Axiad PKI as a Service (PKIaaS) Package
- 23 Aug 2024
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Axiad PKI as a Service (PKIaaS) Package
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What is Axiad PKI as a Service?
Leveraging the power of the Axiad Cloud, Axiad PKI as a Service (PKIaaS) is a consolidated, highly customizable, scalable PKI for machine and software authentication. With support for all devices – including partner, vendor, and BYOD – Axiad PKIaaS delivers highly-secure device certification at scale and everywhere it’s needed.
How is It Useful?
Axiad PKIaaS uses the combination of product functionality and the SaaS delivery model to help lower the cost of operating PKI internally, and allow you to consolidate or retire costly/aging existing PKI approaches.
Axiad PKI as a Service Package Details
Virtual Private Cloud | ||
| Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Private Cloud | A dedicated virtual cloud for your organization. | √ |
FIPS 140-2 Level 2 HSM partition | Encrypt your data with higher standards of security, including role-based authentication and tamper-evident physical devices. | √ |
| Device authentication certificates | Up to 10 infrastructure authentication certificates. | √ |
Customer Success and Technical Support | ||
| Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly meeting with Customer Success Engineer | Meet with a Customer Success Engineer once per quarter. | √ |
| Knowledge Center access | Self-service training and technical guidance. | √ |
| Quarterly training webcast | Access to Axiad's quarterly training webcast. | √ |
| Standard Technical Support | Access to Axiad's team of technical support agents Monday - Friday, 8am PST - 5pm PST. | √ |
| Premium/Hypercare/Hypercare+ Technical Support | There are three levels of additional technical support available:
| Available at an additional cost. See Technical Support Packages for more details. |
Credential Enrollment and Account Recovery FeaturesNo Credential Enrollment and Account Recovery features are available for this package. See the Axiad Cloud Package Comparison article for packages that include these features. | ||
| Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Axiad Unified Portal | View your organization's credentials and user base, run reports, recover accounts, and more from a single location. For Entra ID users: A consolidated dashboard to view your Axiad Cloud and Entra ID authentication credentials in one place. | |
| Axiad MyCircle | Enroll, renew, recover, and manage your coworkers' credentials, virtual smart cards, and authentication devices.* *Based on your organization's security policies. | |
| Axiad AirLock | Windows users can enroll, renew, and manage their own credentials, virtual smart cards, and identity devices. They can also self-service their own secure and passwordless account recovery. | |
Auditing and Risk Management | ||
Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| SIEM Connector | Send Axiad Cloud alerts and events to your organization's SIEM (such as Splunk or QRadar). | √ |
| Reporting | Create report templates to view and manage your users' credentials. | √ |
| Insights Dashboard (coming 2024) | View at-a-glance Phishing Resistant MFA deployment metrics and progress indicators. | √ |
| SOC2 Certification | SOC 2, developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), is a voluntary compliance standard based on security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. | √ |
| FedRAMP | FedRAMP standardizes security requirements for the authorization and ongoing cybersecurity of cloud services in accordance with FISMA, OMB Circular A-130, and FedRAMP policy. | Available at an additional cost |
Application Multi-Factor AuthenticationNo Application Multi-Factor Authentication features are available for this package. See the Axiad Cloud Package Comparison article for packages that include these features. | ||
Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Axiad Cloud as an authentication service | Extend your primary IDP with Axiad Cloud Authentication Service via FIDO2, 0AUTH OTP, and/or secure push notifications. | |
| RADIUS Server | Remote access servers can communicate with Axiad to securely authenticate dial-in users, and authorize their access to requested systems or services. | |
| Extend your IAM with Certificate-Based Authentication/PKI | Enable Axiad's Certificate-Based Authentication within your existing IAM infrastructure. Available with different integrations such as Entra ID, Okta, PingOne Identity, and others upon request. | |
| Passwordless PIV (Personal Identity Verification) credentials | Passwordless support for applications that can accept credentials for certificates, X509, PIV, and CAC. | |
| Axiad Cloud as your primary identity provider | Make Axiad your primary authentication provider with third-party SAML/OpenID connections. | |
Identity ProvisioningNo Identity Provisioning features are available for this package. See the Axiad Cloud Package Comparison article for packages that include these features. | ||
Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
SCIM integration | Integrate with Entra ID, Okta, PingOne Identity, and more to securely synchronize users from your IAM solution into Axiad Cloud. | |
| OnPrem Microsoft integration | Connection to your OnPrem Microsoft Active Directory. | |
User Authentication MethodsNo User Authentication Methods are available for this package. See the Axiad Cloud Package Comparison article for packages that include these methods. | ||
Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Traditional authentication methods | Hardware/Software OTP (TOTP, HOTP) | √ |
| Axiad ID Mobile App (secure push notification) | The Axiad ID (Mobile Authenticator App) leverages asymmetric cryptography push notifications. There are no shared secrets with this method. | √ |
| Phishing-Resistant Methods | ||
| FIDO2 | FIDO2 removes passwords and shared secrets from the login workflow. | √ |
| Certificate-Based Authentication | Certificate-Based Authentication for your Gemalto/IDEMIA Smart Cards, Virtual Smart Cards (Windows+TPM), and YubiKeys. | √ |
| Windows Hello for Business users | Axiad Cloud extends Windows Hello for Business capabilities. | √ |
Advanced PKI | ||
| Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Secure email and documents | Enable email and document signing and encryption. | √ |
| Custom certificates | Support for custom certificate policies. | √ |
| Machine identity management | Manage your PKI certificates for WiFi access, network access control, domain controllers and web server authentication, Virtual Machine integrity, trusted devices (endpoint authentication), and DevOps tools/code signing. | √ |
| Public PKI | Issue and manage publicly trusted certificates. We support FBCA (for federal clients) and WebTrust (for enterprise clients). | Available at an additional cost |
| OnPrem PKI | PKI integration with an existing Microsoft certification authority (AD CS). | |
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