{"id":554,"date":"2019-07-12T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T19:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securekloud.com\/blog\/?p=554"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:33:41","slug":"cloudauth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securekloud.com\/blog\/cloudauth\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Leverage CloudAuth, the Advanced MFA Solution of SecureKloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CloudAuth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SecureKloud CloudAuth, an advanced MFA (earlier referred as Two-Factor Authentication or simply 2FA) solution, is an added layer of security aligned on top of the existing username-password credentials during the authentication phase.<\/p>\n<p>Aligned with Multi Factor Authentication best practices in the industry, CloudAuth implements additional layer of security for Enterprise applications and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Managed Services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>variants :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. CloudAuth for Enterprise applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Implements MFA for organization\u2019s Enterprise applications (in-house web applications) hosted on Cloud\/On-Premise environment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.securekloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AWS-Multi-Factor-Authenticatin-implementation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Supported Authentication Factors :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li>Google Authenticator<\/li>\n<li>SMS \/ Email OTP<\/li>\n<li>Facial Recognition<\/li>\n<li>Fingerprint<\/li>\n<li>Security Questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li>End user registers for MFA during the first login to Enterprise applications. Optionally, it supports registration of email and mobile number after successful OTP verification.<\/li>\n<li>Organizations choose admin users\u2019 MFA information (email and mobile) to be pre-registered or be a part of regular user flow (during first login).<\/li>\n<li>Supports updation of user\u2019s MFA details for self; provided, the user still possesses the registered authentication factor (i.e., existing email and mobile).<\/li>\n<li>Admin privileged with the rights to override\/reset the MFA details for all Enterprise users.<\/li>\n<li>Optionally, update of MFA details is enforced by providing the answers for security questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. CloudAuth for AWS Managed Services (AWS MFA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Implements MFA for organization\u2019s directory users accessing the AWS Managed Services. i.e., WorkMail, WorkSpaces, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.securekloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/enterprise-multi-factor-authentication.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Supported Authentication Factor :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Google Authenticator<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Features :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li>Apart from AWS Directory users, the&nbsp;<strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;application supports additional authentication factors (SMS\/Email OTP, Facial Recognition, etc.) for protecting application users.<\/li>\n<li>Supports managing of the&nbsp;<strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;application users and AWS Directory users\u2019 MFA settings from one integrated dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u2013 Unique offerings and benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On top of the usual benefits that an enterprise can get from a typical&nbsp;MFA solution,&nbsp;<strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;additionally provides some unique offerings which stands as the primary USP of&nbsp;<strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li><strong>Unconditionally PII compliant<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike the other multi factor authentication solutions in the market, CloudAuth doesn\u2019t demand to share any PII (Personally Identifiable Information) data with CloudAuth.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li><strong>Choice of Authentication Factors<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CloudAuth for Enterprise applications supports multiple authentication factors (Knowledge, Possession and Inherence factor). The choice of combinations of authentication factors is customizable as per the need of every organization.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li><strong>Multiple Authentication Factors Support<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enterprise CloudAuth is extensible in supporting more than one authentication factor for validating the authenticity of the user in case of business-critical applications (i.e., banking application).<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li><strong>Hassle Free<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enterprise CloudAuth delivers a seamless one-click installation and hassle-free end user experience during MFA registration and validation phase.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li><strong>Reusable&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>client<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Supports reusability of CloudAuth client module for Enterprise CloudAuth to ensure successful integration with more than one Enterprise application running simultaneously within an organization.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-li\">\n<li><strong>Highly Secure<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Service layer and client layer transactions for Enterprise CloudAuth are extremely secure with the implementation of RSA asymmetric cryptography algorithm.The advanced obfuscation and unpatterned&nbsp; differential cryptographic techniques add a higher level of assurance in terms of security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>for Enterprise applications \u2013 Deployment Types :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CloudAuth<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;offers multiple deployment types and an organization chooses the deployment as per their requirement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Hybrid MFA-as-a-Service (Agent based model) :<\/strong><br \/>\nAn agent needs to be deployed on the client application server. This agent will run the CloudAuth client application and act as an intermediate gateway between the CloudAuth Server and the Enterprise application. This is a recommended solution for organizations who want a secure MFA solution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Complete MFA-as-a-Service (Agentless model) :<\/strong><br \/>\nA typical Service model where all the CloudAuth components and infrastructure are managed within the CloudAuth server. This is a recommended solution for organizations who want a hassle-free MFA solution.<\/p>\n<p><b>Author Credits :<\/b> Sadam Hussain Farmanudeen, Associate Consultant at SecureKloud, You can connect with him&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/sadam-farmanudeen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CloudAuth SecureKloud CloudAuth, an advanced MFA (earlier referred as Two-Factor Authentication or simply 2FA) solution, is an added layer of security aligned on top of the existing username-password credentials during the authentication phase. 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