Given that many organizations operate in hybrid environments, with critical workloads on-premises or planning to bring cloud workloads back in-house, hybrid authentication strategies are becoming essential.

Thales has introduced FIDO authentication support in its SafeNet Authentication Service Private Cloud Edition (SAS PCE), enabling organizations to maintain on-premises control over identity data and access, which is crucial amid increasing regulatory and sovereignty concerns.

This solution offers phishing-resistant MFA with security keys, providing organizations with full control over their identity data and ensuring business continuity even during cloud outages.

Thales positions its hybrid authentication solution as unique in combining sovereignty, security, and resilience, making it especially valuable for global enterprises seeking to secure data and ensure operational continuity.

Traditional methods like passwords and basic MFA are increasingly vulnerable to attacks such as phishing and man-in-the-middle, and reliance on cloud providers can pose risks of outages affecting operations.

The platform supports unified authentication across both cloud and on-premises environments, facilitating digital transformation without requiring extensive migrations, thereby enhancing sovereignty, security, and user experience.

Global enterprises are grappling with questions about data ownership, storage locations, and system resilience, driven by regulations like GDPR, data laws, and laws such as the U.S. CLOUD Act, which influence data access and sovereignty.

Adopting SAS PCE with FIDO authentication helps organizations avoid fines, prevent outages, and protect their reputation, while also simplifying IT operations and providing secure, frictionless access for users.

Thales’s approach addresses regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and security by offering local enforcement, continuous availability, and sovereignty in a hybrid environment, making it a strategic choice for leadership.