers have inherited. 

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MFA ensures that even if one layer is compromised, the hacker still has to break in another layer of security to access your system. 

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3. Avoid privileged accounts

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The Principle of Least Privilege (also known as The Principle of Least Authority) applies to the practice of assigning minimum levels of access – or permissions to a consumer that is essential to accomplish their roles and corresponding duties. 

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Though privileged accounts are necessary for some tasks, it should not be followed as an everyday practice. Because if a data breach happens to such accounts, the result may be catastrophic. 

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An efficient way to reduce the possibility of internal and external data breaches is through role-based access control (RBAC) or the restriction of non-essential access to sensitive information. 

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You can apply this identity and access management best practice by offering access to a consumer for a specific timeframe (for example, 30 minutes) and then automatically revoking access. Micromanaging access in this way can improve the overall cybersecurity quotient. 

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4. Enforce a strong password policy

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Strong passwords have always been one of the pillars of an impactful IAM strategy. The best ones should be easy to remember and hard to guess. Here are a few best practices for password creation recommended by NIST.

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5. Self-serve onboarding procedures

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Self-serve onboarding is enabling your consumers to onboard themselves. The onboarding journey often starts with a registration page. Your job is to drive your consumers past the registration page and then onto activation. It also, ultimately, helps you retain them.

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The more you can adapt your approach to their needs, the easier it will be to win loyal consumers. A few other areas you can successfully deliver include passwordless login, password reset, profile management, consent management, and preference management. 

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6. Adhere to regulatory compliances

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Another identity and access management best practice are to roll out data security policies and procedures wherever possible and practically. Ensure that you adhere to global regulatory compliances like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other security standards like Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Consumers worry about the safety of their data the most. Adherence to regulatory enforcement reaffirms that their data is safe and in trustworthy hands. 

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7. Go passwordless

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As the name suggests, passwordless login is the method of authenticating consumers without the need to enter a password. The benefits of going passwordless are many— it improves overall consumer experience as consumers no longer need to memorize any credential, saves time and productivity, more robust security against attacks like phishing, credential stuffing, and brute force, and greater ease of access.

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Passwordless login can be implemented through different approaches. A few of the common ones include:

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8. Conduct routine audits

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There may be times when you provide access to someone; it stays in the same condition even if the access isn't required anymore. Anyone with malicious intent can access this data and conduct a breach.

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Therefore, it is always safe to opt for routine access audits. You can review the given accesses and check if those accesses are still required. When a consumer needs additional access or wants to revoke access, you can take care of such requests accordingly in a timely fashion. 

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9. Choose LoginRadius as an ideal IAM provider

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Data is powerful, so it must be available to only the right people. One of the key tools you can use to ensure corporate cybersecurity is identity and access management. There are several IAM providers in the market, but how do you know which is your organization's best solution? 

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LoginRadius offers just the right framework (including the ones mentioned above) to go beyond consumer expectations—which is all that matters. 

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As an ideal CIAM solution, LoginRadius is scalable and easy to deploy. It offers advanced MFA solutions, third-party vendor management using federated SSO protocols, zero-trust security architecture, and robust access management so that consumer workflow is duly specified and streamlined. 

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Conclusion 

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Enforcing identity and access management best practices require that you understand who can access your sensitive data and under what circumstances they can access it. 

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You also need a comprehensive overview of your organization’s IT infrastructure so you can monitor all your elements for potential and existing threats. Staying updated on the latest industry trends will help you improve your current IAM environment.

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E-commerce security is a set of protocols that ensures safe transactions through the internet. In digital security, significant data breaches have profoundly undermined trust. Consumers are comfortable making purchases through common networks. However, they require a little more convincing when it comes to sharing their credit card data with unfamiliar companies.

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By 2021, over 2.14 billion people worldwide are expected to buy goods and services online. Increased online buying means retail data breaches will also be on the rise as point-of-sale (POS) systems, e-commerce sites and other store servers are major targets for hackers.

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The biggest long-term consequence of a data breach is the loss of consumer trust which will have a direct effect on sales and destroy the retailers’ credibility.

