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Authentication Is the Keystone Identity Capability



A new Gartner® report unpacks why authentication is a critical thread in your identity fabric and how it serves as a keystone identity capability. Download the IAM Leaders’ Guide to User Authentication to learn why authentication is uniquely situated to support and protect your identity access management (IAM) architecture.



Download the IAM Leaders’ Guide to User Authentication

In this report, you will learn


  • Different methods of authentication
  • What a continuous adaptive trust approach looks like
  • How authentication provides “identity corroboration”
  • Where authentication sits in an IAM framework
  • Why authentication is a mission-critical component
  • Common authentication use cases

Who is this report for?


  • Enterprises looking to fortify their IAM architecture
  • CISOs who manage enterprise security strategy
  • Teams planning to roll out authentication solutions
  • IAM leaders wanting to evolve their architecture
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Gartner, IAM Leaders’ Guide to User Authentication, 10 November 2022, Ant Allan, James Hoover GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved