This is a guest blog post by Haichuan Hu, FIDO product manager, FEITIAN Technologies.
Passwords have always been a critical problem for online security. A simple password across multiple websites may lead to an account takeover, while complex passwords can cause usability issue. In addition, a traditional password authentication scheme is vulnerable against phishing and MITM attacks.
Introducing a second authentication factor, OTP/U2F for instance, is an improvement, but it also makes it inconvenient from user-experience perspective.
During the Citrix Launchpad: Security event, Citrix announced new zero trust and secure access solutions that support seamless access and contextual security for your organization, no matter where work gets done.
FIDO authentication is an approach to strong authentication that uses standard public key cryptography techniques instead of shared secrets to provide stronger authentication and protection from phishing and channel attacks.
FIDO is designed from the ground up to protect user privacy; login credentials and biometrics, when used, never leave the user’s device. This is all balanced with friendly and secure user experiences through a simple action at login using a security key.
FEITIAN has introduces a series of security keys based on FIDO and WebAuthN standard. To maximize the usability and cross-platform support, FEITIAN FIDO Security Key series provide different casings with various form factors including USB-A, USB-C, NFC, and Bluetooth for both computer and mobile.
By adding fingerprint technology to our FIDO2 security keys, FEITIAN can offer a completely passwordless authentication experience to online accounts. Users can authenticate to Citrix Workspace via any FIDO2 supported authenticator with additional layer security provided by biometric. Citrix Workspace supports end-to-end passwordless authentication using FIDO2.
Fetian ePass FIDO series security keys can enable a passwordless experience for users to sign on to Citrix Workspace. Also, the optimized HDX channel for FIDO2 allows the same device can be used inside the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops session. This allows for step-up authentication or if a particular website within the session doesn’t have SSO and you need to authenticate against it with FIDO2.
Citrix Cloud has transformed how IT works by providing a unified platform of all Citrix services. With the integration of FEITIAN ePass FIDO security key, users can now authenticate Citrix Workspace without passwords from anywhere with a higher level of security, delivering a streamlined, highly secure, and intelligent cloud platform.
Introducing a fingerprint sensor to FEITIAN BioPass FIDO security key offers Citrix Workspace customers a truly passwordless authentication, completely getting rid of passwords and even a PIN. Users can log in to Citrix Workspace by just verifying their fingerprint! When they attempt to log in to Citrix Workspace, they will be redirected to an AAD login. Then fingerprint verification is required by FEITIAN BioPass FIDO security key. There’s no password or PIN required! Once the fingerprint is verified, users are authenticated with access to all resources in Citrix Workspace.
Cybersecurity risks, such as phishing, ransomware, and other attacks, will remain high in the future. FEITIAN FIDO security key offers a great way to authenticate who you are and provide access to Citrix Workspace, helping you to secure your organization. Taking the advantages of FEITIAN biometric security key and the deployment of passwordless with FIDO security key through Microsoft Azure Active Directory, users are finally able to authenticate Citrix Workspace without passwords and PIN!
Enterprises benefit from improved security, lowered risk, and reduced cost. Employees and end users gain convenience. They are never asked to input a password or a PIN. It also helps IT to improve efficiency. They never have to provision and manage passwords for employees.
FETIAN’s FIDO2 security keys are Citrix Ready validated and compatible with Citrix Workspace app for Windows. You can check out all our FIDO2-enabled smart cards and security keys in the Citrix Ready Marketplace. FETIAN is also part of the Citrix Ready Workspace Security Program, helping our mutual customers in their passwordless and zero trust journey.