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Current Statistics On Data breach 

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Data breach refers to a security incident in which personal information is publicly exposed or accessed without authorization. 

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Cybercrime Magazine predicts that retail will be one of the top 10 most attacked industries for 2019–2022. 

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A few recent data breaches include:

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The above statistics have serious implications for online retailers, mainly when trust and consumer confidence in your brand is the only way to ensure success. 

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Top 5 E-commerce Platforms for Online Businesses

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It is very difficult to find the right ecommerce platforms for online business. Factors like popularity, overall ranking, features, consumer service, pricing, and ease of use play an important role in selecting the best e-commerce platforms. 

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Based on these factors a few e-commerce platforms are mentioned below:

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Shopify 

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Shopify is one of the best e-commerce sites and caters to businesses of all sizes. One of the most crucial reasons for their success is its flexibility. There are more than 2,400 apps in the Shopify App Store. It includes a built-in CMS, multiple themes for your site, a third-party marketplace and capability for a blog for your online store. Apart from the standard Shopify, Shopify Lite is for those with an existing website that needs a platform to take payments. 

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Bigcommerce

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BigCommerce, as a leading open SaaS solution provides merchants sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization, and performance with simplicity and ease-of-use. It has two offerings: BigCommerce Essentials (a DIY SaaS platform) and BigCommerce Enterprise (a customized experience for larger consumers). More than 800 apps in the BigCommerce app store allow you to add numerous additional capabilities to your store. Its multi-currency features allow merchants to set prices in multiple currencies and also settle in more than one currency.

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Magento

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Magento is best for small-to-medium businesses that have already established demand, as well as the time, manpower and skill to build their own site. The platform is very powerful and has a library of over 5,000 extensions. Being open source, it targets people with professional web development experience. Magneto exists in two versions: Magento Open Source and Magento Commerce.

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Wix

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Wix.com is a cloud-based website builder that allows users to create online stores through drag-and-drop tools. It has an extensive range of templates and designs that make it easy to build a compelling and functional website. Its website builder and ecommerce component is very user-friendly. It also provides a large selection of templates to fit various business needs. Wix.com’s ecommerce functionality has most of what a business would need, but doesn’t scale as well as dedicated platforms like Shopify or Magento.

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WooCommerce

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WooCommerce is a free, open-source WordPress shopping cart plugin owned and developed by WordPress. It is suitable for small businesses that operate on a tight budget but still want a robust online store. However, you will have to separately purchase hosting, a domain name, and an SSL certificate, all of which are catered for by many of the stand-alone e-commerce platforms. WooCommerce allows unlimited products and product variants, including digital products.

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Appy Pie's website builder

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Appy Pie's website builder tool is a versatile platform for creating websites and mobile apps without any coding skills. It offers a user-friendly interface with drag-and-drop functionality, making it easy for beginners to design professional-looking websites. The tool provides a wide range of customizable templates catering to different industries and purposes, from business websites to portfolios and online stores.

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Security Threats That E-Commerce Stores Face

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Customer journey hijacking (CJH) is a customer-side phenomenon whereby unauthorized advertisements are injected into consumers’ browsers. The injected advertisements can include product ads, pop-ups, banners and in-text redirects. 

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Credit card fraud is the unauthorized use of a credit or debit card to make a purchase. The card numbers can be stolen from unsecured websites or can be obtained in an identity theft scheme.

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Bad bots are designed to perform a variety of malicious jobs. They are capable of stealing content from the website, such as product reviews, product pricing, catalogs and so on which they publish on some other site. This affects the search engine ranking of the retailers' website. Bad bots are able to make multiple page visits within a very short span of time thus straining Web servers, which makes the site slow for genuine users.

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5 Ways E-Commerce Can Keep Their Online Stores Safe Using Identity Management

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SSL is the de facto standard for securing online transactions and essential to establish secure connectivity between the end-user systems and your e-commerce website. With SSL certifications in place, one can move from HTTP to HTTPS, which serves as a trust signal and prerequisite for consumers to provide their personal details and credit card information. 

