Shakeel Aziz

Today’s cyber threat landscape and strict regulatory controls continue to evolve, and for organizations and government agencies, especially those that are hybrid or cloud first it can be challenging to know where to start. By securing user and machine identities, organizations can stop modern threats in their path, ultimately eliminating fraud while ensuring they stay regulatory compliant. For organizations that leverage existing PKI deployments for authentication, Microsoft Azure allows Certificate Based Authentication (CBA) for direct access into Azure without the federation requirement. This aligns with OMB's M-22-09 push to rely on cloud-based infrastructure and offers a seamless transition towards cloud authentication while maintaining requirements for phishing-resistant, AAL3 compliant access to data and apps for employees, contractors. In addition, cloud authentication offers modern protocols such as FIDO2 authentication based on public key cryptography offering the most effective defense against emerging cyber threats. Yubico’s Solution Engineer, Shakeel Aziz, will share with attendees how to future-proof their identity and access management strategy across on-premise and cloud-hosted applications using smart card technology today and modern FIDO protocols tomorrow. Shakeel Aziz will also explain what strong authentication is, how it supports Zero Trust security models, and important information around FIDO authentication standards.