SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 27, 2016) - ForgeRock®, the leading open platform provider of identity management solutions, today introduced its enhanced ForgeRock Identity Platform™ -- offering the industry's first identity management platform to continuously and contextually assess the authenticity of users, devices and things. Built on privacy-by-consent principles, the ForgeRock Identity Platform is also now the first identity management platform to fully implement the User-Managed Access (UMA) standard, making it possible for organizations to address expanding privacy regulations and establish trusted digital relationships.
In the past, identity management was used primarily for employee security and viewed as a necessary enterprise cost. Yet innovations in identity management technology now enable enterprises and government organizations to securely provision digital services to millions -- and up to billions -- of customers and citizens. As more digital services and the Internet of Things (IoT) devices come online, the enhanced ForgeRock Identity Platform offers organizations new ways to simplify and enrich their customers' lives:
"ForgeRock's focus on highly scalable, business-to-customer identity management technology differentiates it in a sector still concerned primarily with traditional business-to-business offerings. Building identity management platforms around the customer rather than the business delivers significant benefits in terms of user experience, security and privacy online," said Rik Turner, senior analyst on Ovum's Infrastructure Solutions Team. "The implementation of the UMA standard in ForgeRock's new platform will put unprecedented levels of data control into the hands of the consumer. This approach will help build greater trust online by ensuring that consumer privacy is front and center of the online experience."
"Organizations, particularly those in the retail, healthcare and financial services industries, want an identity management platform that can aid them in providing their customers with highly personalized and convenient digital services faster than their competitors," said Mike Ellis, CEO of ForgeRock. "With the recent growth of the IoT and the shifting regulatory environment, it's also paramount that organizations are able to secure and meet demand for greater control of customer data. By leveraging our new platform, ForgeRock customers are able to build trusted digital relationships with their customers as well as address legal requirements for user consent."
The ForgeRock Identity Platform is available for download now at:
https://www.forgerock.com/downloads/
Supporting Resources
ForgeRock Identity Platform Release Blog
ForgeRock UMA Solution Blog
Introduction to UMA (Video)
ForgeRock UMA Solution Press Release
About ForgeRock
The ForgeRock Identity Platform™ transforms the way millions of customers and citizens interact with businesses and governments online, providing better security, building relationships, and enabling new cloud, mobile, and IoT offerings from any device or connected thing. ForgeRock serves hundreds of brands like Morningstar, Vodafone, GEICO, TomTom, and Pearson, as well as governments like Norway, Canada, and Belgium, among many others. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, ForgeRock has offices in London, Paris, Düsseldorf, Bristol, Grenoble, Oslo, Singapore, and Vancouver, Washington. ForgeRock is privately held, backed by leading global venture capital firms Accel Partners, Foundation Capital, and Meritech Capital. For more information and free downloads, visit http://www.forgerock.com or follow ForgeRock on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/forgerock.
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