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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS or PCI) is an industry standard that ensures credit card information collected online is being transmitted and stored in a secure manner. E-commerce websites need to maintain PCI compliance. 

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In the retail industry, registering or logging in without a password calls for consumer retention and loyalty. By enabling the one-touch login feature, consumers can log in with a magic link or OTP sent to their mobile number or email id.

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Prominently displaying payment trust signals and logos on payment pages shows the consumer the security measures taken by the e-commerce website. Consumer privacy is critical in e-commerce. E-commerce sites should only collect data that is useful for the purposes of fulfilling the transaction. 

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In order to risk fraudulent transactions, e-commerce websites need to verify card and address details of consumers. Usage of unique tracking numbers for every transaction helps to combat chargeback fraud. Geo-targeting can also help eliminate fraudulent transactions. 

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By implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA), retailers would be able to ensure that digital consumers can be authenticated. This method requires the consumer to provide two or more verification factors to gain access to the online account. 

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How LoginRadius Enhances E-Commerce Security With Its Advance CIAM Solution 

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Healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated sectors in existence, mostly because of the sensitivity of the collected data—such as social security numbers, patient medical records, insurance policy details, and credit card numbers.

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Patients expect that their data remain confidential, and they enjoy a quality experience. This is the primary reason why modern, digital health care is based on cooperation, and the opportunity is immense. 

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Employing identity management in healthcare can genuinely make all the difference. How? Let's explain with a use case. 

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Almost every patient goes through multiple registration processes in their lives. They could be looking for specialists, booking an appointment, or getting test results. Implementing identity management in healthcare facilities can lead medical professionals to enjoy a single view of identity, reduce human error, cut down costs, improve data security and compliance—all while optimizing their organizational efficiency.

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We also need to understand the fact that identity and access management (IAM) solutions are more than just security tools, or they only enhance technological skill sets. They are also the drivers of emerging healthcare opportunities. 

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First, though, we need to discuss what makes the control of healthcare identities so complicated and overwhelming. 

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Current Security Challenges in the Healthcare Sector

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Simply put, the more data compromised, the more it leads to regulatory penalties, loss of patient trust, and bad publicity. 

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So, why are information networks for healthcare a priority for hackers? 

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The answers lie in the interconnected nature of modern healthcare facilities—namely that integrating so much critical data derived from a huge chunk of the population makes it a noticeable target for hackers and cybercriminals. 

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A few other reasons include: 

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1. The growing attack surface.

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The transition from hard papers to electronic health records (EHRs) containing a host of confidential data on patients' medical history has dramatically changed the quality and reliability of patient care. However, the increase in the number of healthcare service providers has also broadened the attack surface. 

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Governments worldwide are ensuring that all health records are digitized as quickly as possible, yet investment in data technology and cybersecurity is lagging far behind.

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2. Patient's lack of adequate knowledge.

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Usually, patients do not have adequate knowledge of the data security hazard of their EHRs. They do not understand the gravity of medical privacy and aren't as cautious. 

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For example, they store their data in unencrypted folders or even send their results via email, which could be quite an easy pathway for cybercriminals to grab their records and also hack other personal details.

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3. The rise of ransomware and phishing attempts.

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An entire device can be infiltrated by advanced ransomware and phishing programs. Hackers can easily plant malicious scripts on a computer or steal login credentials. 

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Just last week, a joint alert from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was released with a warning about the wave of ransomware attacks in the healthcare and public health sector. 

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Similarly, IoT devices like ventilators, insulin pumps, and other medical instruments are vulnerable network access points, and they should be audited for software updates, patches, and other upgrades. 

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4. Unrestricted access to computers.

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Computers that are out in the open can easily invite unauthorized personnel. If these open systems store confidential patient information, and they fall into the hands of unauthorized staff, the consequences could be dire. 

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It may lead to active phishing attempts and provide hackers with a backdoor into more vulnerable network areas. Be sure that every device that contains patient data is stored in a safe location.

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5. Lack of comprehensive identity management.

