How to Implement a Zero Trust Security Model With TrustBuilder’s Adaptive Authentication and Fine-Grained Authorization

Digital transformation involves using digital technologies strategically to respond to employee, customer, or citizen needs. Digital identity serves as the foundation for digital transformation, enabling secure and convenient access to digital resources. Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions must evolve to manage all types of identities and relationships to sustain digital transformation effectively. Implementing basic components of Zero Trust— a security model that enforces strict identity verification and access controls—can facilitate the smooth transition to modern IAM solutions. TrustBuilder, part of the inWebo Group, offers a flexible IAM solution that supports B2B, B2C, and B2E use-cases with offices across Europe and the US. It emphasizes adaptive authentication and policy-based access controls, reinforcing the Zero Trust model. Adaptive authentication gathers additional attributes to evaluate access based on risk levels, while Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC) allows dynamic and fine-grained control over IT resources access, making it suitable for modern, complex environments. The TrustBuilder.io Suite provides an end-to-end IAM solution, incorporating features such as multifactor authentication (MFA), API support for various protocols, and flexible authentication policies. Organizations are recommended to assess their needs, differentiate between workforce IAM and CIAM, adopt a phased implementation approach, leverage existing technologies, follow a Zero Trust journey, and choose an appropriate deployment model for successfully embedding a Zero Trust security model.

• TrustBuilder has offices in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and the US.
• TrustBuilder.io Suite includes TrustBuilder.io, TrustBuilder Connect, and TrustBuilder Mobile Authenticator.
• TrustBuilder supports a range of authentication methods, including phone/email/SMS OTPs, biometrics, and hardware tokens.
• The concept of Zero Trust is based on the principle of "don’t trust, always verify."
• TrustBuilder uses policy-driven access control based on personas.
• TrustBuilder can dynamically adapt authentication processes based on risk levels.
• TrustBuilder solutions are available via numerous protocols like SOAP, REST, and LDAP.
• TrustBuilder offers a SaaS solution for MFA and CIAM with a local connector component.
• The solution supports container-based platforms like Docker and Red Hat.
• TrustBuilder's MFA and web components for self-service are available through SDKs.

• "Digital identity has become the foundation of the digital economy."
• "Zero Trust is not a product or even a technology - it is a concept, and it requires a major shift in many aspects of IT and even core business processes of an organization."
• "Adaptive Authentication is the process of gathering additional attributes about users and their environments and evaluating the attributes in the context of risk-based policies."
• "PBAC provides a flexible and dynamic approach to access control, allowing organizations to enforce fine-grained access control based on various attributes and conditions."
• "By incorporating risk-adaptive authentication systems, organizations can leverage MFA methods in situations where anomalies or suspicious activities are detected within the request context."
• "A single user can log in to the system and select the persona they are currently operating under, which provides fine-grained access to resources."
• "With adaptive authentication, TrustBuilder analyzes various factors such as user behavior, device information, location, and contextual data to determine the risk level of each authentication attempt."
• "The Zero Trust model aims to minimize the risk of data breaches and unauthorized access by implementing strict access controls and continuous verification mechanisms."
• "Users must be authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated for security configuration and posture checks before they can gain access to the organization's resources."
• "TrustBuilder supports Bring Your Own Authentication (BYOA) integration with numerous IdPs, push notification, and/or biometrics including server-side facial recognition."