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Lack of comprehensive identity and access management in healthcare leads to weaker authentication and access control. This is where many healthcare organizations fail. 

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It is too common for health facilities to exchange massive databases around the organization. Without data access controls and robust and adaptive authentication methods, it is difficult to authorize the right employees for the right action. 

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Top 5 Benefits of Choosing the Right Identity and Access Management Solution in Healthcare

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Protected health information (PHI) takes ten times the price of the dark web's financial records, and that makes any healthcare institution a highly tempting option for hackers. There was a steep increase in PHI breaches in the United States alone by 2733% between 2009 and 2019.

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Modern identity management in healthcare is designed with an essential security strategy for hospitals embedded just right in. IAM prevents unauthorized people from accessing PHI and the right people from leaking it by accident. When obtaining access to sensitive information and facilities, a sound IAM approach would also minimize costs, decrease help desk calls, and improve the overall patient experience.

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Below are a few things that identity management in healthcare businesses actually do as a cybersecurity and convenience gatekeeper. 

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1. Protecting patient information.

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The first benefit of identity management is healthcare is cybersecurity. Phishing attacks, ransomware, and other malware incidents regularly target the medical facilities, yet rarely they deploy security protocols. This is where IAM takes the front seat. 

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For example, businesses can benefit from multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a tool for next-generation identity management in healthcare. Adding multiple layers of security is unquestionably the strongest form of authentication available at the moment. 

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Similarly, single sign-on (SSO) can solve the multiple login points paradox by offering patients a single set of credentials to authenticate to multiple accounts. 

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2. Securing access and seamless usage.

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IAM provides a mechanism for regulating the identities of healthcare staff and determining how they navigate healthcare systems and their responsibilities and roles. Identity access management offers features to centralize the identity of hospital employees, thereby making it easier to add new staff, delete old ones, manage users, and monitor their access. 

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It benefits physicians - as they do not have to log in manually and out of different software many times a day. By utilizing single sign-on, they only have to log into their sessions once and access whenever they need to without wasting much time. 

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3. Caring about compliance.

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Implementing identity management in healthcare makes it easier for medical organizations and facilities to focus on patient privacy, protection, and compliance. A few regulations that have raised the bar for safeguarding both physical and administrative security include:

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A comprehensive IAM solution offers the perfect balance by meeting security requirements and the access control needed to comply with international regulations.

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4. Improving patient experience.

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The possibilities to improve patient experiences by juxtaposing identity management in healthcare are limitless, including the ability to:

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This, in turn, ensures that patient data remains out of the hands of hackers.

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5. Centralizing system audits.

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Although IAM solutions provide preventive controls such as access protection, they also offer detective capabilities. IAM solutions include central databases to verify transactions, access requests, and other operations. 

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Security departments can produce reliable system audits and documentation effectively through unified logging and reporting tools. Such real-time inspections allow medical facilities to remain compliant with the law and to escape prosecution and fines.

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How Can LoginRadius Help the Healthcare Industry Stay Secure and Compliant

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LoginRadius is a powerful player that checks all the major boxes in securing patient identities and authentication throughout the healthcare infrastructure. 

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The ability to offer provisioning, reporting, support for identities, compliance benefits, and easy access makes the CIAM provider one of the top contemporary solutions for identity management in healthcare.

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With LoginRadius, you can integrate:

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LoginRadius does identity and access management for healthcare organizations right—with modern authentication.

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Modern authenticate is no longer just about the login screen. Rather, there are many benefits attached to it, including auditing, monitoring, provisioning, deprovisioning, enforcing security policies, multi-factor authentication (2FA/MFA), social login, and single sign-on (SSO).

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Addressing all of the above depends heavily on an effective identity management capability. Consequently, LoginRadius authenticates patients and healthcare professionals with any third-party identity provider running on any device or the cloud. 

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The CIAM provider solves the following modern authentication problems: 

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Conclusion 

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Times are changing—IAM is no longer an administrator-driven set of capabilities. It is gradually shifting to an integrated approach where patient experiences are being optimized, and security and compliance capabilities are being enforced in the zest to accommodate organizational effectiveness.

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Moving forward, identity management in healthcare organizations is about to take a giant leap. LoginRadius can help you with that! 

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Identity management for developers isn't a tough nut to crack, especially if you know how to play your cards right. 

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As a creator of front-end or back-end applications, you will eventually experience the need to collect and store consumer information like their identities and other profile details. 

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At the same time, you'll also need to design a new user registration workflow, enable omnichannel experience, configure authentication methods like social login, provision or deprovision consumers, partner to a third party application or secure the API of your web services.

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Learning the basics of identity management for developers can place you in a strong position to communicate what you need and why.

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Current Security Challenges That Developers Face

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Risk-Based Security, a cyber threat intelligence company, stated in its report that more than 15.1 billion records were compromised in 2019—that sums up to 284% year-over-year growth! 

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Data security is the need of the hour. The developer's responsibility is to build security within applications right from the first stage of development. 

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Working with identity access management, particularly CIAM, when designing customer-facing solutions, is a fantastic idea. It mitigates various application threats that may otherwise prove fatal for consumers. 

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Some of the common ones include: 

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Brute force attack

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Brute force is a popular password-guessing attack that web developers face. Hackers use automated software to guess every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until they successfully crack the password. So, if your application or website requires authentication, there is a good chance you may be a target for brute force attacks. 

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One of the most obvious ways to block brute-force attacks is to automatically lock out accounts after a predefined number of incorrect password attempts. You can keep the accounts locked for a specific duration or until an administrator manually unlocks them.

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Injection attack

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An injection attack is a malicious code injected by the attacker into a network. The input is interpreted as a part of a command or query. This, in essence, modifies the execution of the program. Injections are amongst the oldest attacks in the book aimed at data theft, data loss, denial of service, and even full system compromise.

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However, mitigating injection flaws isn't very difficult. Developers should make it a point to stop writing dynamic queries and also prevent user-supplied input with malicious SQL from affecting the executed query.

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Man-in-the-middle attack

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A man-in-the-middle attack happens when the hacker intercepts a conversation between a consumer and an application. The hacker may eavesdrop or impersonate one of the parties and steal passwords or credit card information. 

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To mitigate such spoofing attacks, developers can utilize secure communication protocols like TLS and HTTPS. They can also keep consumers logged out of their applications when not in use. Encrypting and authenticating transmitted data is another way to steer clear of man-in-the-middle attacks. 

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Social engineering attack

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Social engineering attacks involve the hacker manipulating human emotions to attack the victim. They utilize common phishing scams through email and text message campaigns to impose urgency, curiosity, or fear in the victim, hoping that the user will download malware or click unsolicited links that host the malware.

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Backing up files regularly, keeping software updated, and always scanning executable files before running them are a few ways to avoid social engineering attacks. 

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Security misconfiguration 

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Security misconfiguration happens when the network administrator fails to implement all security controls for a server or implement security controls, but with errors. It could happen with legacy applications when they try to communicate with applications that do not exist anymore. Hackers may replicate these applications and try to establish connections. 

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One of the best ways to fight security misconfiguration is through increased visibility. Make sure you have an accurate, real-time map of your entire ecosystem, so you are always focused on your critical assets. 

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Developers are on the front foot

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To help developers prepare better, we come up with a list of the best application security regulations that's been mitigating the threat landscape to a large extent. 

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Integrating Security in DevOps

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The business IT infrastructure of today is more varied, diverse, and complex than ever before. Environments there were earlier confined to on-premises and are not hosted on multiple clouds and IoT devices. 

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However, this modern open perimeter has been posing fundamental challenges for cybersecurity. It requires a zero-trust environment to thrive in the development and operations (DevOps) life cycle. It takes not only the right tools and technology to bring this approach into effect, but a shift in philosophy focused on the holistic integration of security within the DevOps lifecycle.

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The safety mechanisms embedded in DevOps offers the following benefits (but not confined to): 

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How LoginRadius Provides Ideal Identity Management for Developers

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Identity is the cornerstone of the modern consumer experience. A good, scalable CIAM solution allows you to manage consumer identity and access securely.

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LoginRadius' admin-friendly UI seamlessly implements identity management and balances the skills of your developers. Consequently, it will significantly reduce the developer's effort. For example, you can easily control who is allowed to sign in to your site, how they can do it, and what they can access once they have successfully signed in. 

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Here are the core capabilities of LoginRadius identity management for developers. 

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Conclusion

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Identity management for developers is required more than ever. It should be seamless, simple, and secure. The development team is under extreme pressure to build digital experiences that disrupt their industry or differentiate their business. 

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No wonder meeting the demands of both businesses and consumers is an uphill ride. The right CIAM solution comes with improved data security and identity management features that meet the developers' need for top-notch experiences.  

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The problem with passwords is that they can be guessed, hacked, or coerced out of consumers through social engineering or phishing attacks. So, why not eliminate the main source of insecurity by going passwordless? 

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The recently launched Passwordless Login with Magic Link or OTP feature by LoginRadius gets authentication right by hitting all the right chords—streaming consumer experience, enhancing account security, and improving adaptive security (to name a few).

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Intent Behind the Launch

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Passwordless Login with Magic Link or OTP reduces friction during the registration and login processes. Once the customer enters the Email Address or Phone Number, they receive a magic link via email or OTP on the phone number. As the consumer clicks the magic link or enters the OTP, LoginRadius creates an account (provided it doesn’t already exist), and the consumer automatically logs into the account.

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Identity is evolving, and developers are at the forefront of this transformation. Every day brings a new learning—adapting to new standards and refining approaches to building secure, seamless experiences.

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We’re here to support developers on that journey. We know how important simplicity, efficiency, and well-structured documentation are when working with identity and access management solutions. That’s why we’ve redesigned the LoginRadius website—to be faster, more intuitive, and developer-first in every way.

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The goal? Having them spend less time searching and more time building.

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What’s New and Improved on the LoginRadius Website?

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LoginRadius’ vision is to give developers a product that simplifies identity management so they can focus on building, deploying, and scaling their applications. To enhance this experience, we’ve spent the last few months redesigning our interface— making navigation more intuitive and reassuring that essential resources are easily accessible.

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Here’s a closer look at what’s new and why it’s important:

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A Developer-Friendly Dark Theme

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Developers spend long hours working in dark-themed IDEs and terminals, so we’ve designed the LoginRadius experience to be developer-friendly and align with that preference.

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The new dark mode reduces eye strain, enhances readability, and provides a seamless transition between a coding environment and our platform. Our new design features a clean, modern aesthetic with a consistent color scheme and Barlow typography, ensuring better readability. High-quality graphics and icons are thoughtfully placed to enhance the content without adding visual clutter.

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So, whether you’re navigating our API docs or configuring authentication into your system, our improved interface will make those extended development hours more comfortable and efficient.

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Clear Categorization for LoginRadius Capabilities

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We’ve restructured our website to provide a straightforward breakdown of our customer identity and access management platform capabilities, helping you quickly find what you need:

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This structured layout ensures you can quickly understand each capability and how it integrates into your identity ecosystem.

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Developer-First Navigation

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We’ve been analyzing developer workflows to identify how you access key resources. That’s why we redesigned our navigation with one goal in mind: to reduce clicks and make essential resources readily available.

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The new LoginRadius structure puts APIs, SDKs, and integration guides right at the menu bar under the Developers dropdown so you can get started faster. Our Products, Solutions, and Customer Services are also clearly categorized, helping development teams quickly find the right tools and make informed decisions.

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Quick Understanding of Integration Benefits

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Developers now have a clear view of the tech stack available with LoginRadius, designed to support diverse business needs.

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Our platform offers pre-built SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, and more, making CIAM integration seamless across popular programming languages and frameworks.

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Over to You Now!

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Check out our revamped LoginRadius website and see how the improved experience makes it easier to build, scale, and secure your applications.

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Do not forget to explore the improved navigation and API documentation, and get started with our free trial today. We’re excited to see what you’ll build with LoginRadius!

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